Hayden Panettiere will reprise her role as Kirby Reed in Scream 7, according to EW.
The fan-favorite character was first introduced as the horror-loving sidekick-turned-survivor in Scream 4. She returned in Scream VI, now an FBI special agent.
EW reports that Panettiere will “team up with Neve Campbell‘s Sidney Prescott” for the latest installment in the slasher saga.
Due out on February 27, 2026, Scream 7 is directed by original Scream writer Kevin Williamson from a script by Guy Busick (Scream 2022, Scream VI).
Panettiere and Campbell aren’t the only familiar faces returning; they’ll be joined by Courteney Cox, Mason Gooding, Jasmin Savoy Brown, David Arquette, Matthew Lillard, and Scott Foley.
Isabel May, Joel McHale, Mckenna Grace, Celeste O’Connor, Sam Rechner, Asa Germann, Anna Camp, Ethan Embry, Mark Consuelos, Michelle Randolph, and Jimmy Tatro round out the cast.
The plot is expected to focus on Sidney Prescott and her family approximately two years after the events of Scream VI.
