With Neve Campbell and Kevin Williamson returning to the slasher franchise they helped launch 30 years in the past, the unique Scream crew is full steam forward.
Throughout Wednesday’s world premiere of Scream 7, co-writer/director Williamson informed Deadline that he and Campbell began “spit-balling” the following installment as they labored collectively on the present sequel, premiering Friday in theaters.
“If you’re sitting on the set at 3:00 within the morning, you’re like, ‘Effectively, what would Scream 8 be about?’ And also you simply begin spit-balling,” defined Williamson. “And Neve had this nice thought, and everybody appeared to run with it So yeah, if this film works and other people need it, we’re right here for the followers. So, if they need it, we’ll actually give it to them.”
After she beforehand sat out Scream VI (2023) over the low pay supply, Campbell was introduced again to reprise her position as OG “closing lady” Sidney Campbell in March 2024, with authentic Scream (1996) author Williamson on board to direct.
In Scream 7, Sidney Prescott (Campbell) has constructed a quiet life for herself and her household, together with husband Mark (Joel McHale) and daughter Tatum (Isabel Could). However when a brand new Ghostface comes calling, she has to return into survivor mode to avoid wasting her daughter, who’s the killer’s subsequent goal.
The most recent slasher installment stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Scott Foley, Matthew Lillard, Jasmin Savoy Brown and Mason Gooding, in addition to newcomers Joel McHale, Isabel Could, Celeste O’Connor, Asa Germann, Mckenna Grace, Sam Rechner, Michelle Randolph, Jimmy Tatro, Anna Camp, Mark Consuelos and Ethan Embry.
