Unique Scream 7 director Christopher Landon has opened up about his horrible expertise after being blamed by some followers for the controversial firing of Melissa Barrera. In late 2023, the Scream VI star was out of the blue dismissed by Spyglass Media Group from the upcoming sequel to the slasher franchise after sharing her stance in regards to the Israel-Hamas conflict on social media.
In March 2024, franchise creator Kevin Williamson changed Landon as the brand new director for the seventh installment, which was written by Man Busick. The brand new sequel will likely be led by franchise vets Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox as they reprise their respective fan-favorite roles as Sidney Prescott and Gale Weathers. The film is presently slated to reach in theaters on February 27, 2026.
Former Scream 7 director remembers receiving loss of life threats
Throughout a latest interview, Landon recalled one of many main the reason why he finally determined to exit Scream 7. Following Barrera’s abrupt dismissal and Jenna Ortega’s exit, the Happy Death Day filmmaker began receiving loss of life threats concentrating on his children.
“I bought messages saying, ‘I’m going to seek out your children, and I’m going to kill them since you assist baby homicide,’” he shared. “The top of safety at numerous studios and the FBI needed to look at the threats. It was extremely aggressive and actually scary.”
As well as, Landon not too long ago clarified his rumored function in Barrera’s Scream 7 firing, confirming that he truly didn’t have any half within the studio’s determination to chop Barrera from the sequel.
“I didn’t fireplace her. Lots of people suppose I had one thing to do with it, and it was not my doing. I had no management of the state of affairs in any respect,” he defined. “I feel within the absence of individuals understanding how Hollywood works and what the hierarchy is, the followers have been like, ‘That’s the man.’ And they also got here for me, knives out.”
The following installment can be that includes the return of Matthew Lillard, David Arquette, and Scott Foley, who’re reprising their roles as Stu Macher, Dewey Riley, and Roman Bridger, regardless of their characters’ respective deaths in 1996’s Scream, 2022’s Scream, and 2000’s Scream 3. As well as, it has additionally been confirmed that Jasmin Savoy Brown’s Mindy Meeks-Martin and Mason Gooding’s Chad Meeks-Martin are additionally showing within the subsequent sequel. Becoming a member of them are franchise newcomers Isabel Could, Celeste O’Connor, Asa Germann, Mckenna Grace, Joel McHale, Anna Camp, Mark Consuelos, Ethan Embry, Sam Rechner, Michelle Randolph, and Jimmy Tatro.
(Supply: Vanity Fair)
