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Scream fans have called for people to boycott the franchise after Melissa Barrera was fired from Scream VII due to posts about the Israel-Hamas conflict.Barrera, who played Sam Carpenter in 2022’s Scream and sequel Scream VI, was dropped from the upcoming seventh instalment after writing an Instagram post in support of Palestine.In a post on her Instagram Stories, the Mexican-born actor wrote: “I too come from a colonized country. Palestine WILL be free.

EXCLUSIVE: Violett Beane and newcomer Jacob Robinson have joined the cast of Christopher Landon’s Drop for Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse. The duo will star alongside previously announced Meghann Fahy and Brandon Sklenar.

It looks like we might be getting more Gale Weathers!

Activity is heating up on the Scream front, as Courteney Cox is now in talks to return as reporter Gale Weathers, reprising the role she’s held since the first installment, sources confirmed to Deadline.

UPDATED with more details: Neve Campbell said Tuesday that she will return as Sidney Prescott for the next film in the Scream franchise.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events As “Scream 7” continues to be reworked after a series of setbacks that saw cast members and the director leaving the project, star Mason Gooding is confident the movie will still get made. “If it could make money, I guarantee you, they’ll make it,” the actor told Variety at Vanity Fair and Instagram’s pre-Oscars Vanities party on Wednesday night at Bar Marmont in West Hollywood. But Gooding, who played Chad Meeks-Martin in the last two “Scream” movies, insists he’s not in the loop on where things stand today.

Meghann Fahy has landed an exciting new movie role!

EXCLUSIVE: After launching The Purge franchise, Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes are teaming on a new thriller Drop and have set Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon to helm and Meghann Fahy to star. The film’s logline is being kept under wraps, but it’s said to be a fast-paced thriller.

As Spyglass Media Group scrambles to figure out what’s next for the “Scream” franchise, director Christopher Landon, who exited “Scream VII” last December, continues to land new projects. The latest for Landon after the creature feature “Big Bad“? Deadline reports he’ll direct “Drop,” the newest team-up between Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes.

Melissa Barrera is looking back at her time on the popular horror franchise ‘Scream.’ The Hollywood star revealed that she will always be “proud” of reigniting the franchise in Scream V and Scream VI, becoming a total success amongst fans, and a box office hit, with Scream VI earning $108M.MELISSA BARRERA AND ANGUS CLOUD STAR IN THE UPCOMING VAMPIRE MOVIE ‘ABIGAIL’SUNDANCE 2024: 10 LATIN MOVIES TO KEEP AN EYE ONWATCH MELISSA BARRERA SING IN CLIP FROM HER NEW FILM ‘CARMEN’“I’m just so grateful on what I got to infuse in the franchise, and that’s something I’ll be proud of forever,” Melissa said to Deadline at Sundance, revealing that she had a positive experience, despite Spyglass moving on with a different storyline and characters.The Mexican actress also talked about her relationship with the ‘Scream’ cast, following their reunion at the Emmys in recent days, including Jenna Ortega, who played her sibling in the film. “If we’re ever in the vicinity of each other, we always find each other and that’s what happened at that event,” she explained to the publication.“When we find each other, we just want to spend the night with each other, and nothing is ever going to change that,“ Melissa said, adding that despite not working together anymore, they are ”family for life.”And while Melissa and the rest of the cast will not be coming back for ‘Scream,’ the actress continues to succeed in the horror genre, moving on with her upcoming vampire film ‘Abigail’ and ‘Your Monster,’ which is being shown at Sundance in Park City.Christopher Landon, who was set to direct Scream 7 had previously revealed that while he was excited for the project, it’s time to “move on.” “My heart did break for everyone involved.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Melissa Barrera weighed in on her controversial exit from the “Scream” franchise while attending the Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of her latest horror movie, “Your Monster.” “Honestly, I think I finally am becoming who I’m supposed to be in life, and the last few months have been a big awakening of that,” Barrera told the Associated Press when asked about her “Scream” exit. “I’m just so grateful for everything that’s happened.” Barrera played Sam Carpenter, the daughter of Billy Loomis (played by Skeet Ulrich in the original films), in 2022’s “Scream” and 2023’s “Scream 6,” the latter of which set a franchise box office record with $108 million at the domestic box office.

“I’m just so grateful on what I got to infuse in the franchise, and that’s something I’ll be proud of forever,” Melissa Barrera told Deadline at Sundance tonight, indicating no bad blood after being severed from the Scream series by Spyglass Media last month.

It’s the big story in the world of horror: after two runaway box office hits, the “Scream” franchise is on the skids after firing next-gen scream queen Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega leaving the series. It’s too bad, as “Scream VII” was lining up to a high point for Spyglass‘ slasher, with Christopher Landon helming the sequel.

Ooh, this is quite a shrewd final girl move if ever we’ve seen one!

Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega reunited with the Scream cast at MPTF’s 17th Annual Evening Before Gala.

Scream franchise amid recent news that several cast members and the director departed the upcoming film in the long-running series.Back in December, Scream 7‘s director Christopher Landon confirmed he left work on the project. The Happy Death Day director was announced to be helming the seventh instalment in August, which would have marked his debut in the Scream franchise.

Neve Campbell isn’t ruling out a return to the troubled Scream franchise.

