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Hayden Panetierreis back!
Her costarJasmin Savoy Brown, whojoined the franchiseas Mindy Meeks-Martin in this year’s fifth installment, shared some candid shots on BeReal of the two of them sitting in a hair and makeup trailer.
Panetierre previouslyraved to PEOPLEabout her return to the franchise, which will mark her first film in eight years. “I’m so happy that this is going to be my first project back because I have such fond memories of doingScream 4,” she said last month.
Hayden Panettiere inScream 4(2011).Gemma La Mana
Saturday’s post comes about afterNeve Campbellannounced her “very difficult decision” not to return for the upcoming sixth installment in theScreamfranchise, after starring in the first five films.
“Sadly I won’t be making the nextScreamfilm. As a woman I have had to work extremely hard in my career to establish my value, especially when it comes toScream,” she said in a statement. “I felt the offer that was presented to me did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise.”
After starring inWes Craven’s original 1996 teen slasher, she last returned for the fifth installment, which premiered earlier this year. FromReady or NotdirectorsMatt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, it was the first film in the franchise to not have Craven attached, after he died of a brain tumor in Aug. 2015.
Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox inScream(2022).PARAMOUNT PICTURES
Fellow legacy starCourteney Coxhas since confirmed her return to the franchise, and shewas spotted on the movie’s Montreal setlast month. She previouslygave an updateto theJust for Varietypodcast in December after getting the script.
“I haven’t read it yet, I just got it…” she said at the time. “I’m excited to read it, and I know they’re going to start filming… I think, in June, in Canada.”
“I don’t know if I’m supposed to say anything. Let me tell you the killer!” Cox, 58, joked.
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Although Cox’s ex-husband and fellow OG costar David Arquette will not be back forScream 6, newcomers Brown,Melissa Barrera,Jenna Ortegaand Mason Gooding will also bemaking their returnsafter debuting inScream(2022).
Scream 6is scheduled to premiere sometime in 2023.
source: people.com
