‘Scream’ 7 is a Time-Jump from the Previous Instalments of the Franchise
Details regarding Scream 7 are starting to trickle out as the horror franchise detours back into a story with its original remaining stars.
As original film scribe Kevin Williamson takes the helm of a Scream film for the first time, he’s bringing it all together with Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) and Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox) as they encounter ghosts of friends and ghostfaces past, including David Arquette, Scott Foley, and Matthew Lillard.
Some of the Scream reboot core cast also remains, with Mason Gooding and Jasmine Savoy reprising their roles as the Meeks twins But now there’s the development that the film will jump ahead in time for a “really cool reason” as shared by the film’s writer Guy Busick to ComicBook.com.
Busick continued to elaborate why the movie has become a Sidney-centered story, making the series’ original final girl once again the lead.
“I don’t want to give anything away about the reason [Scream 7] had to be a Sidney movie because there’s a really cool reason,” Busick told ComicBook. In all of these movies, it’s important to ask “Why now?” What is the thing Scream is commenting on now?’ Scream is always in a conversation with the audience about the state of movies, the state of horror movies and in particular, franchises.”
He shared that her participation was tantamount to the new installment’s themes. “We told Neve Campbell, ‘This why. Kevin was also told this. “He got it, and then I pitch the studio.”[Williamson]He also added that the movie will not take place in New York as the previous one did. The movie will also have a time shift. It’s not specified.
Others may disagree, but I think it’s more than two years. It would be at least two years. It could be as little as two years but I’d say at least two years. We’ll have to wait and see if we’re going back to Woodsboro! Scream 7 is set to hit theaters on February 27, 2026. Want more io9 news?
