Sidney Prescott Is Back! Neve Campbell For Scream Relaunch

If your going to make another Scream film you can’t call it Scream without Neve Campbell. Today Spyglass Media and Paramount Pictures announced Campbell has signed on to reprise her iconic role as Sidney Prescott.

Campbell joins previously announced legacy cast members David Arquette and Courteney Cox who will return as Dewey Riley and Gale Weathers, as well as new cast members Jack Quaid (The Boys), Melissa Barrera (In The Heights) and Jenna Ortega (You).

Scream is a long-running genre-busting horror franchise which generated four feature films including Scream(1996), Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000) and Scream 4 (2011). Directed by famed “maestro of horror,” the late Wes Craven, the films went on to gross more than $600 million in worldwide box office receipts. Williamson wrote the original film as well as Scream 2 and Scream 4. Neve Campbell has appeared in all four films

Campbell said, “After spending time speaking with Radio Silence, they have shown such love, respect and admiration for Wes Craven and all that he’s created in the ‘Scream’ franchise. I am beyond excited to step back into the role of Sidney Prescott and return to Woodsboro.”

Radio Silence said, “We’re pinching ourselves! It’s hard to express how much the character Sidney Prescott shaped our love of movies and to have the chance to work with Neve is truly a dream come true. It just wouldn’t be a ‘Scream’ movie without Neve and we’re so excited and honored to join her in Woodsboro.”

Up next, Campbell will star in the inspiring film Clouds,”based on the life of Zach Sobiech and book by Laura Sobiech Fly A Little Higher: How God Answered a Mom’s Small Prayer in a Big Way, which debuts on Disney+ this Autumn.

Scream is being directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett of the filmmaking group Radio Silence (Ready or Not, V/H/S) from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) and Guy Busick (Ready or Not). Creator Kevin Williamson and the third member of the Radio Silence trio, Chad Villella, are executive producing with Project X Entertainment’s Vanderbilt, Paul Neinstein and William Sherak serving as producers.

Production will shoot in Wilmington, North Carolina. Scream will be released  worldwide on 14th January  2022.

Casting updates to follow.