{"id":538342,"date":"2026-03-13T19:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/538342\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T19:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:00:09","slug":"scream-8-will-probably-happen-but-not-with-kevin-williamson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/538342\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Scream 8’ Will Probably Happen, But Not With Kevin Williamson"},"content":{"rendered":"

The franchise-best success<\/a> of Scream 7 all but assures that Ghostface will be back<\/a> in some way, shape, or form. Who will be the main victim? Which character will be behind the mask<\/a>? And what will be their motivation<\/a>? We don\u2019t know. What we do know is that one person in particular won\u2019t be back: Scream 7 director Kevin Williamson.<\/p>\n

In a new interview with Scream fan site Hello Sidney,<\/a> the man who wrote three of the franchise\u2019s first four films and returned to direct this seventh one said he would not be back for an 8th Scream. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to be part of the Scream family. That doesn\u2019t mean I always have to be front and center,\u201d Williamson said. \u201cI don\u2019t always have to write or direct\u2026 other people can take the reins.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, Williamson wasn\u2019t even supposed to direct this one. He got roped in by star Neve Campbell when she herself was roped back into the franchise after missing the sixth installment over a contract dispute. Once Spyglass fired Scream 5 and 6 star Melissa Barrera, the film\u2019s first director, Christopher Landon, dropped out, making Campbell\u2019s return a necessity. (She reportedly got paid $7 million for it<\/a>.) From there, Campbell herself contacted Williamson to ask him to direct. And the rest is Scream box office history.<\/p>\n

So who will direct an eighth Scream? And when might we get official confirmation on it? You have to imagine producers are already working behind the scenes with Scream 7 passing $150 million worldwide in just a few weeks, despite the franchise\u2019s worst reviews in history. io9 was among those bad reviews<\/a>, but we\u2019ll still be first in line to see Ghostface return. Surprises like that are what Scream is all about, and Williamson\u2019s return and exit both qualify as that.<\/p>\n

Who is your dream director for Scream 8? Should it be aware of everyone\u2019s favorite inside joke, Stab 8?<\/a> Let us know below.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The franchise-best success of Scream 7 all but assures that Ghostface will be back in some way, shape,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,54777,344,46163,266897],"class_list":["post-538342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-kevin-williamson","tag-movies","tag-scream-7","tag-scream-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}