{"id":109202,"date":"2025-10-30T17:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/109202\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T17:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:29:08","slug":"scream-7-trailer-sparks-mixed-reaction-as-boycotting-fans-point-out-whos-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/109202\/","title":{"rendered":"Scream 7 trailer sparks mixed reaction as boycotting fans point out who\u2019s missing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ghostface is out for blood in the long-awaited first trailer for Scream 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite the new installment\u2019s cast shake-ups<\/a> and previously leaving the franchise over a pay dispute<\/a>, Neve Campbell will return as Sidney Prescott<\/a> in the film. The trailer, released Thursday, shows Ghostface targeting Sidney and her daughter Tatum, played by newcomer Isabel May.<\/p>\n

While some fans celebrated Campbell\u2019s homecoming to the franchise, others were unable to let go of the cast members notably missing from the trailer: Actors Melissa Barrera<\/a> and Jenna Ortega are no longer part of the horror franchise after starring in the revival films Scream in 2022 and Scream VI in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t care. Looks boring. We want Melissa,\u201d one social media user commented under the trailer on X. Another added, \u201cI have no interest in any Scream movie that Jenna Ortega isn’t in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Someone else wrote, \u201cDo not forget what spyglass did to Melissa Barrera. stand with Palestine. Boycott.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Neve<\/p>\n

Neve Campbell is returning for \u2018Scream VII\u2019 in her iconic role as Sidney Prescott (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\"Melissa<\/p>\n

Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega aren’t returning for ‘Scream 7’ (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Barrera, who was set to reprise her role as Sam Carpenter in the new film, was fired from Scream 7 over her social media posts criticizing Israel for the genocide in Palestine<\/a> months after the sixth film was released, prompting pro-Palestine supporters to boycott the series.<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s production company Spyglass Media alleged at the time that her posts \u201cfloated an antisemitic trope that Jews control the media.\u201d In the Instagram post, she had said, \u201cWestern media only shows the [Israeli] side. Why do they do that, I will let you deduce for yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Barrera\u2019s exit, Ortega left the project voluntarily. Initial reports said the exit was due to scheduling conflicts<\/a>, but Ortega later clarified that the decision had nothing to do with pay or scheduling.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Melissa stuff was happening, and it was all kind of falling apart,\u201d she told The Cut <\/a>earlier this year. \u201cIf Scream VII wasn\u2019t going to be with that team of directors and those people I fell in love with, then it didn\u2019t seem like the right move for me in my career at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Barrera and Ortega dropped out, director Christopher Landon also decided to quit<\/a>, calling the project a \u201cdream job that turned into a nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new movie, out in February, is directed by Kevin Williamson<\/a>, who created the franchise. Other familiar faces returning for the film include Courtney Cox and Jasmin Savoy Brown. Matthew Lillard, David Arquette, and Scott Foley are also all set to reprise their characters who died in past films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ghostface is out for blood in the long-awaited first trailer for Scream 7. Despite the new installment\u2019s cast…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,78378,17632,68204,409,78375,111,139,69,31699,78376],"class_list":{"0":"post-109202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ghostface","10":"tag-jenna-ortega","11":"tag-melissa-barrera","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-neve-campbell","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz","17":"tag-scream","18":"tag-sidney-prescott"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}