Earlier this month, news broke that Neve Campbell would return as Sydney Prescott for “Scream 7” as the slasher franchise starts from scratch. Now it appears another Woodsboro resident will also be back: Courteney Cox‘s Gale Weathers. Variety reports that Cox is in talks to reprise her role for the seventh chapter in the Spyglass series, with original “Scream” creator Kevin Williamson also returning to direct.

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The “Scream” franchise looks like it’s returning from the dead. Following some major controversies in the fall that led to its current cast either being fired or quitting today, Spyglass Media announced that Neve Campbell will officially return to play Sidney Prescott again in “Scream VII.” What’s more, in a move certainly designed to appease angry fans, the slasher will be directed by longtime franchise screenwriter and creator Kevin Williamson.

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“Scream” fans’ ears pricked up last year when, amid casting news about “Scream VI,” it became clear that franchise star Neve Campbell wouldn’t return for the sequel. The actress cited salary disputes with Spyglass and said it was a “very difficult decision to move on” after being the face of the “Scream” films for nearly 25 years. Some fans expected the worst after Campbell’s exit, but Radio Silence‘s sequel ended up the highest-grossing film in the series, taking in $189 million off a $35 million budget.  

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Timothy Olyphant has had a long and storied Hollywood career over the past two and a half decades, with two of his most lauded roles yet in this year’s “Full Circle” and “Justified: City Primeval.” But the actor likely wouldn’t have landed his big roles like Raylan Givens on “Justified” without crucial early ones like “Scream 2.” In a recent conversation on the Bingeworthy podcast, Olyphant talked about the notorious production of Wes Craven‘s 1997 sequel, one shrouded in secrecy due to a leaked script that revealed the identity of the movie’s killers.

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Are you over the COVID pandemic, or are you over COVID pandemic horror films? Probably both. This makes “Sick” a hard sell: A horror movie born in the pandemic era, set in April 2020, when all but a handful of holdout states in the U.S. had issued stay-at-home orders and buying hand sanitizer from distilleries was easier than from the local CVS. This is not a moment anybody wants to revisit in 2022, or possibly ever, but writer Kevin Williamson and director John Hyams ask us to do exactly that in their mean, economically made COVID slasher, two words that read as incongruous side by side but pair far better than viewers weary of contemporary outbreak horror could anticipate.

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Zap2It reports that the last minute cast changes are indicative of something a bit more troubling on the set of “Scream 4.” Franchise creator Kevin Williamson, who originally penned the script for the film, is no longer involved with “Scream 4,” nor any subsequent sequels.

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“Gilmore Girls” star Lauren Graham, who announced a few weeks back that she’d landed the role of the mother of Emma Roberts’ character, has apparently left the project, according to Ghouls On Film (Via /Film), who were the ones who originally reported her casting.

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Cary Elwes, and some of the original “Saw” cast are evidently returning for “Saw 7,” excuse us “Saw 3D.” This writer didn’t bother seeing the film, but wouldn’t this mean that half of them are on crutches or wheelchairs because they sawed their limbs off? Best of luck to this quality cinema franchise, sincerely.

God, it’s been pathetic news days lately. The guy who wrote the “The Thing” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street” reboot, Eric Heisserer has been hired to write “Final Destination 5” which we’ll just presume is being shot in 3D.

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Geeks are creaming their jeans saying, hey, the “Dune” remake will be in 3D!

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