{"id":56301,"date":"2025-04-28T02:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T02:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/56301\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T02:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T02:22:08","slug":"scream-star-says-their-return-for-scream-7-was-supposed-to-be-a-surprise-it-was-a-spoiler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/56301\/","title":{"rendered":"Scream Star Says Their Return for Scream 7 Was Supposed to Be a Surprise: “It Was a Spoiler”"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s one of Randy\u2019s three rules for surviving horror movies: \u201cNever, ever, ever under any circumstances say, \u2018I\u2019ll be right back.\u2019 Because you won\u2019t be back.\u201d But fan-favorite former Woodsboro sheriff Dewey Riley (David Arquette) will be right back in Scream 7: it was reported by Deadline<\/a> last month that Arquette will reprise his role in the upcoming sequel alongside Matthew Lillard\u2019s Stu Macher<\/a> and Scott Foley\u2019s Roman Bridger<\/a>, both characters who also died in previous installments. <\/p>\n

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\u201cI mean, it was a spoiler,\u201d Arquette told Coming Soon<\/a> about the news that Dewey would be back from the dead in Scream 7. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t supposed to be released. It was supposed to be a surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n

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RELATED: Everything We Know About Scream 7 So Far (Including Who Will Return)<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not really supposed to talk about it too much, but Kevin Williamson was directing and that was a real thrill,\u201d the actor added of the franchise creator who wrote the Wes Craven-directed Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), and Scream 4 (2011). \u201cAnd it\u2019s amazing to see him be able to have that opportunity and to get Neve [Campbell] back in this one. And Matthew [Lillard], I mean\u2026 It\u2019s exciting. I love playing the role of Dewey and will always love playing the role of Dewey.\u201d <\/p>\n

What hasn\u2019t been spoiled, however, is how Scream 7 is bringing back former Ghostface killers Stu (Lillard) and Roman (Foley) or Ghostface victim Dewey, who died in the 2022 legacy sequel Scream. The meta-horror franchise previously had Stu\u2019s partner in crime, OG Ghostface Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich), return in 2022\u2019s Scream and 2023\u2019s Scream VI, making a cameo as Sam Carpenter\u2019s (Melissa Barrera) father from beyond the grave. <\/p>\n

Scream 7 also marks Campbell\u2019s return to the franchise after sitting out the New York City-set sixth installment, which focused on sisters Sam and Tara (Jenna Ortega). <\/p>\n

The new movie reunites original final girl Sidney Prescott (Campbell) and fellow veteran Ghostface survivor Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox), returning alongside twins Chad (Mason Gooding) and Mindy (Jasmin Savoy Brown), nephew and niece of late horror geek Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy). Whether Randy also returns from the dead remains to be seen. <\/p>\n

New additions to the cast include Joel McHale (Community) as Sidney\u2019s husband, Mark Evans, and Isabel May (Yellowstone spinoffs 1883 and 1923) as Sidney\u2019s daughter, with Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect), Mark Consuelos (Riverdale), Ethan Embry (Grace and Frankie), Asa Germann (Gen V), Sam Rechner (The Fabelmans), Michelle Randolph (Landman), Celeste O\u2019Connor (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire), and Mckenna Grace (Sunrise on the Reaping) cast in undisclosed roles. <\/p>\n

Scream 7, directed by Williamson and written by returning Scream and Scream VI scribe Guy Busick from a story he co-wrote with James Vanderbilt, slashes into theaters on Feb. 27, 2026. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s one of Randy\u2019s three rules for surviving horror movies: \u201cNever, ever, ever under any circumstances say, \u2018I\u2019ll…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3935],"tags":[29752,77,3943,968,29753,6294,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-56301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-david-arquette","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-movies","11":"tag-regular-news","12":"tag-scream-franchise","13":"tag-scream-7","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114413210392547135","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}