The actress announced in a statement last June that she would not appear in Scream VI due to a salary dispute. "Sadly, I won't be making the next Scream film," Campbell said. "As a woman, I have had to work extremely hard in my career to establish my value, especially when it comes to Scream.
Horror film fanatics rejoice: Neve Campbell is coming back to the "Scream" franchise. On Tuesday, Campbell posted a picture to her verified Instagram showing the title page of a script for an "Untitled Scream 7" film, writing in the caption, "Sidney Prescott is coming back!"
Campbell, who had played Sidney Prescott in every Scream film to date, announced in June 2021 she had quit the sixth instalment as she wasn't getting paid what she thought she deserved. “Sadly, I won't be making the next Scream film,” Campbell said in a statement to Variety.
Gale Weathers Was The Only Character From The Main Trio To Return In Scream 6. The problem with Scream 7 following Sidney during the events of Scream 6 is that Gale Weathers wouldn't be able to return.
Horror fans rejoice: Neve Campbell is returning to the "Scream" franchise. The actress, 50, took to Instagram on Wednesday to confirm she will star in "Scream 7" and that her iconic final girl "Sidney Prescott is coming back!!!!"
The REAL Reason Why Sidney Prescott and Neve Campbell Didn't Appear In Scream 6
Will Jenna Ortega be in Scream 7?
It was then reported that Jenna Ortega won't be in "Scream 7" because of "Wednesday" season two. Variety reported Ortega won't take part due to scheduling conflicts with the second season of Netflix's huge hit "Wednesday."
After dropping out of Scream 6 owing to salary disputes, Neve Campbell is confirmed as returning in Scream 7. The actress has been the lynchpin of the hit slasher franchise since its inception in 1996, playing the beleaguered Sidney Prescott who has survived multiple run-ins with the Ghostface killer.
In Scream (2022), it is revealed that Billy cheated on Sidney during the events of the first film, fathered a daughter named Sam Carpenter (whom he wasn't aware of) and appears in her visions throughout the film and Scream VI, encouraging her to fight back against the killers trying to murder her, and thus the ...
Gale Weathers appears in the Scream films as an ambitious, strong-willed journalist and writer who is initially built up as an antagonist, but ultimately joins forces with Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) and Dewey Riley (David Arquette), the latter of whom she eventually falls in love with and marries, in order to ...
Sidney Prescott is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Scream franchise. The character was created by Kevin Williamson and is portrayed by Canadian actress Neve Campbell. She first appeared in Scream (1996) followed by four sequels: Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000), Scream 4 (2011), and Scream (2022).
Tell Sidney he never got me.” Even if Gale had been killed by Scream 6's Ghostface, she didn't want Sidney to think that she had let the killer actually get her. Gale wouldn't go down as just another Ghostface victim if she had died, and wanted Sidney to know that – as always – she went down fighting.
Speaking to Collider in 2022, Williamson debunked all theories and rumors about Stu's survival and said that Stu is dead, and Lillard's sneaky cameos in other Scream movies are unrelated to Stu.
Before Scream 7 went through a whole creative reset, Billy was expected to return in Scream 7 as there are many unanswered questions about Sam and her link to Billy. However, now that Barrera is no longer part of Scream 7, bringing Billy back wouldn't make sense as Sam was the one who had hallucinations of him.
Melissa Barrera has spoken of being fired from the seventh instalment of Scream over her remarks about the Israel-Hamas conflict. The Mexican actress, 33, played Samantha “Sam” Carpenter in previous films in the slasher franchise, beginning with Scream in 2022.
Trivia: Scream 7 takes place in London during the start of the movie, it will then take place back into Woodsborro and the Wesker Studios for the rest of the movie. Wesker Studios is based in California, the father of Lucas Wesker was a famous producer who used to be part of Sunrise Studios.
Scream 3 (2000 film) reveals they are tension-filled exes, due to being too different, though they stayed together for some time amid Dewey's recovery. However, during the events of the film, their romantic liaison strengthens even further, as Dewey saves Gale's life.
In Scream 3, Roman seeks revenge for what he sees as his mother's rejection and abandonment by engineering Maureen's death and trying to kill Sidney, seeing her as having the family-life he was denied.
It is revealed that Billy held hatred inside for Sidney, but stayed in the relationship to stay close to her to execute his plan of revenge for his mother abandoning him. Meanwhile, he cheated on Sidney with other girls at and around school.
Unsurprisingly, the actresses' personal bond has also evolved since first working together 25 years ago. "We both became parents," Cox noted as to what has changed the most for them both.
The absence of Sam and Tara's story in Scream 7 makes it unclear how the series will continue. The departure of Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega leaves numerous mysteries surrounding Sam and Tara unresolved.
Spyglass Media Group fired Scream franchise star Melissa Barrera from her leading role in the upcoming Scream 7, Deadline reported, after she posted support for Palestinian liberation and condemned Israel's ongoing violence in Gaza following the October 7 Hamas attack in neighboring Israeli towns.
