Neve Campbell is preparing to head to theScream 5set to once again reprise her franchise role as Sidney Prescott, and the scream queen says she’s excited to reunite with her former co-stars. Throughout all four priorScreammovies, Campbell’s Sidney managed to make it to the end along with married couple Dewey (David Arquette) and Gale Riley (Courteney Cox). The nightmare apparently isn’t over yet for the trio, however, as they’ll all be facing Ghostface once more whenScream 5is released in 2022.
Speaking about the upcoming sequel, here’s whatNeve Campbellhad to say aboutScream 5in a new interview with Entertainment Tonight.
“I am leaving soon [and] I am looking forward to getting back to work. It will be the first time since March and I am sure we are all dealing with getting back to work, so I am excited about that. I am excited [about] stepping back in Sidney’s shoes and seeing Courteney and David. Those movies mean so much to me for my life and career and they are always a blast to do, so it should be fun!”
It won’t just be Sidney, Dewey, and Gale that will be fighting for their lives in the bloody slasher movie. Several newcomers to the franchise have also been revealed for theScream 5cast. This includes13 Reasons Whystar Dylan Minnette, who recently tweeted that he’s been filming the newScreammovie and teased that it’s “going to be very, very good.”
Also playing new characters in the sequel alongside Neve Campbell,David ArquetteandCourteney Coxare Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Kyle Gallner, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mikey Madison, Mason Gooding, and Sonia Ben Ammar.Scream 4star Marley Shelton will also be back as Deputy Hicks, and Roger L. Jackson returns as the voice of Ghostface.
Every priorScreammovie was directed bylegendary horror filmmaker Wes Craven. Because Craven passed away in 2015, there was major doubt that we’d ever see anotherScreammovie produced. With Craven gone,Ready or Nothelmers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett will be taking on the directing duties this time using a screenplay by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick. Vanderbilt, Paul Neinstein, Chad Villella, and William Sherak are producing while original writer Kevin Williamson is on board as an executive producer.
Plot details aren’t entirely clear at this time. What we know is that the story will follow “a young woman who returns to her old hometown, only to encounter horrific murder cases connected to an infamous masked serial killer.” We can presume that Ghostface is the murderer in question, and if the Ghostface killings have resumed, it’s only natural for Sidney, Dewey, and Gale to get involved. It would just be a shame to see anything bad happen to them after all three were able to survive four entire movies in the past, but people can only push their luck so far.
Paramount Pictures will releaseScream 5in theaters on Jul 29, 2025. This news comes to us fromEntertainment Tonight.
