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Both Bettinelli-Olpin and co-director Tyler Gillett previously expressed interest in bringing Neve Campbell's character Sidney Prescott back in future sequels, after Campbell declined to return in Scream VI due to a pay dispute with the film's producers.
Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett exited the project due to scheduling conflicts with their film Abigail (2024). Christopher Landon was hired in their place, on recommendation from Kevin Williamson who remembered Landon from his days as an intern on the first Scream (1996). That same month, pre-production was suspended due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.
Melissa Barrera was fired from the seventh film due to her comments about the Gaza war. The following day, Jenna Ortega was reported to not reprise the role due to scheduling conflicts with the second season of the Netflix television series Wednesday (2025). Ortega later refuted this, stating in an April 2025 interview that she left due to the changes in the creative team and cast.
It was then reported that the film would go through a creative retooling, with the intention of bringing back other actors from the franchise, like Campbell, along with Patrick Dempsey, who portrayed Mark Kincaid in Scream 3 (2000). In December 2023, Landon announced that he had officially exited the film weeks prior. He later explained he felt without Barrera the film he had signed on to direct no longer existed, and therefore there was no reason for him to continue.
In March 2024, Campbell posted on her Instagram account that she would return as Sidney. She also confirmed that Kevin Williamson, writer and producer of previous Scream films, would direct. Dempsey said scheduling conflicts and the California wildfires prevented him from joining the film.
Although Kevin Williamson has taken the directing chair, Guy Busick and James Vanderbilt return as writers from the previous 2 installments.
The film was scored by Marco Beltrami, returning from the first four installments. The film also features five original songs, including "Twisting the Knife" by Ice Nine Kills (ft. Mckenna Grace).
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