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Melissa Barrera has interest in the upcoming Scary Movie reboot!

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Selena Kuznikov Neve Campbell says that Spyglass Media Group upped her pay after she spoke out about a pay disparity during salary negotiations for “Scream 6,” the film that caused the actress to exit the franchise. “I’m really grateful that the studio heard me when I talked about pay discrepancy and when I talked about [‘Scream VI’ negotiations] not feeling respectful,” she told People.

Neve Campbell confirmed today that, after expressing dismay at the pay disparity between her Scream salary and what a man might be offered in the same position, when Spyglass Media Group came to her for Scream 7, it was with a “strong” offer.

EXCLUSIVE: After having a busy month at the box-office with Godzilla x Kong: A New Empire and Abigail both opening, Dan Stevens is continuing to stay busy as he is set to join Lily James in the upcoming film inspired by the story of Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd, from 20th Century Studios and Ethea Entertainment.

Melissa Barrera enjoyed her time on set while filming the ‘Abigail.’ The horror/mystery thriller hit theaters on April 19, and it’s been getting great reviews, with 83% Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes. Barrera shared a gallery of photos on Instagram Monday, “I like it,” she captioned the carousel.A post shared by Melissa Barrera (@melissabarreram)The Mexican actress was covered in blood in the first photo, and in the second, she smiled for a selfie in front of a rainbow on set. In the last, she smiled with members of the cast and crew, including Angus Cloud, who passed away, on July 31, 2023.

J. Kim Murphy It’s a close contest at the domestic box office, with the opening day gross of Universal’s ballerina vampire film “Abigail” leading Lionsgate’s fellow new release “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” and the second frame of A24’s dystopian thriller “Civil War.” “Abigail” earned $4 million from 3,384 theaters across its opening day and preview screenings, making it the top performer of the weekend so far.

Over the decades, vampire movies have made a star of many a young actor, from Kirsten Dunst to Kirsten Stewart. Soon, the same should be said of Ireland’s Alisha Weir, who at 13 years old, held Universal’s monster movie Abigail on her highly capable shoulders.

Melissa Barrera got some love from her Scream family when attending the Los Angeles premiere of her new movie Abigail.

Scream franchise, revealing she felt “lonely and scared” after being dismissed.In November 2023, Melissa Barerra – who plays Sam Carpenter in 2022’s Scream and sequel Scream VI – was dropped from the upcoming seventh instalment after writing an Instagram post in support of Palestine. This resulted in fans vowing to boycott Scream VII, with many calling for other cast members to walk away from the project in solidarity.“It was very beautiful, very unexpected,” she told.

Major controversy hit the “Scream” franchise last year when lead actress Melissa Barrera was fired from the franchise following Pro-Palestinian/anti-genocide remarks that the actress made on social media, comments that Spyglass Entertainment viewed as antisemitic. Fans were confused, upset, and backlashed against the move, many angered by the way the series dumped her and then went back to re-casting original franchise stars Neve Campbell and Courtney Cox instead.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer The Universal horror movie “Abigail” began as a modern-day twist on “Dracula’s Daughter,” but making a film about the legendary vampire’s blood-sucking scion wasn’t the reason why the filmmaking trio Radio Silence — producer Chad Villella and directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett — wanted to make the project their follow-up to 2022’s “Scream” and 2023’s “Scream VI.” “As freeing as it is to challenge the format of what a ‘Scream’ movie is, you’re playing in a pretty specific sandbox,” Gillett says.

With spring break simmering to 8% K-12 on break, and 1% colleges off, it’s hodgepodge at the weekend box office until 20th Century Studios’ Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes arrives to a $50M+ opening during the second weekend of May.

Naman Ramachandran Studiocanal’s Amy Winehouse biopic “Back to Black” debuted atop the U.K and Ireland box office with £2.77 million ($3.4 million), according to numbers from Comscore. It was neck-and-neck for the second spot. Entertainment Film Distributors’ “Civil War,” directed by Alex Garland and starring Kirsten Dunst, debuted with £1.82 million, including previews.

A new trailer for the upcoming horror movie Abigail has been released!

Thanks to “Ready Or Not,” their two recent “Scream” movies, and entries in the “V/H/S” series, the Radio Silence team are the new “it” guys of horror. So what do Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett & co.

Katcy Stephan Filmmaker Caroline Lindy has signed with CAA, Variety can exclusively reveal. Lindy is the writer and director of the romantic-comedy horror film “Your Monster,” which debuted in the Midnight section at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Lindy previously directed the short films “Kindred Spirit” and “Aspirational Slut,” the latter of which was awarded the Audience Award at the 2022 SXSW and Montreal’s Just For Laughs Comedy Festival.

