It was only a matter of time before Ghostface returned…
The team behind SCREAM ’22 and SCREAM VI, Radio Silence, won’t be back for the next sequel due to scheduling issues (they’re hard at work on an as-yet-unknown Universal monster feature) but now we know who’ll be behind the camera!
The Hollywood Reporter broke this one, reporting that Spyglass “has tapped Christopher Landon, a scary movie stalwart whose credits include the HAPPY DEATH DAY movies as well as body-switching horror-comedy FREAKY, to direct the seventh installment of the long-running franchise.” This according to “multiple sources,” THR also notes.
Landon also wrote the second, third, fourth and seventh installments of the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY series along with writing and directing PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES.
No word yet on who will be writing SCREAM 7, but THR reports that Melissa Barrera and Mason Gooding are expected to return. As for Jenna Ortega…
THR notes, “Ortega’s deal will be one to watch, as the actress signed on to the franchise before she was catapulted to the A-list thanks to Netflix’s Wednesday.”
The ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes have halted productions across Hollywood, so it may be a while before production on the next Ghostface adventure gets underway.