After being in the works for over three and a half years, the third season of the small screen adaptation of the hit horror franchise finally has a premiere date. 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series will debut July 8th at its new home VH1. The three-day event will run for two hours per night, through to Wednesday, July 10th.

The first two seasons of the adaptation ran from June 2015 to October 2016. Season 3 was announced in October 2016, but then in April 2017, it was announced that the show would be rebooting itself with a new cast and a new showrunner, Brett Matthews.

The forthcoming season centers on Deion Elliot (RJ Cyler), a local football star, whose tragic past comes back to haunt him and threaten his future as well as the lives of his friends. 

Scream: Resurrection cast includes Mary J. Blige (The Umbrella Academy), Cyler (Black Lightning), Keke Palmer (Scream Queens), Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), C.J. Wallace (Notorious), rapper Tyga and Giullian Yao Gioiello (Iron Fist).