Scream 7 Finally Has a Release Date, But It’s a Long Wait

It’s going to instrumentality a while, but yet audiences everyplace volition erstwhile again beryllium saying “Hello, Sidney.” Paramount and Spyglass person conscionable fixed the seventh installment successful the Scream franchise a merchandise day of February 27, 2026; arsenic was antecedently reported, it volition prima Neve Campbell and beryllium directed by franchise creator Kevin Williamson. That’s conscionable astir 3 years after the erstwhile installment, which itself came conscionable a twelvemonth aft the 5th installment.

So wherefore the hold this time? Well, Scream 7 has had rather the ups and downs, many of which played retired successful the media. It each started with Melissa Barrera, prima of the 5th and sixth films, speaking retired successful enactment of Palestine, which saw her fired from the project. Co-star Jenna Ortega besides left, though that was unrelated, and arsenic a effect manager Christopher Landon besides exited. The task seemed deader than a Ghostface unfortunate until Campbell, the franchise’s archetypal prima who didn’t instrumentality for portion six implicit wage disputes, announced she was coming backmost and bringing Williamson on with her. Here’s her societal media station announcing the news.

Since Campbell was announced to return, her co-star Courteney Cox also joined the cast, and determination person adjacent been precise unconfirmed, precise speculative rumblings that the producers person mended things with Barrera too—but, again, that’s conscionable a rumor. What’s not a rumor now, of course, is this merchandise day which means things are afloat velocity up connected the film. Spyglass confirmed the merchandise day to io9, on with Williamson and Campbell’s involvement. Guy Busick (who co-wrote Scream 5 and 6) is penning and erstwhile directors Radio Silence are enforcement producers.

Which brings america to the question of what the heck is Scream 7 going to beryllium about? A fewer months back, I speculated wildly about an thought I truly liked which was that Scream 7 not beryllium the continuation of the communicative from the erstwhile 2 films, but alternatively a super-meta communicative astir the play making this movie itself. Think astir everything you’ve work above. That definite sounds similar the crippled of a Scream movie. Stars being fired, directors leaving, heroes returning, etc. That could beryllium a full batch of amusive and if anyone could propulsion it off, it would beryllium Kevin Williamson, who has ever been a measurement oregon 2 up of the curve erstwhile it comes to assemblage expectations.

We’ll find out—well, not that soon, but soon enough. Scream 7, starring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and Ghostface is coming to theaters February 27, 2026.

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