With six months to go till on of the bloodiest 2026 launch dates arrives, and there’s nonetheless a lot in regards to the upcoming horror films Scream 7 that we nonetheless don’t know, outdoors of the core forged and a smattering of returning former actors like Matthew Lillard and Scott Foley’s Roman Bridger from Scream 3. Lots of the juiciest secrets and techniques will doubtless maintain till followers are in theaters, however new franchise addition Michelle Randolph shared some enjoyable (if imprecise) particulars in regards to the sequel.
Showing on IMDb’s Stars to Watch with a bunch of different standard younger actors like Tyriq Withers and Sarah Catherine Hook , Randolph & Co. have been requested about becoming a member of film and TV diversifications, in addition to becoming a member of franchises. That is the place the Landman co-star was capable of handle how rapidly her Scream 7 casting got here collectively, and teased what followers can count on.
Randolph was certainly getting again into Landman mode as Ainsley Norris when her first main foray into slasher horror happened. In her phrases:
So I had simply gotten to Texas, as a result of I filmed Landman in Texas, and my supervisor calls me and she or he’s like, ‘There’s this undertaking, Scream,’ or no matter, and I used to be very excited, as a result of I’ve been advised I’ve a really loud scream earlier than, and everybody’s all the time joked like, ‘Oh, you have to be a scream queen.’ And I truly bought to do that.
Ainsley does do a little bit of screaming on Landman, however it’s extra the “Hell yeah, I am partying at a strip membership with my mother!” type of screaming. Ought to nonetheless work effectively with a tonal change, although. Apparently sufficient, Michelle Randolph is not the one youthful Taylor Sheridan star to be becoming a member of the Scream franchise with its seventh movie. She’ll be becoming a member of 1883‘s Isabel Could, whose Elsa Dutton skilled her personal violent dying.
It seems Randolph was not a cinephile of Wes Craven’s metatextual horror, and it was a fast cram sesh for the actress, who continued:
I watched each single film. I flew out three days later to movie it, and it simply all occurred so quick. I haven’t truly needed to discuss Scream earlier than, so what can I say about it? . . . Each single one who labored on that set is a fan of the franchise itself.
How awkward would possibly it have been had she proven up on the Scream 7 set solely to understand that she was the one one there who wasn’t aware of the ins and outs of Ghostface’s legacy. Fortunately, she did her homework.
With regards to the precise teases, Randolph makes it sound like the brand new film might be an actual smorgasbord of lore. (Smorgas-lore? Lore-gasbord?) In her phrases:
There may be a lot. I hadn’t seen it earlier than. There’s so many nuances and characters that come again, and it is referenced, and it is films inside films. It is so complicated for those who’re not aware of it, and it was so cool to have the ability to speak to, like, the PA or the sound man, and so they all perceive precisely what’s taking place. There’s lots of references to the unique Scream, which is cool.
Certain, on condition that OG screenwriter Kevin Williamson is director with Neve Campbell’s Sidney returning, a callback or two or three or 4 is predicted. However I like that Michelle Randolph says there are “heaps” of references to the unique film.
These legacy callbacks very doubtless have one thing to do with the screenwriter saying Sidney’s return is for very particular causes. In addition to why David Arquette’s Dewey is returning, even when we weren’t alleged to study that one so early.
I am keen on the way in which the Scream films retain and resurface the whole lot that is occurred on this planet of horror even outdoors the franchise itself. I’d get aggravated if somebody from a superhero or multi-sequel motion franchise talked about how complicated a brand new undertaking could be with out information of previous movies, however with Scream, I embrace labyrinthian plotlines with inside-baseball whodunnits. This has been my shit since 1996, so carry on all of the callbacks, even when they make me really feel outdated within the course of.
Scream 7 is about to hit theaters on February 27, 2026.