Christopher Landon was originally set as director Scream 7, It reveals what Melissa Barrera collapsed while being fired from the film.
In a recent interview with Vanity FairLandon spoke about “a dark and turbulent experience.” Scream 7 It was. Barrera led scream and Scream VIIt was dropped from the seventh film in November 2023 due to a war social media post in Hamas, Israel.
Landon recalls receiving a call from Spyglass Media Group, the production company behind the film, and tells him the news that she had been let go. He remembers everything “rolled down in an instant.”
And when Barrera’s co-star Jenna Ortega voluntarily left the film after she was fired, people blamed Landon for the situation, so things began to become “very aggressive and really scary.”
“People were threatening to kill me and my family, to the point where the FBI is involved. Happy Death Day The director continued. “The security officers at various studios and FBIs had to look into the threat.”
However, Landon confirmed that he did not. Vanity Fair: “I didn’t fire her. A lot of people think I have something to do with it. That wasn’t what I did. I had no control over the situation at all.”
Ortega recently revealed why she decided to leave. “It had nothing to do with pay or scheduling,” she said. “It was happening with Melissa and it was all falling apart.”
For hatred Funny The director received him, “I decided to leave the film saying that the abuse really ruined it for me and I lost my love for the ideas I’d come up with.”
Landon has now moved, as he can now direct his latest thriller, Drop it, Following already highly praised reviews, the theater officially became a hit on Friday. Scream 7 It will premiere in February next year and will be directed by Kevin Williamson. It also stars that heritage castmanbers Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette.
