The famous faces Neve Campbell, Courtey Cox, Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown will also be present.
David Arquette He will officially repeat his role as Dewey Riley of the first five Scream films in the seventh installment of the horror franchise.
It is still not clear exactly how this is possible, since Dewey was brutally stabbed to death in the fifth film, Scream (2022), by Ghostface (which was later revealed that it was Amber Freeman, played by Mikey Madison). But it is not the only miraculous resurrection in the universe of “Scream”: Scott Foley and Matthew Lillard They are also ready to relive their dead characters in Scream 7 of Paramount Pictures.
The known faces Neve Campbell, Courtey Cox, Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown They will also be present, together with the new accessions: McKenna Grace, Celeste O’Connor, Joel Mchale, Asa Germann, Sam Rechner, Anna Camp, Mark Insueles and Ethan Embry.
Cox had already expressed his hope that filmmakers could find a way to resurrect Dewey (who was married to his character Gale Weathers): “I understand the reasons why they did, but go! What a strangest character! ”He said. “The fans of ‘Scream’ worship Dewey. They have to find a way to do it. ”
The screenwriter of the first two Scream will direct the seventh film
Kevin Williamsonwho wrote the first Scream, makes his debut as director inside the saga with the seventh film, which will be released in theaters on February 27, 2026.
Gooding gave clues about what fans can expect from the new film, telling the Variety portal in February: “It seems an extension of what there was before, and there is no better indication of what Kevin Williamson, who wrote the original, returning now to direct. I think Ghostphace is absolutely the brutal thing that has been. I don’t want to ruin anything, but there are some things that do the human body with which I feel that Kevin is opening new paths. ”
Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortegawhich starred the first two films of the new version of “Scream”, will not return to the seventh film. Barrera was fired from Scream 7 last year for publications on social networks about Israel. Shortly after, it was reported that Ortega was no longer available due to his Netflix Merlina filming agenda.
Source: Ambito
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