The Scream VII drama has been a bit dizzying, and cameras haven’t even begun to roll. Back in August 2022, the saga actually began with Final Girl Neve Campbell announcing that she would not return as Sydney Prescott to the franchise in Scream VI due to a low-balled salary offer, and that seemed to be just fine for Campbell. She was after all, doing well elsewhere with Netflix’s The Lincoln Lawyer and also appearing in Peacock’s Twisted Metal. Then the existing confirmed cast began to fall by the wayside. First, Spyglass production company fired Melissa Barrera over her social media activity about Gaza. Then director Christopher Landon left, and Jenna Ortega dropped out of the movie, probably for scheduling reasons.