EXCLUSIVE: Jenna Ortega, who was a lynchpin draw in getting Scream VI to the horror franchise’s best opening grosses ever at $44.4M stateside, $67M global, isn’t expected to return for Scream VII, we hear from sources.
This has nothing to do with the fallout from Melissa Barrera’s firing yesterday by Spyglass Media over that actress’ social media repostings on the Hamas-Israel conflict; nor does it have to do with the actress asking for an end to her Scream contract. Ortega and Barrera played sisters in 2022’s Scream and this year’s Scream VI respectively as Tara and Sam Carpenter.
No news yet on the Scream 7 schedule, however, one thing is clear for Ortega post the success of Wednesday and her star blasting off: The world is her oyster when it comes to future roles.
Ortega received a Comedy Series Actress Primetime Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe Comedy TV Actress nom for her turn as the title character of Wednesday.
The Scream franchise with a seventhquel stands to hit the $1 billion global mark at the box office. Through six films, it stands at $911M.
Yesterday, in response to Barrera being dropped from Scream VII, Spyglass issued the statement, ““Spyglass’ stance is unequivocally clear: We have zero tolerance for antisemitism or the incitement of hate in any form, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, Holocaust distortion or anything that flagrantly crosses the line into hate speech.”
Christopher Landon, the new director on Scream 7, posted on X, and then removed the Tweet, “This is my statement: 💔 Everything sucks. Stop yelling. This was not my decision to make.”
Spyglass did not return request for comment. Ortega is repped by CAA.
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