Mckenna Grace has signed up to star in ‘Scream 7’.
The 18-year-old actress will be joining Neve Campbell, Isabel May, Asa Germann and her ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ co-star Celeste O’Connor in the upcoming horror flick for Spyglass Media Group and Paramount Pictures, which is slated to hit cinemas in February 2026.
While Grace has been confirmed as the newest cast member of ‘Scream 7’, the ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ star’s role in the film is being kept under wraps, and no plot details about the movie have been revealed yet.
‘Scream 7’ will bring back Campbell’s Sidney Prescott - who has been at the forefront of the franchise since its inception in 1996 - and will follow the slasher survivor in another face-off with the dreaded Ghostface.
During an appearance on ‘Entertainment Tonight’ in July, the actress said: "We are going to follow Sidney. They did pitch the concept to me, and it’s the reason that I jumped on board.
"I love these movies, they are so much fun to be a part of, I'm so grateful for them, I could never have imagined being a part of a movie that would have lasted this many decades."
Campbell added that while she hadn’t received a finished script yet, she was "excited" for fans to see what director Kevin Williamson has in store.
She teased: "The fandom is nuts, they are incredible and very passionate about these films. I'm excited to give them a new one!"
The actress will be returning to the franchise after she skipped ‘Scream VI’ over a salary dispute, and admitted it was "so satisfying" that her pay issue could be resolved for the upcoming movie.
The ‘Party of Five’ star said: "I'm super grateful that they came around on it. [‘Scream VI’] just didn't feel right.
"I couldn't after this many decades of carrying a franchise, to feel undervalued and underpaid and to know that it wouldn't have happened to a man in that way.
"It just wouldn't make sense for me to walk on that set. So, I'm glad I stood up for myself."
While Campbell will appear in ‘Scream 7’, former series star Courteney Cox insisted in September she had not signed on to reprise her part as Gale Weathers in the picture.
She told Variety: "I'm not officially signed on. I'm not, but there will be a ‘Scream 7’."
Principal photography is due to begin later this month in Atlanta, but the ‘Friends’ star insisted she didn't have a specific deadline for making a decision about whether or not she'll be involved.
She continued: "They’re rewriting all the time. It’s not like I don’t know what’s going on."
Whether or not Cox does return, it was previously confirmed ‘Scream VI’ stars Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barrera would not be a part of the film, with the ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ actress dropping out over scheduling conflicts with the second season of the Netflix show ‘Wednesday’.
Meanwhile, Barrera was fired from the project in November 2023 over pro-Palestinian social media posts that were seen as antisemitic.
