Scream 7‘s director Christopher Landon has confirmed he left the mission “weeks in the past”.

The Comfortable Demise Day director was introduced to be helming the seventh instalment in August, which might have marked his debut within the Scream franchise. He was speculated to take over from from Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who directed 2022’s Scream 5 and this 12 months’s Scream VI and had been set to function government producers on the following movie.

Following the high-profile departures of Jenna Ortega, Melissa Barrera and Neve Campbell, Landon has grow to be the most recent title to exit the movie.

“I assume now’s pretty much as good a time as any to announce I formally exited Scream 7 weeks in the past,” Landon mentioned on X yesterday (December 23).

“This may disappoint some and delight others. It was a dream job that become a nightmare. And my coronary heart did break for everybody concerned. Everybody. However it’s time to maneuver on.”

He concluded: “I’ve nothing extra so as to add to the dialog aside from I hope Wes [Craven’s] legacy thrives and lifts above the din of a divided world.”

I assume now’s pretty much as good a time as any to announce I formally exited Scream 7 weeks in the past. This may disappoint some and delight others. It was a dream job that become a nightmare. And my coronary heart did break for everybody concerned. Everybody. However it’s time to maneuver on. I’ve nothing

— christopher landon (@creetureshow) December 23, 2023

Landon’s departure implies that Scream 7 is each now with out a director or a lot of its main stars.

Barrera had been fired from the movie for sharing pro-Palestine posts on social media, leading to followers vowing to boycott Scream VII, with many calling for different solid members to stroll away from the mission in solidarity.

Ortega had determined to not reprise her function of Tara Carpenter on account of her ongoing involvement in different tasks. She is because of head to Eire to movie the second season of Netflix hit Wednesday subsequent 12 months, and he or she continues to be finishing the capturing of the brand new Beetlejuice movie.

Campbell beforehand stepped down from the franchise across the time of Scream VI following a pay dispute, with a lot of her co-stars supporting her resolution. Nevertheless, it had been reported final month that Spyglass had been attempting to deliver her again for Scream 7 as a part of a “artistic overhaul” and had floated the likelihood  of bringing Scream 3 antagonist Patrick Dempsey again too.

Nevertheless, it is very important be aware that Selection has claimed that neither Campbell nor Dempsey are in “lively negations” for a return.