10 More Movie Sequels That Are FINALLY Happening
8. Scream 7
As totally ridiculous as it sounds to say that Scream 7 is "finally" happening when Scream VI barely came out a year ago, context is key.
Though Paramount was reportedly keen to get the slasher sequel shooting before the end of 2023 in order to accommodate Jenna Ortega's increasingly busy schedule, that plan was scuppered by both industry strike action and the sudden firing of star Melissa Barrera last November after she made pro-Palestine posts on social media.
Ortega departed Scream 7 the very next day, citing scheduling conflicts and pay disputes, and before the end of the year director Christopher Landon had also made his exit.
It seemed like Scream 7 was basically put on ice for the foreseeable future, then, but in early March, original star Neve Campbell confirmed that she was returning for the seventh movie, with franchise writer Kevin Williamson now set to direct.
It's reasonable to assume that shooting will take place before the year's out with the film releasing sometime in 2025, which while a year later than Paramount originally intended, is still a pretty tidy turnaround for such an embattled project.
Whether fans will turn up for it in droves without its two new leads, though, is anyone's guess.