It’s been a whirlwind of ups and downs for fans of the Scream franchise over the past two years. From major cast and director exits to writers having to pen an entirely new script, things have been bad. In the wake of that folderol, the filmmakers are amping up the hype with Scream 7 by revealing castings of dead characters, the return of Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) and the inclusion of twins Mindy and Chad Meeks-Martin (Jasmin Savoy Brown & Mason Gooding) who were intrigal to the scrapped arc of the last two films.
What’s going on in the Spyglass writer’s room? And how are they going to repair the broken Scream timeline they worked so hard to create?
Without giving away too much information (In fact, just enough to keep the hype trending) the writer of Scream 7, Guy Busick, spoke exclusively to Comicbook.com about his ideas, Sidney’s return, and why the Meeks twins are crashing a timeline that seems different from their own.
First, he makes it clear, that this is Sidney’s movie. Busick explains that he loved the Scream (2023) and Scream VI narrative, but destiny had other plans.
“We were excited about what we had for that movie. We wanted to do one more ‘Core Four’ movie,” Busick told the publication. “We know the fans love those characters. We love those characters. We created those characters. I would love to see, in some universe, the continuation of their characters, in some way. But we weren’t able to port over the stuff from the other story. It was like, ‘Okay, here is what the universe dealt us.’ We always wanted to do a Sidney movie and so it was like, ‘All right, let’s get into it and why now and why this one?’”
Even though our original final girl is back, it has people speculating “Why?” Busick is tight-lipped about the answer, but is confident fans will approve once they see the film because it does fit into what all these movies have in common: Editorials on the current drift of horror cinema and its fandom.
“I don’t want to give anything away about the reason [Scream 7] had to be a Sidney movie because there’s a really cool reason,” he explains. “In all these movies, you have to ask, ‘Why now? What is the thing Scream is commenting on now?’ Scream is always in a conversation with the audience about the state of movies, the state of horror movies and in particular, franchises.”
“There is a really specific reason why Sidney is in this movie. I will say there is a reason and we were happy with it when we cracked it. We went to Neve Campbell and said, ‘This is why. This is why Sidney now.’ Neve was like, ‘Oh, I get that.’ I pitched Kevin [Williamson] this first, too. He got it and then I pitched the studio. I came up with the story with my co-writer on [Scream] 5 and 6, James Vanderbilt.”
As for the twins, he’s not taking credit for that. It was all Vanderbilt’s idea.
“I believe it was James that came up with it. I want to give credit where credit is due, but it was an organic way why they would be in this movie,” Busick contends. “I don’t want to spoil anything, but I will say it’s through Gale. She’s the connective tissue in 5 and 6 and she’s in this. New York was obviously a big part of that. She bonded with those four and there’s a reason why these two come to this town where the action is happening.”
Finally, the setting for Scream 7. From small town to big city, Ghostface is everywhere, but in this next film will he/she go back to their roots or remain in the Big Apple? And how much time has passed since the Carpenter sisters walked off into the cityscape in the last film?
“It’s not New York,” he affirms. “I don’t want to be the one to spoil where it is. It’s an unspecified amount of time [after VI]. I might get contradicted by other people, but in my mind, more than two years. I would say at least two years. It could be two years, but I would say two years plus.”
The above information is pretty vague, and if anything will generate even more fan theories. But hype is all part of the magic of the Scream franchise. Strangely, they are able to “read the room” and arguably satisfy the fans while making pretty damn good movies even if some are better than others. We will have to wait and see if a 30-year-old franchise can still deliver a good surprise or, as some fans have said, it’s “enough already.”
The answers will come on Feb. 27, 2026, when Scream 7 releases in theaters.
Source: Comicbook.com
