The subsequent Scream sequel is amongst upcoming horror films set to return out in 2026, however earlier than the movie got here along with an extended record of latest and legacy stars led by Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott, loads of drama occurred behind the scenes. Scream 7’s director Kevin Williamson has spoken about how the undertaking got here collectively for him, and it feels proper that the Scream Queen herself had rather a lot to do with serving to put the items of the undertaking again collectively.
In case you 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 have been deemed antisemitic by the film’s manufacturing firm. Not lengthy after, Jenna Ortega left together with her as a result of “it was all sort of falling aside,” and after unique director Christopher Landon left after receiving severe “threats” (despite the fact that he was not concerned in her firing), Scream 7 was again to sq. one. Williamson apparently didn’t wish to take over till one key individual modified his thoughts. In his phrases:
Neve did. You might be proper. It was form of, ‘Nicely, what’s going to occur?’ After we misplaced Melissa and Jenna, and it simply appeared like we weren’t going to see the Carpenter sisters in a 3rd film, it was sort of a bummer. It’s like, ‘What can 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 have been not concerned, he was simply as disenchanted about their exit as us. However then a brand new thought began to take form. He continued,
After which this concept to convey Sidney Prescott again — and never simply convey her again, however to concentrate on her character, inform her story of who she is at this time — that received actually thrilling for me. And I feel different folks received actually enthusiastic about it.
The upcoming Scream film was written by James Vanderbilt and Man Busick, who helped convey again the franchise from the lifeless with 2022’s Scream and the 2023 follow-up Scream VI. As soon as the writers began to provide you with the mysterious thought that will closely contain Sidney Prescott, the movie began to return collectively once more. Williamson additionally mentioned this:
After which they began writing a script. Jamie got here up with this nice story — Jamie Vanderbilt and Man Busick — and so they began to write down this script, and it simply form of took on a lifetime of its personal. After which Neve learn it and heard the pitch, and he or she signed on. And I used to be nonetheless simply the manager producer who was simply form of there, watching from the sidelines… After which Neve referred to as me in the future and mentioned, ‘I feel you must direct this.’ And I went, ‘No, no, no, no, no… okay, I’ll do it.’
It’s sort of good that Neve Campbell was the one to ask Williamson, proper? I imply if Sidney Prescott asks you to make a Scream sequel together 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 purpose.”
Plus, the upcoming movie is ready to in some way convey 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 solid members embody Courteney Cox, Mason Gooding, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Anna Camp, McKenna Grace and Joel McHale, and it’s popping out February 27, 2026.