Neve Campbell addressed her future in the Scream franchise as the series is swept up in controversy.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Neve Campbell announced in June 2022 that she was leaving the “Scream” franchise because she didn’t feel she was being properly compensated to reprise her role of Sidney Prescott in the sixth movie. Even so, she could see herself coming back some day “under the right circumstances,” Campbell told me Saturday at the BAFTA Tea event at the Maybourne hotel in Beverly Hills. That said, it’s unclear what is happening with the franchise at the moment after director Christopher Landon dropped out of the seventh film.

The “Scream” franchise keeps taking the hits. Following the loss of its leading scream queens, “Scream VII” filmmaker Christoper Landon has exited the film he announced this week on Twitter over the holidays and described the project as a “nightmare.” Furthermore, he said he left the project weeks ago, which is not a surprise given the recent controversies.

Melissa Barrera continues to use her social media platform to stand up for her beliefs. On Christmas Eve, the former Scream star shared a message in favor of Palestine and reminded her followers of the history of the celebration tonight.

Scream 7‘s director Christopher Landon has confirmed he left the project “weeks ago”.The Happy Death Day director was announced to be helming the seventh instalment in August, which would have marked his debut in the Scream franchise. He was supposed to take over from from Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who directed 2022’s Scream 5 and this year’s Scream VI and were set to serve as executive producers on the next film.Following the high-profile departures of Jenna Ortega, Melissa Barrera and Neve Campbell, Landon has become the latest name to exit the film.“I guess now is as good a time as any to announce I formally exited Scream 7 weeks ago,” Landon said on X yesterday (December 23).“This will disappoint some and delight others. It was a dream job that turned into a nightmare.

Christopher Landon has exited Scream VII, the director announced on social media.

Ethan Shanfeld Director Christopher Landon has departed “Scream 7.” The “Happy Death Day” director announced his exit on X/Twitter Saturday, writing, “I guess now is as good a time as any to announce I formally exited ‘Scream 7’ weeks ago. This will disappoint some and delight others. It was a dream job that turned into a nightmare.

Scream 7 has officially lost director Christopher Landon.

Less than 24 hours after her firing from “Scream VII,” actress Melissa Barrera is speaking out and breaking her silence. “First and foremost, I condemn Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.

Scream” franchise lost two stars this week, putting the seventh film in the series in a creative conundrum, according to sources familiar with the project. Variety broke the news that Melissa Barrera was fired by Spyglass, the film’s producer, in recent days over social media messages that it deemed to be antisemitic (specifically, posts regarding the Israel-Hamas war). That decision was made after the company was notified that Jenna Ortega, whose star has risen considerably since she joined the beloved Wes Craven horror series, would not return due to a scheduling conflict with the second season of her smash Netflix hit “Wednesday.” Barrera and Ortega play sisters in the films.

Jordan Moreau Jenna Ortega has dropped out of “Scream 7” due to her “Wednesday” Season 2 shooting schedule, Variety has confirmed. The news of her exit comes one day after her co-star Melissa Barrera was fired from the horror movie due to Barrera’s social media posts about Israel and Palestine.

UPDATE 6:12 P.M. PST: The director of the film, Christopher Landon, has responded to the news in a since deleted tweet:

Tatiana Siegel Spyglass Media Group initially declined comment when Variety broke the news that the company had dropped Melissa Barrera from the cast of “Scream 7.” But now the production banner behind the hit horror franchise’s revival is pushing back on a narrative that has quickly coalesced around the decision: that Barrera was fired for showing support for the Palestinian cause. Instead, a spokesperson clarifies that Barrera’s posts were interpreted as antisemitic. “Spyglass’ stance is unequivocally clear: We have zero tolerance for antisemitism or the incitement of hate in any form, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, Holocaust distortion or anything that flagrantly crosses the line into hate speech,” a Spyglass spokesperson tells Variety.

Scream VII filmmaker Christopher Landon has responded to the news of Melissa Barrera‘s firing by Spyglass Media over her social media repostings over the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Spyglass Media Group, the studio behind the Scream movies, has just shared a statement regarding the firing of Melissa Barrera, one of the leads of the upcoming Scream 7.

Melissa Barrera is no longer starring in Scream VII.

It’s a Wonderful Knife. Kennedy’s debut effort, 2020’s Freaky, a robustly entertaining riff on body swap films, co-written with Christopher Landon, was met with both critical and audience acclaim.

Another “Scream” movie became inevitable after “Scream VI” had the horror franchise’s best opening weekend earlier this year, eventually becoming its highest-grossing film. Not bad for a series that horror fans considered as good as dead before its “reimagining” in 2022.

Scream franchise is currently in the works with Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon at the helm.As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Scream 7 will mark Landon’s debut in the franchise, taking over from Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who directed 2022’s Scream 5 and this year’s Scream VI.Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett will reportedly still be attached to the Scream 7, though only as executive producers, along with Chad Villella. Bettinelli-Olpion and Gillett reportedly stepped down from Scream 7 in order to work on an original horror film for Universal Pictures before it was halted due to the ongoing writers and actors strike in Hollywood.Scream 5 and Scream VI saw the franchise receive a soft reboot, while also acting as sequels to the original films.