The Wednesday star appeared within the fifth and sixth movies within the sequence and was anticipated to return for the seventh installment, however all that modified in November 2023 — when it was reported she had exited the undertaking.

The information, which she did not touch upon on the time, got here at some point after costar Melissa Barrera was reportedly fired from the franchise over social media posts in regards to the Israel-Hamas battle. On the time, Christopher Landon was on board to direct, after directing duo Radio Silence — Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin — exited the film as nicely.

“It had nothing to do with pay or scheduling,” Ortega stated in a brand new interview with The Minimize, after preliminary studies on the time of her exit cited a battle with the filming schedule for Wednesday Season 2 and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

“It was all type of falling aside,” she added. “If Scream VII wasn’t going to be with that workforce of administrators and people individuals I fell in love with, then it did not appear to be the appropriate transfer for me in my profession on the time.”

Finally, director Landon left the undertaking as nicely, with authentic Scream scribe Kevin Williamson coming aboard to helm the seventh movie.

With the exits of each Barrera and Ortega’s characters, the script shifted to focus extra on Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott, who sat out the sixth movie after Campbell’s pay dispute with the studio.

Courteney Cox, Jasmin Savoy-Brown and Mason Gooding will all be again, whereas David Arquette, Matthew Lillard and Scott Foley are additionally  anticipated to return — regardless of all three of their characters being killed in earlier outings.

Joel McHale, Mckenna Grace, Anna Camp, Mark Consuelos and Ethan Embry had been additionally added to the solid.

Scream VII is ready for a February 27, 2026 launch.