Courteney Cox is officially set to return for ‘Scream 7’

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Scream 7, weeks after she said her return wasn’t officially set in stone.Variety reported yesterday (December 18) that Cox will reprise her role as journalist Gale Weathers – the only character to appear in every Scream movie to date – in the upcoming movie, which is set for release in 2026.In September, Cox explained that she wasn’t tied to the project, explaining: “I’m not officially signed on.

I’m not, but there will be a Scream 7.”However, she said at the time that she was excited to see Kevin Williamson, who wrote the script for the first movie, directing the seventh. “You can’t get better than that choice,” she said. “It’s going to be fun.”At the time, she added: “They’re rewriting all the time.

It’s not like I don’t know what’s going on,” while she also voiced hope that her ex-husband David Arquette’s character Dewey could return after he was killed off in the fifth movie.Meanwhile, Scream 7 has encountered a few difficulties in production.

It was affected by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, while original director Christopher Landon ended his involvement with the movie in 2023.Lead actress Melissa Barrera was dropped from Scream 7 last year after posting on Instagram in support of Palestine.