After a rocky start to casting after the departure of original reboot stars Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega, Scream 7 may finally have its big name. Deadline reports that Ghostbusters: Afterlife star Mckenna Grace has joined the cast of the seventh film, alongside returning icon Neve Campbell, as well as new cast members Isabel May, Celeste O’Connor, and Asa Germann.
The new installment is set to be helmed by original franchise creator Kevin Williamson, who directs a script from Guy Busick. No details of the film’s plot have been released as of writing, which means we have no insight into who Grace or her fellow castmates might be playing — aside from Campbell, who returns to the franchise as Sidney Prescott after being absent from Scream VI. So far though, Campbell is the only returning cast member from any of the previous films.
Both Grace and O’Connor featured in Afterlife and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the two most recent films in the iconic ‘80s franchise, as the next generation of ghost hunters in New York, flanked by original cast members Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, and Bill Murray. Aside from Campbell, they’re the only two stars set for Scream 7 with any real experience in horror under their belts, with fellow co-stars May and Germann coming from more mainstream fare like 1883 and The Boys.
Scream 7 is the third sequel in the “rebooted” era of the franchise, following 2022’s Scream and Scream VI in 2023, the latter of which raked in a franchise-high gross at the domestic box office, earning over $108 million. The series doesn’t look like it’s headed for graveyard anytime soon, though, as the release of Scream 7 — if its recent casting controversy doesn’t dampen its box office draws — looks set to push the franchise past the $1 billion mark at the global box office.
Scream 7 hits theaters on February 27, 2026.