It looks like we might be getting more Gale Weathers!

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Courteney Cox may be heading back to the “Scream” franchise, as sources tell Variety she is in talks to reprise the role of Gale Weathers in the seventh movie of the slasher series, to be directed by “Scream” creator and writer Kevin Williamson. The news comes about two weeks after Neve Campbell announced she was coming back as Sidney Prescott after the actor sat out of “Scream 6” due to a salary dispute. “Sidney Prescott is coming back!!!!” Campbell posted on Instagram March 12.

Melissa Barrera is speaking out.

screaming into the void. Melissa Barrera was fired from the rebooted “Scream” franchise months ago, but the fallout is still difficult to process of her. “It’s definitely hard, because I was just in such a cloudy state of mind, but I was very fortunate,” Barrera, 33, told The Hollywood Reporter through tears in an interview published on Thursday.

This weeks 20 Questions on Deadline guest is Dan Stevens. Of course we all remember his first major foray onto our screens as Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey, and the untimely death of his character that had fans raging for his return.

Scream 7 appears to be underway, with originally star Neve Campbell returning for the next instalment to reprise her role as Sidney Prescott.Campbell made a post on Instagram yesterday, which featured the script for an untitled Scream 7 movie.The photo also confirmed that the seventh instalment in the popular horror series would see Guy Busick and James Vanderbilt returning as writers, and that it will be directed by Kevin Williamson, who wrote the first, second and fourth films.In the caption, Campbell wrote: “I’m so excited to announce this news!!! Sidney Prescott is coming back!!!! It’s always been such a blast and an honor to get to play Sidney in the Scream movies.”A post shared by Neve Campbell (@nevecampbell)Campbell, who played the character of Sidney in the first five movies, had initially exited the franchise for Scream IV, citing a salary dispute as the reason. In January, she hinted that she would consider returning to the series.Campbell’s caption continued: “My appreciation for these films and for what they have meant to me, has never waned.

announced on Instagram Tuesday that she’ll be back for “Scream 7” — marking her sixth appearance in the franchise.“I’m so excited to announce this news!!!” she wrote in a post accompanying a photo of the screenplay. “Sidney Prescott is coming back!!!! It’s always been such a blast and an honor to get to play Sidney in the Scream movies.

The “Scream” franchise looks like it’s returning from the dead. Following some major controversies in the fall that led to its current cast either being fired or quitting today, Spyglass Media announced that Neve Campbell will officially return to play Sidney Prescott again in “Scream VII.” What’s more, in a move certainly designed to appease angry fans, the slasher will be directed by longtime franchise screenwriter and creator Kevin Williamson.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events As “Scream 7” continues to be reworked after a series of setbacks that saw cast members and the director leaving the project, star Mason Gooding is confident the movie will still get made. “If it could make money, I guarantee you, they’ll make it,” the actor told Variety at Vanity Fair and Instagram’s pre-Oscars Vanities party on Wednesday night at Bar Marmont in West Hollywood. But Gooding, who played Chad Meeks-Martin in the last two “Scream” movies, insists he’s not in the loop on where things stand today.

Caroline Brew editor The Overlook Film Festival, which takes place from April 4 to April 7 in New Orleans, La. at the Prytania Theatres, has announced its initial 2024 lineup. The horror festival will open with Neon’s “Cuckoo” and close with the world premiere of Universal Pictures’ “Abigail.” The lineup includes 43 films — 20 features and 23 shorts — in addition to four live presentations and five immersive experiences.

EXCLUSIVE: Following its world premiere at Sundance, the horror rom-com Your Monster, starring Melissa Barrera (In the Heights) and Tommy Dewey (The Mindy Project), has landed at Vertical for North American distribution.

Melissa Barrera is teasing her upcoming horror movie, “Abigail.” The film has been described as a bloody and fun take on the vampire genre, with an ingenious twist that hasn’t been explored in movies of the sort. Melissa Barrera and Angus Cloud star in the upcoming vampire movie ‘Abigail’Melissa Barrera talks about her time on ‘Scream’ and Jenna Ortega reunion: ‘Family for life’In an Instagram story, Barrera shared some of the first images of the movie, which were obtained by the magazine Total Film. Barrera wrote the film’s title and its premiere date, April 19th.

EXCLUSIVE: Bankside Films has boarded international sales rights to Caroline Lindy’s Sundance Midnight movie Your Monster, starring Melissa Barrera (Scream).