Courteney Cox has closed a deal to return for Scream 7, the brand new installment within the long-running meta horror franchise from Spyglass Media Group and Paramount, Deadline can affirm.
Cox reprises as Gale Weathers, the sharp and impressive information reporter-turned-author who’s usually discovered herself on the middle of the Ghostface killings, showing in each Scream movie thus far. Others returning embody Neve Campbell as scream queen Sidney Prescott and Mason Gooding as her fellow Ghostface survivor, Chad Meeks-Martin. Newcomer Isabel Could will Sidney’s daughter, with Celeste O’Connor, Asa Germann, Mckenna Grace, Sam Rechner and Anna Camp additionally on board in new, undisclosed roles.
The plot of the brand new movie is being saved underneath wraps. Set to hit theaters worldwide on February 27, 2026, Scream 7 comes following the success of Scream VI, which introduced in a franchise-high home gross exceeding $108 million in March 2023. Collectively, movies within the sequence have earned greater than $900 million in worldwide field workplace receipts.
Kevin Williamson, architect of the Scream franchise who scripted the unique Wes Craven movie, will direct from a script by Man Busick. Additionally aboard, following collaborations with the scribe on 2022’s Scream reboot and Scream VI, are James Vanderbilt, William Sherak, and Paul Neinstein, who will produce for Undertaking X Leisure.
Cox has additionally lately been seen starring reverse Greg Kinnear in Starz’s Shining Vale, which ran for 2 seasons. Information of her Scream 7 deal was first reported by Selection.
