What’s your favorite scary movie? Another Ghostface is coming to up the kill count in Scream VII — but who from the OG cast will make an appearance? After sitting out from the franchise’s sixth installment, Neve Campbell revealed in March that she would be reprising her role of final girl Sidney Prescott. “Hi All. I’m so excited to announce this news!!! Sidney Prescott is coming back!!!!” Campbell wrote via Instagram in March.
“It’s always been such a blast and an honor to get to play Sidney in the Scream movies. My appreciation for these films and for what they have meant to me, has never waned. I’m very happy and proud to say I’ve been asked, in the most respectful way, to bring Sidney back to the screen and I couldn’t be more thrilled!!! Well actually I could.
” The original 1996 film, directed by Wes Craven, follows high school student Sidney (Campbell) as she’s targeted by masked killers who — spoiler alert! — are later revealed to be Sidney’s boyfriend, Billy Loomis ( Skeet Ulrich ), and his BFF Stu Macher ( Matthew Lillard ). David Arquette and Courteney Cox also starred as Deputy Dewey Riley and reporter Gale Weathers, respectively. Craven directed the first four films before his death in 2015 — and 12 years after Scream 4 premiered, the franchise was revived with 2022’s Scream and 2023’s Scream VI .
Although Campbell had a small part in Scream (2022), the torch was passed to Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega to become the new final.