Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega will not return for the upcoming ‘Scream VII’, and director Christopher Landon has dropped out of the project
Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega have teamed up again with no Ghostface in sight.
On Sunday, Barrera (33) shared photos of herself and Ortega (21) posing with several of their 2022 colleagues. Scream and in 2023 Scream VI on Instagram.
Mason Gooding, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Liana Liberato, Tony Revolori, Skeet Ulrich and Jack Quaid each surrounded Barrera and Ortega in the footage, which was filmed at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Night Before Gala.
“Yes 😍”, Barrera wrote in the description of her post. Ulrich, 53, commented: “Sweet reunion!!” while Quaid, 31, chimed in with a “HARD yes” to punctuate Barrera’s caption. “I just love you,” Gooding, 27, wrote in the comment, while Liberato wrote: “oooooh yes.”
In November, it was revealed that neither Barrera nor Ortega would appear in the upcoming Scream VII. In the franchise, the pair played sisters Sam and Tara Carpenter, whose family ties to the original Scream villain Billy Loomis (Ulrich) makes them targets of new serial killers.
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Barrera was fired Scream VII due to posts she shared on social media in October and November regarding the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Spyglass, the studio behind the films, said in a statement at the time that it had “zero tolerance for anti-Semitism or incitement to hatred in any form”.
In a statement afterward, Barrera said she uses her social media platform “to raise awareness about issues I care about and to lend my voice to those who need it.” She also added: “First of all, I condemn anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. I condemn hatred and prejudice of any kind against any group of people.”
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The next day, news broke that Ortega had also left the project, though her departure was reportedly unrelated to Barrera’s exit.
Then, in December, Christopher Landonwho was appointed Scream VIdirector in August, announced that he had retired from the film. The director described the project as “a dream job that turned into a nightmare.”
Jenna Ortega steps out against Wednesday in an ethereal (and bare) white mini dress: check out her surprise look!
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Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jasmin Savoy Brown and Mason Gooding in ‘Scream VI’.
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Original star Neve Campbell, who refused to return for last year’s sequel due to a contract dispute, told the The Hollywood Reporter at the BAFTA Tea Party on Saturday, “I know things are spinning at the moment, and I would imagine they’re spinning at the top trying to figure out what they’re going to do.”
“I wouldn’t be surprised if I got a call,” added the 50-year-old Campbell.
“But at the same time, I made a strong statement a few years ago, which is that I didn’t believe the way I was treated would have happened if I was a man and that I deserve something for having carried this franchise as long as I have,” she added. is.
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