Scream 7 has scored a agency launch date – discover out when it’s popping out beneath.
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Paramount Photos has locked in Scream 7 for a February 27, 2026 launch date in keeping with longtime franchise lead Neve Campbell, who broke the information by way of social media on Tuesday (October 1).
The 2026 launch will mark three years for the reason that franchise’s final outing with Scream VI in 2023. It’ll see the return of Campbell, who sat out of Scream VI attributable to pay disputes. Directing the upcoming movie would be the franchise’s creator Kevin Williamson.
The affirmation comes after a tough patch for the franchise since Scream VI‘s launch final 12 months. Scream V and VI lead actress Melissa Barrera final 12 months was dropped from Scream 7 after posting on Instagram in assist of Palestine. The actor has since opened up about feeling “lonely and scared” after the dismissal, however beforehand stated she is “at peace” with how issues conspired.
Following her elimination from the mission, co-lead Jenna Ortega additionally introduced she wouldn’t be returning attributable to different scheduling commitments. It was later confirmed that Neve Campbell – who didn’t seem for Scream VI attributable to “pay discrepancies” – would return to steer Scream 7. The actor will likely be reprising her position as Sidney Prescott within the new movie, and it comes after director Christopher Landon dropped out.
Final week, Courtney Cox – who’s the one actor within the franchise to look in all six launched movies – confirmed that she hasn’t formally signed on for the seventh movie: “They’re rewriting on a regular basis. It’s not like I don’t know what’s happening.”
2023’s Scream VI scored a four-star assessment upon its launch, with Alex Flood writing for NME: “Scream VI isn’t excellent: the fixed meta references (previous killers, the ‘guidelines’ of the franchise) felt creative in final 12 months’s reboot, however right here develop tiresome. There’s additionally a complicated subplot round Sam’s suppressed want to emulate her dad (Billy Loomis, the unique Ghostface), who seems in hallucinations telling her to homicide individuals. Throw within the standard exposition classes, which maintain the viewer updated on the plot however make it really feel like a Gen Z Poirot, and it might all begin to get in your nerves. Fortunately, such is the sheer, bloody pleasure of the factor that you just’ll be too preoccupied to note. Perhaps extra horror baddies ought to transfer to New York?”