The latest news from Scream franchise proves that Scream 7 I can’t save the history of the series. Next 2026 Scream 7 It’s been a long time since it hit cinema screens, but the slasher sequel has already gone through a rather tortured production. 2022 Scream the reboot was a huge financial and critical success, while 2023 Scream VI managed to receive positive reviews and become a huge box office success, despite the absence of the franchise’s last original girl, Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott. However, the luck of Scream the series soon ended as Scream 7 entered pre-production.
Scream 2022 and Scream VI star Melissa Barrera was fired from Scream 7 before his co-star Jenna Ortega dropped out of the sequel due to scheduling conflicts. Happy death day director Christopher Landon soon followed suit, prompting the studio to start over. Now, originals Scream screenwriter Kevin Williamson took over directing duties and Campbell’s Sidney is back as Scream 7heroin, but production still seems troubled. THE Scream the films have a fairly straightforward timeline, but, in an attempt to replace Ortega and Barrera’s Tara and Sam, Scream 7 seems bound to complicate things with a big change.
Sidney’s daughter is a clumsy replacement for Tara and Sam in Scream 7
The Scream series has already reinvented itself with a new generation of stars
According to Variety, 1883 Star Isabel May is in talks to play Sidney’s daughter in Scream 7 in what appears to be a pretty clear attempt to replace Sam and Tara. The Carpenter sisters of Ortega and Barrera established themselves as the new protagonists of the series in Scream 2022a reboot that waited until halfway through its runtime before bringing Sidney back. Replacing Sidney with Sam and Tara is allowed Scream VI to get around Campbell’s absence, but the same ploy won’t work in reverse. Adding May as Sidney’s daughter won’t help the problematic sequel, as it requires all sorts of logistical leaps.
THE Scream series showed that Sidney’s story was over and her place as the franchise’s Final Girl had been filled, so Scream 7 will have difficulty proving that it remains relevant.
Abruptly revealing Sydney’s daughter is a transparent attempt to repeat Scream 2022The trick of introducing a new heroine to a new generation of viewers. Scream 7The problem is that Sam and Tara were these heroines and the last two films in the series depended on their relationship. THE Scream the series successfully showed that Sidney’s story was over and her place as the franchise’s Final Girl had been filled, so Scream 7 will have difficulty proving that it remains relevant to the franchise. Furthermore, May playing Campbell’s daughter only makes the problem worse due to another issue.
Scream 7 Casting Sidney’s Daughter Makes Its Timeline More Complicated
Sidney’s daughter needed to be mentioned before Scream 7
Isabel May’s age does not fit into the Scream franchise timeline, and while she could play a late teenager despite being 24 in real life, even that won’t be enough to explain a major plot hole in the timeline. Syd was pushing a cart Scream 2022which takes place around 2022. If May’s character is in her late teens, Scream 7 It needs to happen in 2040 at the earliest for Sidney’s previously unnamed daughter to be a teenager. Additionally, Campbell’s character would need to be two decades older than she was in 2022, so the lack of visible aging will almost certainly be strange.
Unless Scream 7 Dramatically ages Campbell’s character, her daughter will have suddenly leapt from childhood to adulthood in the space of about two years. A time jump alone cannot explain this, as it would mean that Sidney would also age. Scream 2022The events canonically occurred 25 years later Screamin which Sidney was about 18 years old. This means that Sidney was around 43 years old in Scream 2022played by Campbell, then 48 years old. Now, she would need to be around 67 years old Scream 7but still played by Campbell, now 51. Such a change in the timeline would clearly be ridiculous.
The cast of Scream 7 highlights the biggest problem in the franchise’s history
Scream 7 Timeline Changes Wouldn’t Add Up
The main issue with Scream 7 casting Sidney’s daughter is the fact that Sidney Scream the franchise’s story arc had already reached its natural conclusion years ago. Sidney’s characterization has arguably remained stagnant since Scream 3where she discovered the truth about her mother, discovered the true mastermind of the original trilogy’s murders, and defeated him. Scream 4 It was a fun victory lap, but Sidney literally pointed out that the killers were only tangentially connected to her and mostly seeking fame and attention. Scream 7 It needed to be the final film because Sidney’s story ended a long time ago.
Scream 7 Suddenly revealing that she’s had a daughter all along would underline the reality that Sidney hasn’t been the main focus of the franchise in over a decade.
That was already strange Scream 4 never mentioned Sidney’s partner, but Scream 2022 then revealed that she was with Scream 3Mark Kincaid is offscreen the entire time. Scream 7 Suddenly revealing that he has a daughter in her 20s would further underscore the reality that Sidney hasn’t been the main focus of the franchise in over a decade, which is something Scream 2022 and Scream VI pointedly leaned in with Tara and Sam. This plot might have made sense if these sequels had never happened, but it doesn’t make sense now. Instead of, Scream 7The Sidney-centric plot feels like a weak redirection.
What Scream 7 Should Be About New Characters, Not Sidney and Her Family
Scream 7 Casting News Highlights Biggest Problem in Franchise History
If there is another addition to the series, Scream 7 should focus on new characters instead of Sidney’s story. The franchise may have managed to make Sidney’s arc compelling again after Scream 4when she was only out of the spotlight for one movie. However, it is too late for this strategy to work. Scream 7’s initial death issue alone is indicative of this. The sequel can’t kill off a returning character like Mark, Gale, or Kirby in its first scene, as there are few legacy characters left. However, the death of a new character is risk-free.
THE Scream the series is stuck in a dead end where Sidney’s story is no longer compelling, but the departures of Ortega and Barrera make it impossible for the series to continue with their replacements. Moving forward to giving Sidney a teenage daughter means either setting the film in the 2040s and convincing the audience that Sidney is in her late 60s, or completely ignoring the events of Scream 2022 and what they established about Sidney’s personal life. Ultimately, this could have been resolved by focusing on new characters, but the series didn’t go that route so well. Scream 7 focused on Scream Original heroine of the franchise.
Source: Variety