Kevin Williamson heading to Scream 7 and gather with Campbell snow: “It must be on Sidney”

After almost three decades of modeling of the Cry franchise from behind the keyboard, Kevin Williamson is finally trampling the camera for Scream 7. According to him, everything is reduced to one thing … Sidney Prescott.

Speaking at the ATX TV Festival during a career retrospective panel, Williamson explained what prompted him to direct the seventh episode of the beloved Slasher series.

“The company launched it to me because they told me:” It will be Sidney Prescott. He must concern Sidney. “That’s why I would like to do it.

“I think there is a world in which we have not exploited – we never went home with her, who is today, and we don’t know what her life is. I want to know those things.”

It is a moment in full circle not only for Williamson, but for the heart that beats the franchise, Snow campbell. After skipping Scream 6 For a wage dispute, his return Scream 7 It is a correction of the course. Williamson was vocal on his support in Campbell during the previous disputes and doubled during the panel.

“There was this important thing in the remuneration discrepancy, but it was also on the part. It was like,” Do you want me to present me at the end of a movie with a gun and help to shoot Ghostface? It’s fantastic. I will do it. “He was happy, but he also wanted a part.

And that’s exactly what he is getting. Williamson stressed him Scream 7 He is built with Campbell, not only around her.

“So we were able to draw on that and find a way to enter with snow, we did it together. It was with me every step of the path, and it was so favorable and so helpful. He accompanied me a lot. I hope he shows him, but we had fun.”

While the script is officially accredited Cry Veterans Guy Busick AND James VanderbiltWith Busick Penna the script from their history, it is clear that the collaboration of Williamson and Campbell is at the center of what is coming.

Busick said previously:

“We always wanted to make a film by Sidney and therefore it was like, ‘okay, we enter and why now and why this?’ I don’t want to give anything about the reason [Scream 7] It was supposed to be a Sidney movie because there is a really interesting reason …

“Scream is always in a conversation with the public on the state of the films, on the state of horror films and in particular in franchise.”

With a release date of February 2026, Scream 7 It promises to be more than another episode of Ghostface, it is a return to the soul of the series. For fans who grew up with Sidney Prescott, this could be the story they were waiting for.

Source: Variety