THR is reporting that Mary J. Blige will be a part of rebooted 3rd season of MTV's Scream. She will play Sherry Elliot, the mother of lead character Deion Elliot (RJ Cyler).
THR also notes that season 3 of the slasher series will air as a three-night, six-episode event sometime this year.
Season three of Scream is set in Atlanta and centers on Deion, a star running back for his high school football team whose tragic past comes back to haunt him, threatening both his plans for the future and the lives of his friends.
