Courteney Cox could also be heading again to the “Scream” franchise, as sources inform Selection she is in talks to reprise the position of Gale Weathers within the seventh film of the slasher sequence, to be directed by “Scream” creator and author Kevin Williamson.
The information comes about two weeks after Neve Campbell introduced she was coming again as Sidney Prescott after the actor sat out of “Scream 6” because of a wage dispute.
“Sidney Prescott is coming again!!!!” Campbell posted on Instagram March 12. “It’s at all times been such a blast and an honor to get to play Sidney within the ‘Scream’ motion pictures. My appreciation for these movies and for what they’ve meant to me, has by no means waned. I’m very glad and proud to say I’ve been requested, in essentially the most respectful manner, to deliver Sidney again to the display screen and I couldn’t be extra thrilled.”
Williamson wrote on Instagram, “It’s been almost 30 years since my very first script, ‘Scream,’ was directed by the legendary Wes Craven. I by no means would have predicted what it will turn into. Or that I might be directing the seventh installment of the franchise. I’m overcome with gratitude and pleasure, and I can’t wait to take this journey with Neve and your entire ‘Scream’ household as we deliver again Sidney Prescott within the subsequent chapter of the ‘Scream’ franchise. Thanks to all of the ‘Scream’ followers. You’re the reward that retains giving.”
The franchise’s seventh installment imploded final yr when Spyglass fired star Melissa Barrera over posts concerning the Israel-Hamas Struggle that the corporate considered as antisemitic, and Jenna Ortega dropped out because of obvious scheduling conflicts.
Mason Gooding, who performed Chad Meeks-Martin within the final two “Scream” motion pictures, predicted earlier this month that “Scream 7” would discover its manner. “If it may make cash, I assure you, they’ll make it,” he informed Selection at Self-importance Honest and Instagram’s pre-Oscars social gathering in early March.
He continued, “It’s all about maintaining with what seems like is the very best film for the followers. … If individuals need it, they may definitely strive their greatest to see it occur.”
Further reporting by Brent Lang.