If you thoughtScream 7didn’t make a lick of sense before, wait until you get a load of this casting news.Scott Foleyhas signed onto the seventh outing for Ghostface and his merry band, becoming the latest former cast member to reprise their role (presumably). There’s just one distinct difference to this one. Foley’s character, film director Roman Bridger — who also happened to be the half-brother ofNeve Campbell’sSidney Prescott — is dead. Very, very dead. Oh, and he was also the killer in the movie. The only killer.What is going on?
Deadline exclusively brokethe news regarding Foley’s casting and speculated how he could return — is it a long lost twin? Better not be. Flashback? Maybe, but wouldn’t make a lot of sense. Faked his own death? Well, good luck faking a bullet to the head after being stabbed in the heart, unlessDavid Arquette’s Dewey was in on it the whole time. Even this article is starting to not make sense.
Foley joins thepreviously announced CampbellandCourteney Cox,the two remaining from the very first movie almost 30 years ago, as well asMason GoodingandJasmin Savoy Brown, reprising their roles from the legacy sequels, alongside newcomersIsabel May, Celeste O’Connor, Asa Germann, Mckenna Grace, Sam Rechner, Anna Camp,Joel McHale,andMark Consuelos. 90% of those people are getting knifed, we are quite sure of it.
How Successful Are the ‘Scream’ Movies?
With the release ofScream 7, the franchise is basically assured to cross the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office. The returns for the films have been remarkably consistent all the way through. The original, released in December 1996, grossed $173 million worldwide, while one year later,Scream 2grossed $172 million worldwide. In 2000,Scream 3 —featuring the deceased Mr Bridger, as noted above — grossed $162 million.
Scream 4was the outlier here, only grossing around $97 million as its meta storyline came slightly too early for audiences, and put the franchise on the back burner for a decade, but2022’sScreamroared back, earning $139 million off a $24 million budget, andthe sequel the following year became the highest grossingsinceScream 2with $169 million worldwide.
Scream 7could go either way. If they come up with a sharp idea, word of mouth could take it far. If not… well, maybe we won’tbe right back. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
