SCREAM VII Rumored To Feature Significant Time-Jump; Envisioned As First Movie In New Trilogy

SCREAM VII Rumored To Feature Significant Time-Jump; Envisioned As First Movie In New Trilogy

We know that both Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) and Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) will return for Scream VII, and a new rumor may reveal more details about the "younger leads" that will be joining them.

By MarkCassidy - May 27, 2024 09:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Scream
Source: Via FearHQ

Scream VII is now moving forward without the previous movie's leads, Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega, and while plot details are still under wraps, rumors have claimed that the story will revolve around Sidney (Neve Campbell), Gale (Courteney Cox) and some new characters defending Sid's family from some kind of Ghostface cult.

There have been conflicting reports about exactly how many masked maniacs will be targetting our returning heroes, but thanks to insider Daniel Richtman, we may have a little more to go on regarding the "younger leads" that are currently being cast.

Apparently, there will be a "big time jump" following the events of the last movie, presumably to allow for Sidney's children to have grown to appropriate slasher movie age. Richtman has also heard that this film will be at least partially set in a new town (ie, not Woodsboro), and is being developed as the first instalment in a new trilogy.

Patrick Dempsey is said to be in talks to return as Sidney's husband, Detective Mark Kincaid, but that's yet to be confirmed.

Following the departure of Barrera and Ortega, It also remains to be seen if the remaining members of the "Core Four", Jasmin Savoy Brown and Mason Gooding, will reprise their roles.

“Sidney Prescott is coming back!” Campbell posted on Instagram when her return was made official. “It’s always been such a blast and an honor to get to play Sidney in the Scream movies. My appreciation for these films and for what they have meant to me, has never waned. I’m very happy and proud to say I’ve been asked, in the most respectful way, to bring Sidney back to the screen and I couldn’t be more thrilled.”

Campbell's decision to return has stirred up some controversy due to Barrera's firing over social media posts that Spyglass deemed to be "anti-Semitic." A lot of fans felt that Campbell should have shown solidarity with her former co-star and declined the studio's offer.

Barrera was asked about the situation in a recent interview, and while she declined to comment on Campbell, she did reveal that she would consider returning to finish Sam Carpenter's story down the line.

“I’ve learned to never say never, but also a lot of things would have to happen for Sam to come back. For now, next page, next chapter, and then we’ll see what the future holds.”

“It’s definitely hard, because I was just in such a cloudy state of mind, but I was very fortunate,” the Abigail star told THR. “I had a lot of support from the people around me: my team and specifically my publicists — they just carried me.”

"Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter," reads Scream VI's synopsis. "In Scream VI, Melissa Barrera ("Sam Carpenter"), Jasmin Savoy Brown ("Mindy Meeks-Martin"), Mason Gooding ("Chad Meeks-Martin"), Jenna Ortega ("Tara Carpenter"), Hayden Panettiere ("Kirby Reed"), and Courtney Cox ("Gale Weathers") return to their roles in the franchise alongside Jack Champion, Henry Czerny, Liana Liberato, Dermot Mulroney, Devyn Nekoda, Tony Revolori, Josh Segarra and Samara Weaving."

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Unites
Unites - 5/27/2024, 9:10 AM
They just should do one film focused on Sidney and do one big finale after with every one brought back from the new trilogy
TheCoonII
TheCoonII - 5/27/2024, 10:03 AM
@Unites - except the jihadist #deathtopalestine
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 5/27/2024, 10:29 AM
@Unites - even the people killed since the beginning? Flashbacks? Ghosts? Sydney having hallucinations?
TheLobster
TheLobster - 5/27/2024, 12:40 PM
@TheCoonII - you’re a sick person who’s indoctrinated as [frick] if you’re truly cool with genocide.
TheCoonII
TheCoonII - 5/27/2024, 12:51 PM
@TheLobster - President biden supports Israel
TheLobster
TheLobster - 5/27/2024, 8:33 PM
@TheCoonII - yeah and he’s a senile POS so what does that even prove? I’m a Democrat but I’m not some blind party loyalist trying to justify a genocide.
Nolanite
Nolanite - 5/27/2024, 9:12 AM
Love the comic book!
Said no one ever.
Nolanite out
JobinJ
JobinJ - 5/27/2024, 9:31 AM
These movies are so played out. Same story over and over.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 5/27/2024, 10:36 AM
@JobinJ - welcome to the slasher genre. Freddy, Jason, Michael, ect. All had WAY to many films that were just repetitive.
Wes Craven's New Nightmare was a VERY welcome change and WAY ahead of its time. Then Freddy vs Jason was epically awesome.

And then, they've remade/extended Jason, Freddy, and Michael (that 3rd remake film is as low as Halloween Resurrections; maybe even worse. Ugh.

Scream started to suck on part 3 (which is typical of trilogies (Karate Kid 3, Spiderman 3, Superman III, Return of the Jedi, and so on....), part 4 was just atrocious. 5 was decent and I really liked 6.

So, I'm ready for part 7.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 5/27/2024, 10:37 AM
Way "too" many

damn it guys. bring back the edit button
AlexGSpeaks
AlexGSpeaks - 5/27/2024, 10:30 AM
So Campbell is supposed to decline and stand in solidarity with Barrera, but not the other way around when the studio wanted to pay Campbell less than she made on the other films and said "take it or leave it" because they didn't want to pay an aging woman anymore?
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 5/27/2024, 10:48 AM
I keep saying: Have Neve/Sydney be the killer in 7. Full circle. No one would expect it and she just went ape-sh1t after all the trauma she's had since the 90s.
It goes against every slasher genre trope and could remake this series even better. The hero becomes the villain because she lost it due to almost being killed 100 times.

(btw. MTV produced a 3 season SCREAM series a little while back. The first 2 seasons are actually pretty good. Yes, they have the typical teen kinda actors, MTV characters, but it's still dang good. However, the 3rd season drops all of the characters of the 1st 2 seasons and just tells a different story which really isn't that good.
I'd suggest SCREAM seasons 1 & 2 in a heartbeat.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 5/27/2024, 10:51 AM
best thing: if Sydney's the killer, have her be defeated but not killed. Then new characters in 8 could have their screen time but visit a nut-job Sydney in the mental ward. All the sudden she becomes a Hannibal type character.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 5/27/2024, 10:57 AM
@lazlodaytona - everyone would expect it, this franchise is beyond played out. The meta commentary was the only unique aspect
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 5/27/2024, 11:11 AM
@bobevanz - i dunno. Not sure everyone would.
If they keep Sydney mostly out of the film but she's referenced a lot by the new characters, then she shows up in the last 3rd of the film as the killer I think the general audience would be epically surprised.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 5/27/2024, 10:56 AM
All because some zionist didn't like Barrera's comments, typical. You can support a group of people without supporting the [frick]ing terrorists, I know that's hard to believe
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 5/27/2024, 11:35 AM
The time jump is probably to age up Sidney's kids so they can be in high school and usher in the new generation
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 5/27/2024, 12:25 PM
Scream is not a franchise were you can just rush out sequels. It's a franchise where one of the core premises is to satirize and deconstruct horror movie tropes and trends, but if the genre doesn't have enough time to go through new phases, there's nothing new to say. The two best Scream sequels, 4 and 5, both had a decade's worth of new material to use, while the more stale/not very good sequels, 3 and 6, had basically nothing to work with.
knighted
knighted - 5/27/2024, 12:35 PM
I really liked the core 4 now its right back to the same old characters.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 5/27/2024, 5:43 PM

They have worn this out. But for some weird reason, I will keep watching them.

Tequila and cookies make everything fun & better.

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