Ghostface is going to have to find a bunch of new characters to menace in Scream VII — the cast of the upcoming sequel has now apparently lost both of its main stars. One day after news broke that franchise lead Melissa Barrera had been dismissed from the seventh Scream movie over her comments on social media about … Read more
Melissa Barrera has been fired as the star of Scream 7 following a few controversial social media comments. Update: Spyglass Media had initially declined to comment on the story when it broke, but they have since made a statement to Variety concerning why Melissa Barrera was fired from Scream 7. “Spyglass’ stance is unequivocally clear: We … Read more
A major star has been removed from the Scream franchise. Melissa Barrera, who has played the central figure in the two recent Scream revivals, has reportedly been dropped from the upcoming seventh film in the series in the wake of posts she made to social media about the Israel-Hamas War. Per THR, her posts included comments like “Gaza is … Read more
Last year, Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media revived the Scream franchise with a new entry (the fifth) that was a box office hit, earning almost $139 million at the global box office. Fourteen months later, Scream VI came along – and became an even bigger hit, pulling in almost $169 million at the global box … Read more
Neve Campbell said that while she’ll always love Sidney Prescott, she had to take a stand against equal pay disparity. When Neve Campbell announced that she would not be appearing in Scream VI over not getting paid enough to play Sidney Prescott, it put a cloud over not just the movie but industry shortcomings as … Read more
Christopher Landon gives his thanks to fans for welcoming him to the Scream franchise after he was announced as the director of Scream 7. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett resurrected the Scream franchise with two very successful installments, but it seems that they won’t be back for Ghostface’s next massacre. It was confirmed yesterday that … Read more
Scream Factory has announced the extras that will be on their 4K releases of Bride, Seed, Curse, and Cult of Chucky Last year, Scream Factory brought the 1988 classic Child’s Play and its first two sequels, 1990’s Child’s Play 2 and 1991’s Child’s Play 3, to 4K UHD. A couple months ago, they announced they’ll also be giving the four … Read more
To promote this year’s Saw X, a Saw experience will be open to all guests for all three days of the Midsummer Scream convention The tenth installment in the Saw franchise, a film appropriately titled Saw Xis set to reach theaters on October 27th – and in the build-up to that film’s release, Lionsgate is … Read more
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Matilda: The Musical star Alisha Weir has been tapped to star opposite Melissa Barrera in Universal Pictures’ untitled monster movie, which hails from Scream VI directing duo Radio Silence. This marks the young Irish actress’ latest major project since leading last year’s Netflix adaptation of Matilda. She will also next … Read more
The following post contains spoilers for Scream. Well, technically these are spoilers for Scream 5. But it was called Scream. It was the second-to-last Scream. It is confusing. look. if you’re two movies behind, you may be spoiled. Scream VI was a real turning point for the long-running slasher franchise. It firmly established its young … Read more