The next film in the horror franchise ran out of lead actresses in 24 hours. Are there crossed motives?
Scream VII loses its two protagonists: controversy over Israel and scheduling problems
Spyglass
In an unexpected turn, the next Scream movie lost its two leads in 24 hours. Melissa Barrera was farewell yesterday for comments he made on his social networks about the war between Israel and Hamasand Jenna Ortega will not film the seventh installment of the franchise for schedule problems.
Scream of 2022 gave a renewal to the saga of scare films, led by Ortega and Barrera, who joined the actors from the classics Courtney Cox and David Arquette. The film grossed $133.7 million and was surpassed by Scream VI, which grossed US$168.9 million.
Faced with the loss of his stars, It’s unclear if the movie will be made.. Christopher Landon is still the director, but this replacement could force the film to slow down for a few years.
Melissa Barrera is fired from Scream VII for posts about the war Israel – Hamas
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The actress was farewell after uploading posts to their social networks that stated that “Gaza is being treated like a concentration camp.” “Cornering everyone together, with no way out, without electricity or water. People didn’t learn anything from our history. And people again look on without saying anything. This is genocide and ethnic cleansing.”public.
A spokesperson for Spyglassthe company behind the franchise, made a statement after the news was released: “Our position is unequivocally clear: we have zero tolerance for anti-Semitism or hate speech in any form, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, distortion of the Holocaust or anything that crosses the line into hate speech.”
Jenna Ortega leaves Scream VII to film the second season of Merlina
Just one day later, Ortega announced that he would not return to the Scream franchise. Even so, it seems that his decision would not be related to Barrera’s departure.
Sources told The Hollywood Reporter that Ortega’s decision was reported to Spyglass before the actors’ strike that began in July. Different versions circulate about his departure, from a scheduling problem with the filming of the second season of Merlina even a bad contract negotiation.
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