The subsequent Scream sequel is amongst upcoming horror motion pictures set to come back out in 2026, however earlier than the movie got here along with a protracted record of recent and legacy stars led by Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott, quite a lot of drama occurred behind the scenes. Scream 7’s director Kevin Williamson has spoken about how the venture got here collectively for him, and it feels proper that the Scream Queen herself had loads to do with serving to put the items of the venture again collectively.
For those who haven’t been following the saga of Scream 7, again in late 2023, Melissa Barrera was fired from the unique iteration of the film after she made pro-Palestinian feedback on social media that had been deemed antisemitic by the film’s manufacturing firm. Not lengthy after, Jenna Ortega left along with her as a result of “it was all type of falling aside,” and after authentic director Christopher Landon left after receiving severe “threats” (although he was not concerned in her firing), Scream 7 was again to sq. one. Williamson apparently didn’t need to take over till one key particular person modified his thoughts. In his phrases:
Neve did. You might be proper. It was type of, ‘Effectively, what’s going to occur?’ After we misplaced Melissa and Jenna, and it simply regarded like we weren’t going to see the Carpenter sisters in a 3rd film, it was type of a bummer. It’s like, ‘What will we do subsequent?’
In an interview with ScreenRant, Kevin Williamson (who penned the script for the unique 1996 film) shared that after the Carpenter sisters had been not concerned, he was simply as disenchanted about their exit as us. However then a brand new concept began to take form. He continued,
And then this concept to deliver Sidney Prescott again — and never simply deliver her again, however to concentrate on her character, inform her story of who she is at present — that received actually thrilling for me. And I suppose different folks received actually enthusiastic about it.
The upcoming Scream film was written by James Vanderbilt and Man Busick, who helped deliver again the franchise from the useless with 2022’s Scream and the 2023 follow-up Scream VI. As soon as the writers began to give you the mysterious concept that will closely contain Sidney Prescott, the movie began to come back collectively once more. Williamson additionally stated this:
And then they began writing a script. Jamie got here up with this nice story — Jamie Vanderbilt and Man Busick — they usually began to write down this script, and it simply type of took on a lifetime of its personal. And then Neve learn it and heard the pitch, and he or she signed on. And I was nonetheless simply the manager producer who was simply type of there, watching from the sidelines… And then Neve known as me someday and stated, ‘I suppose you need to direct this.’ And I went, ‘No, no, no, no, no… okay, I’ll do it.’
It’s type of good that Neve Campbell was the one to ask Williamson, proper? I imply if Sidney Prescott asks you to make a Scream sequel along with her, how do you say no? Whereas we do not know what this “nice” story is, Busick has remarked that she’s within the film this time for a “actually cool cause.”
Plus, the upcoming movie is ready to in some way deliver again to life Matthew Lillard’s Stu, Scott Foley’s Roman Bridger and David Arquette’s Dewey, so that you simply comprehend it’s going to be good. Different forged members embrace Courteney Cox, Mason Gooding, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Anna Camp, McKenna Grace and Joel McHale, and it’s popping out February 27, 2026.
