SUBMITTED BY Timbo

July 21, 2003 — Accompanied by a teaser poster parodying "Catch Me If You Can" (except it's Pam Anderson being chased by an alien, and the tagline is "Catch Her If You Can"), EW has an article revealing lots of plot points of "Scary Movie 3". Here's an excerpt:

THE PREMISE (MORE OR LESS) The hapless Cindy (Anna Faris) is now working as a TV anchorwoman and is assigned to cover the discovery of a crop circle on Charlie Sheen's farm. "Charlie is basically the Mel Gibson character from 'Signs,"' says Zucker. Soon, Cindy's best friend Brenda gets killed by a cursed videotape (` la "The Ring"). As Cindy investigates, she runs into, yes, Morpheus (Eddie Griffin, not Laurence Fishburne), who tells her that she's The One. Eventually, the president (Leslie Nielsen!), his Secret Service agent (Ja Rule), and his top assistant (D.L. Hughley) get involved, as the cast combats an "Independence Day"-style alien invasion. "We had to combine the plots of four or five movies," says Zucker. "But it's more or less kind of cohesive."

THE CAMEOS From Queen Latifah to Camryn Manheim, the movie is packed with celebs in small parts. But the most memorable stunt casting is on display in the film's opening scene, in which Pamela Anderson and Jenny McCarthy play Catholic schoolgirls who get their hands on the "Ring"-style videotape. Explains Zucker: "In the scene, Jenny's confused by the tape. She says, 'I've seen that one, they're on a boat and they get X-rated.' So Pamela gets all embarrassed." There's no Tommy Lee cameo, though -- that would be just too scary.

Read the full article at EW.com (subscribers only).