When the news broke that filmmaker Christopher Landon would direct Scream VII, the response from the franchise’s fans was positive. After all, he’d previously balanced horror and comedy with movies like Happy Death Day and Freaky, and delivered some huge scares with his work on the Paranormal Activity series.
However, when the Scream franchise’s new lead, Melissa Barrera, was unceremoniously fired for sharing her thoughts on the Israel-Hamas war on social media, the project started to fall apart. Jenna Ortega also walked away, with Landon not too far behind them.
“Scream was a very dark and tumultuous experience,” Landon told Vanity Fair (via