Landon’s announcement comes weeks after Melissa Barrera, star of the last two installments, was fired and Jenna Ortega also confirmed her departure.
After the dismissal of Melissa Barreraone of its protagonists, and the departure of Jenna Ortegaanother of its star figures, the production of “Scream 7” continues to add problems after the resignation of its director Christopher Landon.
“I think now is a good time to announce that I formally left ‘Scream 7’ weeks ago. This will disappoint some and delight others. It was a dream job that turned into a nightmare. And my heart broke for everyone involved. All. But it’s time to move on,” Landon wrote on his personal X account.
“I have nothing more to add to the conversation other than that I hope Wes (Craven)’s legacy thrives and rises above the noise of a divided world. What he and Kevin (Williamson) created is something amazing and it was an honor for me to have even a brief moment enjoying the brilliance of it,” he concluded, with allusions to the creators of this saga that began in 1996.
The departure of Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega from Scream
Landon’s announcement comes weeks after Melissa Barrera was firedprotagonist of the last two installments, based on some comments on his social networks in which he accused Israel of “genocide and ethnic cleansing” due to the conflict it maintains with Hamas.
“Spyglass’s stance is unequivocally clear: we have zero tolerance for anti-Semitism or hate speech in any form, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, Holocaust distortion, or anything that flagrantly crosses the line of hate speech. hate,” the film’s production company had explained on that occasion to the specialized site Hollywood Variety.
When this happened, the director had also expressed himself in his personal account about it: “Everything sucks. Stop yelling. This wasn’t my decision.”.
A few days later, Jenna Ortegathe other protagonist, left the franchise because the production of the seventh installment did not fit the filming schedule of the second season of “Merlina”.
In addition to its two main stars, now “Scream 7” is left without a director, which opens up a big question mark regarding the future of this production and, eventually, the turn the story will take with these desertions.
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