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| Directed by | Kevin Williamson |
| Screenplay by | Guy Busick |
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| Based on | Characters by Kevin Williamson |
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| Cinematography | Tim Ives |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Scream 7 is an upcoming Americanslasher film directed byKevin Williamson and written byGuy Busick, from a story byJames Vanderbilt and Busick. It is a sequel toScream VI (2023) and the seventh installment in theScream film series. The film starsNeve Campbell,Courteney Cox,Mason Gooding,Jasmin Savoy Brown,Roger L. Jackson, andDavid Arquette reprising their roles from previous films, along withIsabel May andJoel McHale.
Following the exit ofScream (2022) andScream VI directorsMatt Bettinelli-Olpin andTyler Gillett in August 2023,Christopher Landon was hired to direct the seventhScream film. However, the film went through a creative retooling after the departure of starsMelissa Barrera andJenna Ortega in late 2023, with Landon also exiting the project. In March 2024, Campbell confirmed her return to the franchise after being absent fromScream VI, with Williamson hired to directScream 7 after serving as writer and producer of the early films in the series. Filming began in January 2025.
Scream 7 is scheduled to be released in the United States on February 27, 2026, byParamount Pictures.
Matthew Lillard andScott Foley, who previously portrayedStu Macher andRoman Bridger inScream (1996) andScream 3 (2000) respectively, have been cast in the film in undisclosed roles, along withAnna Camp,Mark Consuelos,Ethan Embry,Asa Germann,Mckenna Grace,Celeste O'Connor,Sam Rechner,Michelle Randolph, andJimmy Tatro.
During the premiere ofScream VI (2023), co-directorMatt Bettinelli-Olpin said: "We want to be watching Scream movies whether we're involved or not for the rest of our lives."[6] Both Bettinelli-Olpin and co-directorTyler Gillett previously expressed interest in December 2022 in bringingNeve Campbell's characterSidney Prescott back in future sequels, after Campbell declined to return inScream VI due to a pay dispute with the film's producers.[7]
In August 2023, Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett exited the project due to scheduling conflicts with their filmAbigail (2024).Christopher Landon was hired in their place.[8] That same month, pre-production was suspended due to the2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.[9] On November 21, 2023, it was reported thatMelissa Barrera, who starred asSam Carpenter inScream (2022) andScream VI, had been fired from the seventh film due to her comments about theGaza war.[10][11] The following day,Deadline Hollywood reported thatJenna Ortega would not reprise the role ofTara Carpenter due to scheduling conflicts with the second season of the television seriesWednesday.[12] Ortega later refuted this, stating in an April 2025 interview that she left due to the changes in the creative team and cast, stating, "The Melissa stuff was happening, and it was all kind of falling apart. IfScream VII wasn't going to be with that team of directors and those people I fell in love with, then it didn't seem like the right move for me in my career at the time."[13][14] It was then reported that the film would go through a creative retooling, with the intention of bringing back other actors from the franchise, like Campbell, along withPatrick Dempsey, who portrayedMark Kincaid inScream 3 (2000).[15] In December 2023, Landon announced that he had officially exited the film weeks prior.[16] Despite the fact that Landon was not involved in the studio's actions, he faced backlash and harassment from some Barrera fansonline, to the point of having threats leveled against him and his family: "People were threatening to kill me and my family, to the point where the FBI was getting involved. I got messages saying, 'I'm going to find your kids, and I'm going to kill them because you support child murder.' The head of security at various studios and the FBI had to examine the threats."[17]
In March 2024, Campbell posted on herInstagram account that she would return as Sidney. She also confirmed thatKevin Williamson, writer and producer of previousScream films, would direct from a script byGuy Busick, based on a story by Busick andJames Vanderbilt.[1] Campbell's return was supported by many of her movie colleagues, includingDavid Arquette.[18] Later that month,Courteney Cox and Dempsey were in talks to reprise their respective roles asGale Weathers and Kincaid.[19][20][21] In November,Isabel May was cast to portray Sidney's daughter.[4] In December,Celeste O'Connor,Asa Germann,Mckenna Grace,Sam Rechner, andAnna Camp joined the cast in undisclosed roles.[22][23][24][25][26] That same month,Mason Gooding and Cox signed on to reprise their roles from the previous films.[27][2] In January 2025, it was announced thatRoger L. Jackson would return as the voice ofGhostface andJasmin Savoy Brown would reprise her role from the previous two films,[3][28] withJoel McHale cast as Sidney's husband,[3][29] andMark Consuelos joining in an undisclosed role.[30]Matthew Lillard andScott Foley, who previously portrayedStu Macher andRoman Bridger inScream (1996) andScream 3, respectively, were also cast in the film; it was unknown at the time if they would be playing the same roles inScream 7 as those characters were killed in their respective films.[31][32] In February,Ethan Embry joined the cast.[33] In March,David Arquette was confirmed to reprise his role asDewey Riley, a character killed inScream (2022), alongsideMichelle Randolph andJimmy Tatro in undisclosed roles.[5][34]
Principal photography began under the working titleScar Tissue inAtlanta, Georgia, on January 7, 2025,[35] and was expected to continue until March 12.[36] According to Campbell, filming was scheduled to begin in September 2024 and was then delayed until December 2024 due to scheduling issues.[37]
Scream 7 is scheduled to be released in the United States on February 27, 2026.[38]
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