Don’t be surprised to see cast members from “Scream 4” around the area in the coming days.

A publicity representative for the movie had earlier said shooting was scheduled to start today in Ann Arbor. And director Wes Craven said on his Twitter page Friday, “Last week before shooting. Monday is D-Day.”

A commenter on an earlier story reported seeing some of the cast members at Prickly Pear on Main Street.

The celebrity-spotting website “On Location Vacations” notes that former TV host Nancy O’Dell tweeted that she has a scene in the movie, and included a photo from the set.

No specific filming sites have been announced publicly.

The stars of the movie include Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette from the first three “Scream” movies. According to the Internet Movie Data Base, the cast also includes Hayden Panettiere, Emma Roberts, Lauren Graham and Rory Culkin.

Meanwhile, in other “Scream 4” news, Hollwood.com reports that Lake Bell has dropped out of the cast due to scheduling conflicts.

The “Scream” franchise has been a huge success, combining slasher-movie plots with tongue-in-cheek humor. “Scream 4” is set for release April 15.

“Scream 4” isn’t the only movie in the area; Richard Gere and Topher Grace were in town Friday working on “The Double.” And a Civil War movie is reportedly shooting outside Saline.

Since news right now is pretty slow,and Cougar Town over for the season we’re all getting pretty excited for Scream 4 that begins filming in Michigan next week. So I thought it would be interesting to list the characters/actors that have been confirmed for the movie. Interesting cast dont you think? There were rumours that Jamie Kennedy may reprise his role as Randy despite being killed on in Scream 2,but it appears that this was nothing but a rumour,as Jamie is not in the Cast list.

• Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott
• David Arquette as Sheriff Dewey Riley
• Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers Riley
• Emma Roberts as Jill Kessler; Sidney’s cousin. She is described as “Pretty in an ingenue way. Smart, strong. A little goofy, but she makes it sexy. Full of contradictions, but instantly likeable.” She is supposedly not close with her cousin Sidney.
• Hayden Panettiere as Kirby Reed; Jill’s best friend. “Cute and quirky, was a tomboy until a year ago… now she’s alternative, and sexy. She’s a pop culture, horror aficionado,” and “a nerdy film geek”.
• Rory Culkin as Charlie Walker; “Messy cute… friends with Jill and Kirby. Likens himself to Randy Meeks without the geek part, but no so such luck… he’s a geek. He may have a crush on Jill, but he’ll never admit to it if he does.”
• Lauren Graham as Kate Kessler, Jill’s mother.
• Nico Tortorella as Trevor Sheldon, A Pretty high school jock.”
• Anthony Anderson as Detective Hoss, New school cop.
• Marielle Jaffe as Olivia Morrison, pretty and hot, is part of Jill, Kirby, Trevor and Charlie group.