Mckenna Grace joins the cast of 'Scream 7'; Courteney Cox returns as Gale Weathers

The next sequel to the slasher saga Screamhas just made its most recent signing.

The young actress Mckenna Grace She is the new member of the cast of Scream 7joining Neve Campbell in his long-awaited return as Sidney Prescott, to Isabel May (1883) as one of Sidney Prescott's daughters, Celeste O’Connor (Freaky) y Asa Germann (The Boys).

There are no official details about the character that will be played by Grace, according to reports from Deadline. However, Some rumors are indicating that she would be in charge of playing Tatum, Sidney Prescott's eldest daughter.. The name Tatum will be in honor of his mother's best friend, Tatum Riley (played by Rose McGowan in the original 1996 installment).

Curiously, Grace is six years younger than May, but she would be characterizing the older sister. We remain aware of the clarification of the rumors.

Grace has been part of film projects such as Gifted, Captain Marvel, Malignant, Annabelle Comes Homeand the last two films in the franchise Ghostbusters. On television he has participated in Designated Survivor, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Haunting of Hill Houseamong others.

We will see it soon in Regretting Youadaptation of the novel by Colleen Hoover.

We also have confirmation that Courteney Cox will reprise his role as Gale Weathers. In recent weeks she had stated that she was not “officially signed” yet, but now she has revealed to US Magazine that Gale will return:

“I'm the longest running Scream Queen, so I guess I can't stop now.”

Cox is the first woman to appear six consecutive times in the same horror franchise.

SOME INFORMATION:

• Grace and O'Connor were part of the two most recent installments of Ghostbusters: Afterlife y Frozen Empirehence Scream 7 will mark a new on-screen collaboration between the two.
• Campbell was absent from the previous installment, Scream VIdue to a salary dispute.

The path to the production of Scream VII It's been long. After the great commercial success of its predecessor, Scream 6the director of Freaky y Happy Death DayChristopher Landon, to take the reins of direction because Radio Silence wanted to work on Abigail y Ready or Not 2.

However, plans took a 180° turn when Melissa Barrera was fired after speaking out against the genocide taking place in Gaza and the call for a ceasefire. A couple of days later, Jenna Ortega left the project due to scheduling conflicts. Without the return of the two female leads, things got even worse when Landon announced his exit in December 2023, citing the toll it took on his mental health.

Kevin Williamsonthe creator and producer of the franchise since the original, has signed on to direct the feature film, which will mark his debut as director of a film in the franchise. Scream.

Williamson has written the script for the original installment, and the sequels Scream 2 y Scream 4, and has been executive producer of Scream 5 y Scream 6. Since this announcement and that of Campbell's return, the development of the seventh installment took a stable course.

It is expected that Filming will begin in early 2025.

Recently, Patrick Dempsey revealed that he had had approaches to finalize his return as Detective Mark Kincaid, who in Scream 3 was in charge of the investigation of the murders associated with Stab 3the movie within the movie. In Scream (2022) y Scream VI (2023) it was confirmed off-camera that Sidney married Mark and they have two daughters and a young son.

At the time of writing, it is unknown if Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown will reprise their roles as siblings Chad and Mindy Meeks-Martin from Scream 5 y 6.

The script of Scream 7 was written by Guy Busickfrom a story of James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick. They both wrote the script for Scream 5 y Scream 6.

With details of the plot to be known, it is known that the seventh film will return to the roots of Scream and will focus on Sidney Prescott (Campbell). The actress told Entertainment Tonight last July that “Let's follow Sidney. I was introduced to the concept and it’s the reason I joined.”

Vanderbilt produce Scream 7 alongside William Sherak and Paul Neinstein of Project X Entertainment, and executive producers Radio Silence (consisting of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett and Chad Villella).

The most recent sequel, Scream 6was released in theaters in March 2023, grossing more than $168 million worldwide, breaking the record for the best domestic box office (US) for the slasher saga with $108.1 million. The six installments have a combined global box office of more than $908 million.

Paramount Pictures will distribute the film produced by Spyglass Media, with a release date set in theaters around the world for February 27, 2026.