Courteney Cox could also be heading again to the “Scream” franchise, as sources inform Selection she is in talks to reprise the function of Gale Weathers within the seventh film of the slasher collection, to be directed by “Scream” creator and author Kevin Williamson.

The information comes about two weeks after Neve Campbell introduced she was coming again as Sidney Prescott after the actor sat out of “Scream 6” attributable to a wage dispute.

“Sidney Prescott is coming again!!!!” Campbell posted on Instagram March 12. “It’s at all times been such a blast and an honor to get to play Sidney within the ‘Scream’ motion pictures. My appreciation for these movies and for what they’ve meant to me, has by no means waned. I’m very completely satisfied and proud to say I’ve been requested, in essentially the most respectful means, to deliver Sidney again to the display and I couldn’t be extra thrilled.”

Williamson wrote on Instagram, “It’s been practically 30 years since my very first script, ‘Scream,’ was directed by the legendary Wes Craven. I by no means would have predicted what it might turn into. Or that I might be directing the seventh installment of the franchise. I’m overcome with gratitude and pleasure, and I can’t wait to take this journey with Neve and all the ‘Scream’ household as we deliver again Sidney Prescott within the subsequent chapter of the ‘Scream’ franchise. Thanks to all of the ‘Scream’ followers. You’re the present that retains giving.”

The franchise’s seventh installment imploded final 12 months when Spyglass fired star Melissa Barrera over posts concerning the Israel-Hamas Battle that the corporate considered as antisemitic, and Jenna Ortega dropped out attributable to obvious scheduling conflicts.

Mason Gooding, who performed Chad Meeks-Martin within the final two “Scream” motion pictures, predicted earlier this month that “Scream 7” would discover its means. “If it may make cash, I assure you, they’ll make it,” he instructed Selection at Vainness Truthful and Instagram’s pre-Oscars get together in early March.

He continued, “It’s all about maintaining with what appears like is the most effective film for the followers. … If individuals need it, they may actually attempt their finest to see it occur.”