With Scream VII set to take the franchise again to its roots, Matthew Lillard is happy to see what’s subsequent.
After Scream (1996) authentic author Kevin Williamson was introduced to return to the franchise to direct the upcoming seventh installment, the actor expressed his pleasure to see which path the subsequent slasher sequel goes.
“I feel it’s in place. I feel that [the movie being] again within the fingers of Kevin Williamson is nice,” he advised GamesRadar+. “I like what [Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin] had been doing earlier than. nothing in opposition to them. Actually, I assumed they had been taking a extremely thrilling means.”
Lillard famous that he wasn’t a fan of the shotgun scene in Scream VI. “I assumed the film acquired too violent,” he mentioned. “I feel 6 was, like… I don’t assume Ghostface ever wants a shotgun. I feel that the films are – every little thing is making an attempt to repeat what we did within the first film in a variety of methods. Like, a maniacal monologue on the finish. It’s actually laborious to do. I hope that Kevin takes it in a model new, courageous, and thrilling path in order that we will kind of discover totally different colours and totally different joys.”
After OG star Neve Campbell sat out Scream VI (2023) as a consequence of a wage dispute, she introduced in March that she’s again for the subsequent movie, together with Williamson as director and a script by Man Busick.
Ghostface in Scream VI.
Paramount Footage
Though Campbell famous in July that she’d but to see a accomplished script, she signed on as a result of the brand new movie focuses as soon as once more on her ‘ultimate lady’ character Sidney Prescott.
“We’re going to comply with Sidney,” she advised Leisure Tonight. “They did pitch the idea to me, and it’s the explanation that I jumped on board.”
The casting information got here after Scream (2022) and Scream VI (2023) star Melissa Barrera was fired from the franchise over her assist for Palestine amid the Israel-Hamas battle, which was considered by Spyglass Media as antisemitism.
