Scream is a franchise in free fall. After two profitable quasi-reboot sequels, and a plan to seemingly transfer away from the sequence’ roots, it appears that evidently Paramount and Spyglass Media are bringing Neve Campbell back to Scream. The actor announced her return to the series on Tuesday, however didn’t present any additional particulars on what the story of Scream 7 can be.
After an extremely profitable 2022 retooling, which introduced in new franchise stars like Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega, the franchise has suffered one misstep after one other. The difficulty began in 2023, with the launch of Scream VI, which whereas nonetheless a reasonably substantial hit at the field workplace, acquired barely extra tepid reception than the earlier entry.
For a lot of followers, considered one of the most disappointing parts of the film was the sidelining of sequence’ protagonist Sidney Prescott (Campbell), who had been in each earlier movie. This time round, the sequence’ different common, Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox), was compelled to merely handwave Sidney’s absence in a throwaway line of dialogue. Because it seems, nevertheless, Campbell refused to do the film as a result of she felt that the studio’s salary offer was too low, given her significance and historical past with the franchise.
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Regardless of followers lacking Sidney, when Paramount introduced plans for Scream 7, which might convey back the major characters from the final two motion pictures, expectations and pleasure had been nonetheless excessive — not least of all as a result of the fabulous Christopher Landon (Pleased Dying Day) was being introduced on to direct the new entry.
Nonetheless, shortly into manufacturing, Spyglass unceremoniously fired the Barrera, the star of the earlier two motion pictures, over her posts about the Israel-Gaza battle, which the studio deemed antisemitic. Shortly after, Ortega left the undertaking as effectively. Whereas scheduling differences were the only reason given, it appears very odd that the film wouldn’t reschedule to accommodate considered one of the greatest stars in the world. Lastly, Landon left shortly after Barrera’s firing, leaving the undertaking with no stars and no director. At the very least till now.
Campbell introduced her return to the sequence on Instagram on Tuesday, and the author and creator of the authentic film, Kevin Williams, has announced that he’ll be directing the new entry. Man Busick, who co-wrote the earlier two motion pictures, will deal with the writing on Scream 7. Whereas a lot of this seems like a franchise reboot, with two of the authentic key gamers returning to the franchise, it’s extremely unclear what this new film is perhaps about. On prime of that, there’s no phrase which members of the forged from the earlier film may return.
