After wanting like it could not occur in any respect, Scream VII is now shaping as much as be a little bit of a reunion for the franchise, with Courteney Cox — the one actor to look in all six earlier Screams — reportedly seeking to star within the seventh movie as nicely, and to co-star as soon as once more with one other long-time Scream actor, Neve Campbell.
Campbell skipped 2023’s Scream VI, after claiming publicly that after working “extraordinarily arduous in my profession to determine my worth” she “felt the supply that was introduced to me didn’t equate to the worth I’ve dropped at the franchise.” Even with out Campbell, Scream VI turned a box-office hit, and the studio shortly made plans to produce a Scream VII.
However then each of the youthful stars launched within the sixth movie as replacements for the older unique casts left the challenge. Melissa Barrera was fired, reportedly after she made posts in assist of Palestine that had been accused of being antisemitic. Jenna Ortega give up when it was determined she could be too busy engaged on a brand new season of Wednesday to decide to the movie. Throughout this era, the director employed to shoot the movie, Christopher Landon, dropped out of the challenge as nicely. (“It was a dream job that become a nightmare,” he mentioned in a public submit.)
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With the sequel shortly falling aside, producers clearly turned extra satisfied of Campell’s worth to the franchise, and just a few weeks in the past she introduced she would star in Scream VII, which might be directed by franchise co-creator Kevin Williamson. And now, in accordance with Selection, Cox is “in talks to reprise the position of Gale Weathers within the seventh film of the slasher sequence” as nicely.
It’s attention-grabbing that after Scream (5) went to this point to determine a brand new legacyquel forged of youthful actors, after which Scream VI targeted so intently on them once more, Scream VII is wanting an increasing number of like will probably be extra about these unique stars once more.
Scream VII doesn’t but have an official launch date.
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