To the last part of that question, the answer is yes, we will get Scream VII but for a franchise that's usually had its shit together, these laat few months have been a headache that Spyglass could've easily avoided.
One thing that I've noticed with the last two movies was that we've got something of a generational divide between old school Scream fans who grew up with Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) as their final girl and new fans who have taken to Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera) as their final girl. With both the Core Four not returning for the next movie and doubts as to whether Sidney herself will return (I'm leaning towards no), surely there's some light at the end of the tunnel? Right now, not quite.
Back in December, Scream VII director Christopher Landon took to Twitter (never calling it X) to announce he had stepped down from the project. Given the torrential abuse that younger fans gave him over the whole Melissa Barrera debacle, I actually don't blame him stepping away. Saying that, I was looking forward to seeing what he would've brought to the franchise. However, anyone hoping that Spyglass were going to cancel this movie will be inevitably disappointed.
Yes, for the time it seems that not only are Spyglass going ahead with the seventh movie, written by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick but some directors have been rumoured (and I stress the *rumoured* bit) for taking on the sure to be divisive movie, also rumoured for a 2025 release. The frontrunner seems to be John Hyams. He's directed movies such as Alone and Sick (the latter co-written by Kevin Williamson) and probably would be a good fit for the franchise as Spyglass are determined to make this movie regardless of online discourse.
Now that we know Scream VII will be happening, where will it go as a movie? Like I said earlier in the blog, the Core Four are done and I genuinely don't believe they will get Sidney back either, so I assume a new script has been written to accommodate for those losses to the franchise. Do we go the reboot territory, take on a true crime angle or foolishly remake the first movie? My guess will be it'll be a new cast with possibly Gale (Courtney Cox) and/or Kirby (Hayden Panettiere) as a supporting character but I do think that perhaps to mix things up maybe go for a male protagonist this time around.
I'll provide more updates as things move further along with Scream VII over the next while.
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