Scream fans were delighted when Paramount announced a sixth entry in the franchise, but the news came with a caveat: Neve Campbell wouldn’t be coming back.
10.06.2022 - 18:01 / perezhilton.com
If you haven’t heard the sad news, it sounds like we’ve seen the last of maybe the best final girl of all time, Sidney Prescott. Neve Campbell confirmed this week that she had to turn down Scream 6 after Paramount offered her what she felt was just too little money to continue negotiations.
Oof.
Now one co-star from the original is making his support for Sid known. Matthew Lillard, who played Stu Macher in the first Scream — and began dating Neve for some time afterward — weighed in on the Hollywood news during a streaming talk about his new company Midnite Movie Club. And he was 100% on the side of the series’ leading lady. Pointing out the sexism of it all, he asked:
The man has a point! As he and his friend say in the conversation, in the horror world? In the Scream franchise? Neve Campbell IS Tom Cruise.
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Matthew also pointed out something which would seem obvious to most fans but apparently not to the studio — bringing her back WORKED! Scream (2022) made $140 million worldwide! For a slasher flick, that’s enormous! So why mess with the formula? He reasoned:
Makes sense to us, too! Good looking out from an ex-boyfriend btw!
[Image via Paramount/YouTube.]
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Scream fans were delighted when Paramount announced a sixth entry in the franchise, but the news came with a caveat: Neve Campbell wouldn’t be coming back.
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Matthew Lillard is standing up for his former co-star. During a Twitter Spaces conversation with Midnite Movie Club, the 52-year-old actor defended Neve Campbell‘s decision to walk away from the “Scream” franchise due to a pay dispute.
Matthew Lillard is standing up for his former co-star. During a Twitter Spaces conversation with Midnite Movie Club, the 52-year-old actor defended Neve Campbell's decision to walk away from the franchise due to a pay dispute.Lillard played Stu in the original film in 1996, while Campbell has starred as Sidney Prescott in all five films in the franchise.«Did Tom Cruise take less money for [the sequel]? F**k no dude. So why is a woman supposed to take less? Why wouldn't you pay her more as the series goes on?» Lillard said. «Was a hit or not a hit? It was a smash hit.
Scream stars have supported Neve Campbell’s decision to leave the upcoming sixth instalment.The actor, who plays Sidney Prescott in the horror franchise, announced this week she rejected the chance to reprise her role in Scream 6 as “the offer that was presented to me did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise”.Speaking to Variety, Campbell said: “Sadly, I won’t be making the next Scream film. As a woman I have had to work extremely hard in my career to establish my value, especially when it comes to Scream.“I felt the offer that was presented to me did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise.
, Fin Argus plays Mingus, an openly confident high school student who finds themself unexpectedly challenged by the realities of the world. “They’re at a place where they’re already self-assured and very confident in their queerness,” the actor tells ET about the character, happy to see that the role is not stuck with a coming out narrative. “Beyond that, I mean, they’re starting to explore their creative expression through drag,” Argus continues, noting that’s something “I’ve always wanted to do.” In the premiere, Mingus makes their drag debut at a local gay nightclub, Babylon, where they channel the 1996 teen film , starring Neve Campbell, Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk and Rachel True. Taking the stage while wearing a white button-down blouse and a pleated skirt with a messy, jet black wig, they very much look like Balk’s iconic goth queen, Nancy Downs, as they lip sync Grimes’ “Kill V.
Knowing her worth. More than two decades after bringing the OG final girl to life, Neve Campbell shocked Scream fans when she announced her departure from the franchise.
Dermot Mulroney is joining the cast of “Scream 6”.
David Arquette is weighing in on Neve Campbell’s decision to not return for the sixth Scream movie.
Dermot Mulroney is joining the cast of .The 58-year-old actor, perhaps best known for his role in Julia Roberts', is set to play a police officer in the franchise, according to, which first broke the news.The addition comes nearly a month after it was announced that Hayden Panettiere will be returning to reprise her role as Kirby Reed, whom Panettiere played more than a decade ago in the fourth installment.Mulroney and Panettiere will be joining a host of familiar faces, including Melissa Barrera (Sam), Jasmin Savoy Brown (Mindy), Mason Gooding (Chad) and Jenna Ortega (Tara), all of whom have also been confirmed to be returning for the new sequel. According to a press release, principal photography is scheduled to begin this summer. However, one leading lady will not be returning.
Scream is responsible for ushering in a whole new wave of horror in pop culture, ever since its original film debuted in 1996, 25 years ago.
David Arquette was asked to react to the news that Neve Campbell will not be reprising her role as Sidney Prescott in Paramount/Spyglass Media’s Scream 6.
Reigning scream queen Neve Campbell isn’t returning to Woodsboro for "Scream 6." Campbell, who plays the perpetually targeted Sidney Prescott in the long-running slasher series, will not be reprising her role in the upcoming installment because she felt "the offer that was presented to me did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise." "Sadly, I won’t be making the next ‘Scream ‘film," Campbell said in a statement to Variety. "As a woman I have had to work extremely hard in my career to establish my value, especially when it comes to ‘Scream.’ I felt the offer that was presented to me did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise.
On Monday, actress Neve Campbell announced she will not be returning for the upcoming “Scream 6” due to an offer that “did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise.” Now, franchise co-star David Arquette is reacting to the news.
You know what has the biggest returning character kill count in Hollywood? Salary negotiations. And it’s struck again, this time on the otherwise unkillable Sidney Prescott.
Created by horror legend Wes Craven, while the “Scream” movies might not have enjoyed the most gigantic box office returns, they’ve certainly done enough to spawn five films, and more are coming. When Spyglass Media decided to resurrect the satirical commentary on the slasher genre with “Scream 5,” there was skepticism until the film made an impressive amount of money at the pandemic-era box office, earning $140 million globally on a budget of $30 million.