Marcus Elliot

"Somebody is wearing this costume, threatening to kill all of us."

- Marcus, posing as Deion

Marcus Elliot is the main protagonist of Scream: Resurrection. Marcus assumed his brother's identity after he was killed.

He is portrayed by RJ Cyler.

Description
Deion Elliot (later revealed as Marcus Elliot), a local star running back in Atlanta whose tragic past comes back to haunt him at the worst time, threatening his hard-earned plans for his future — and the lives of his unlikely group of friends.

Appearances (6/6)
Season 3 (6/6)
 * The Deadfast Club
 * Devil's Night
 * The Man Behind the Mask
 * Ports in the Storm
 * Blindspots
 * Endgame

Quotes
"Somebody is wearing this costume, threatening to kill all of us."

- Marcus, posing as Deion, talking to the rest of the his friends.

Trivia

 * He is the first male lead character in the Scream franchise, following Sidney Prescott in the films and Emma Duval in the first two seasons of the TV series. That being he said, he shares similarities to both characters in terms of his personality and survival instincts.
 * He is one of the few Black characters to survive Ghostface in the franchise, joining the first being Joel from Scream 2, as well as being second with the third being Chad Meeks-Martin from Scream (2022). As of 2022, they’re the only 3 Black male characters to have survived.
 * He is a high school student at Weaver High School.
 * He is a running back for the high school football team.
 * He is a member of The Deadfast Club
 * He shares similarities to Andrew Clark from the 1985 American teen comedy for which the club he’s in is named after, The Breakfast Club.
 * He is the first survivor out of four in Ghostface’s killing spree, the second being Kym, third being Liv, and fourth being Hawkins (although he was never attacked).
 * He is a fierce rival of Avery Collins. This is perhaps a reference to Billy Loomis and Randy Meeks’ rivalry in the first Scream.
 * He has a mother named Sherry Elliot.
 * He has a father named Earl Elliot.
 * He is the half brother of Jamal Elliot. The relationship between both is perhaps a reference/homage to the relationship between half siblings Sidney Prescott and Roman Bridger.
 * He is the second character in the franchise to have his parents, the first being Emma Duval in Season 1 and 2. However, also like Emma, the father of Marcus isn’t as important as the motherly figure shown in the franchise.
 * Marcus taking the alias of Deion is similar to Maureen Prescott’s double alias as Rina Reynolds as well as Sidney Prescott’s alias of Laura in Scream 3. However, he is the first and only character in the franchise thus far to take over someone else’s identity and the other’s identity being deceased, in fear and for their survival only.
 * He is a romantic interest of Liv Reynolds and whose relationship can be seen as similar to Dewey-Gale relationship from the films, as well as to Brooke Maddox and Gustavo Acosta’s relationship in Season 2.
 * In a promotional teaser, Marcus is called "The Jock".
 * Marcus being involved in sports/physical exercise is similar to many characters of the franchise such as Steven Orth, Derek Feldman, as well as Chad Meeks-Martin in the films as well as Will Belmont, Jake Fitzgerald, and Gustavo Acosta in the TV show.
 * Marcus holding Jay at his death is an homage to both Sidney holding Roman Bridger at his death in Scream 3 as well as holding Kate Roberts during her death in Scream 4.
 * The series finale shows Marcus, Liv, and Kym having survived and having finished off their Ghostface killer, Beth, and with each character standing over them after the killers are shot down. The trio of these characters is perhaps a reference to the OG trio which includes Sidney, Dewey Riley, and Gale Weathers from the film franchise. The ending is also similar to the endings of (especially Scream 3):
 * Scream: Sidney, Gale, and Randy all stand over Billy Loomis who comes in for one final scare, only to be shot down by Sidney, much like how Marcus pushed Beth down into the gymnasium floor from the roof after getting off-guard with Beth, and like how Kym did had the final shot.
 * Scream 2: Sidney, Gale, and Cotton Weary all reach the showdown with Sidney killing both Mrs. Loomis and Mickey Altieri and with the latter proceeding to have one final scare only to be shot down multiple times, much like how Kym did with Beth and Liv, like Gale, distracting the main killers long enough for Sidney to make her moves, just like how both Marcus and Kym did.
 * Scream 3: Sidney, Gale, and now Dewey (seeing as he was injured in the first two) all work and finally take down Roman Bridger, with Dewey shooting at him until the head shot, just like how Kym did (with no head shot), and with Roman’s ambush with the ice pick similar to how Marcus pushes Beth off to the gym floor below, and Liv talking the killer down heavily, just like Gale did to Roman. The ending scene also shows all the characters relaxed and in California, with Sidney leaving her front door open, much like Marcus ignoring an incoming phone call from an unknown number.
 * Scream 4: The OG trio reach with Dewey getting knocked out at the empty hospital room by Jill Roberts, who had killed her accomplice Charlie Walker prior (just like Beth did to Jay) as she proceeds to take out Sidney Prescott, who is for a while. That’s until Gale (and Judy) shows up and who talks down the killer, just like Liv did to Beth and who does it long enough to distract both killers who are then knocked down as Sidney uses defibrillator at Jill’s head and knocks her down (just like Marcus hit his helmet at Beth’s head that sends her plummeting from the roof down the gym floor), and with the survivors uniting and with Jill having the final scare until she is shot down just like Beth is by Kym.
 * Marcus reveals in Endgame to Liv that he has been pretending to be his twin Deion since the night he was killed after the two had switched Halloween costumes to prevent Tommy Jenkins from further bullying Marcus.
 * Ever since the tragedy, Marcus feels a sense of deep shame and guilt for abandoning his brother and it's implied that he was mentally traumatized by the tragedy, experiencing nightmares and hallucinations associated with the event of his brother's death.
 * His hallucination and nightmare of his dead revengeful brother is similar to that of Sidney Prescott’s nightmare of her late mother Maureen Prescott in Scream 3, as well as Emma Duval’s hallucination/nightmare in the Season 2 episode “Happy Birthday to Me”, with all 3 instances being warnings and in which all marked the return and upcoming confrontations with their killers, respectively.
 * Marcus’s sibling and family trauma is similar to what Sidney Prescott felt in the original Scream, with Jamal Elliot, his half brother and his accomplice Beth, similar to Billy Loomis and his accomplice, Stu Macher, causing the events due to the main characters family being irresponsible and rude, thus making the killers the “antiheroes” with reasonable motives.
 * This can be also held with Nancy Loomis in Scream 2, and her accomplice Mickey Altieri, with the former trying to avenge her dead son due to Sidney’s mother. In Scream 3, Roman, just like Jay, exposes himself and holds Sidney (like Marcus) accountable for him not being with his mother and thus causing the events of the first two films.

Character Guide
Marcus Elliot