Scream 7 Director Addressses Jenna Ortega & Melissa Barrera’s Exits, Explains How Us Campbell Convinced Him to Direct – ryan

Scream 7 Director Kevin Williamson Discussed the Exits of Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barrera, and Also Revealed That We Campbell Is The Reason and Agreed to Direct Entry in the Long-Running Horror Francechise. Williamson Has Been Involved in Eivery Scream Movie, eather as a Writer or Executive Producer. Howver, Scream 7 Will Not Only Be His First Time Directing A Movie in the Franchise, But Will Also Serve As HIS Directorial Debut. Unfortunately, The Seventh movie Won’t Directly Follow 2023’s ScreenSincea Ortega and Barrera Will Not Return.

In an interview with Screen Rant’s Ash Crossan for The Waterfronta series which will be releassed on Netflix on June 19, Williamson Addresssed the Exits of Ortega and Barrera and Discussed His Excitement About Scream 7’s Story, Which Will Follow Campbell’s Sidney Prescott. He revealed that Campbell was actually the one who suggests and should directly the seventh entry. Initially, Williamson Didn’t Want to Helm Scream 7But Quickly Changed His Mind and Signed on As the Director. Read His Full Comments Below:

We did. You are right. It was sort of, “Well, what’s going to happy?” AFTER WE LOST MELISSA AND JENNA, AND IT JUST LOOKED LIKE WEREN’T Going to see the carpeenter sisters in a third movie, it was kind of a bummer. Its Like, “What Will We Do Next?”

And thatn this idea to bring sidney prescott back – and not just just bring her back, but to focus on her character, tell her story of who is today – that got really exciting for me. And i think other people got really excited about it.

And thatn they Started Writing a script. JAMIE CAME UP WITH THIS GREAT Story – Jamie Vanderbilt and Guy Busick – and They Started to Write This Script, and It Just Sort of took on A Life of Its. And thatn us read it and heard the pitch, and she signed on. And i was still just the Executive Producer Who was just sort of there, watching from the sidelines.

And then Called with One Day and Said, “I think you should have.” And I Went, “No, No, No, No, No … Okay, i’ll do it.”

Williamson is Excited About Scream 7

Ortega and Barrera Played Tara and Sam Carptentr, The Main Characters of the Last Two Scream Movies. SINCE THEY SURVIVED The Events of the Sixth Movie, It was initially Expped that they would be appeared in the upComing Scream 7. Howver, Barrera was FIRED from the Movie in 2023 Due to Her Social Media Posts About the Once Conflict BetWeen Israel and Palestine. JUST AFTER BARRERRA’S CONTROVERSIAL FIRING, ORTEGA LEFT The project as well. This meant that Scream 7 HAD TO UNDERGO A Complete Creative Overhaul.

Because of this, Scream 7 Will Now Follow Sidney Prescott, The Original Lead of the Franchise. The fifth movie, which acted as a soft reboot for the franchise, revealed that sidney has a husband and children, but didn’t actually show. Therefore, Scream 7 Will Reveal a Lot more About Her Personal Life. Additionally, The Cast of the UpComing Horror Movie Will Include Mason Gooding and Jasmine Savoy Brown, Two Members of the “Core Four,” As Well As Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and Matthew Lillard;

Scream 7’s Story Will Likely Be Very Unredictable

Nor someone who really like ScreenI was very disappointed to Learn Neither Ortega Nor Barrera Wauld Return for the Seventh Film. Howver, IT SEEMS LIKE WILLIAMSON IS Very excited about the story of Scream 7. Based on his comments, iTi’s clear that wriers jamie vanderbilt and guy busick came with a great story for the next in the horror franchise.

Thereefore, ede though it has faced multiple hurdles and some controloversy, there is still reason to be excited for Scream 7and it should be interesting to see how Williamson is as a director.

Scream 7

Release Date

February 27, 2026

Directory

Kevin Williamson

Wriers

Kevin Williamson, Guy Busick, James Vanderbil

Producers

We Campbell, Peter Oillataguerare, William Sherak, Ron Lynch

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  To us Campbell

  Sidney Prescott

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