‘Scream Queens’ Season 2 “Bloodier and Funnier”, Jumps 3 Years Ahead in New Location; John Stamos Gets Naked as New Doctor

‘Scream Queens’ season 2 is set to be “bloodier and funnier” than its predecessor. It will be set three years ahead in a brand new location with a brand new killer. Meawhile, John Stamos joins the cast as Dr. Brock Holt and is bound to get naked in the incoming season.

According to Variety, the incoming season of ‘Scream Queens’ will adapt new changes in its storytelling, setting and timeline. Executive producer Ian Brennan revealed during a panel in the San Diego Comic-Con last July 22, “I think it’s bloodier and funnier.” He added, “I feel like we’re leaning into the creepiness a little more and the comedy a little more.”

Brennan teased that the series will be set three years after the events of the first season and will be moving from the Kappa Kappa Tau house to a hospital formerly a mental institution. He clarified that the hospital is not the same one featured at the end of season one.

He said, “Dean Munsch parlays her fame as an icon in the movement called New Feminism and her subsequent book tour and parlays that money and purchases a hospital.” Jamie Lee Curtis is returning to reprise her role as Cathy Munsch, the former head of Wallace University who travels the world in search of a new mission. She then purchases a hospital that takes on incurable medical cases.

Joining Curtis in the new season are Emma Roberts as Chanel, Abigail Breslin as Libby, Billie Lourd as Sadie, Keke Palmer as Zayday, Lea Michele as Hester, and Glen Powell as Chad. New cast additions include John Stamos of ‘Full House’ as Brock Holt and Taylor Lautner of ‘Twilight’ as Cassidy Cascade.

According to Buddy TV, season 2 picks up three years later with Zayday studying to be a doctor under a hospital owned by Dean Munsch. The Chanels have gone broke and their status in society reduced. Roberts revealed that the characters will be working hard to regain their former popularity. It was also revealed that although Hester was revealed to be the brains behind the Red Devil team in season 1’s ‘The Final Girls’, the incoming season will feature an entirely new main antagonist.

Stamos, who plays the hospital’s head surgeon, admitted that joining the cast was a challenge. He admitted, "This is not an easy show to do… Everyone up here [on the panel] is brilliant...it's a real challenge, and I'm excited to be a part of it!"

His character Dr. Brock is a brilliant yet secretive doctor. He has an attached hand that once belonged to a squash player who murdered all his opponents.

Meanwhile, Powell teased that he and Stamos will be stripping off their clothes for a specific scene on season 2. According to Just Jared, Powell said, “All I can tell you is that I read a scene where John Stamos and I are not wearing clothes… So I have to figure out my diet. I probably should not have a carb for a second because I don’t want John Stamos to show me up.”

‘Scream Queens’ is a black comedy and horror television series created for Fox by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuck, and Ian Brennan. It premiered on the network on September 2015 and is produced under 20th Century Fox Television, Ryan Murphy Productions, Brad Falchuck Teley-vision, and Prospect Films. Season 2 is scheduled to premiere on September 20, 2016.