When Scream calls, Kevin Williamson tends to pick up the call. The creator of the horror franchise has been a franchise constant since he penned the script for the 1996 Wes Craven-directed original, his involvement waxing and waning.
“I’ve said goodbye to this franchise so many times that it’s crazy,” says Williamson. “We had a very difficult time making Scream 4. And, after Wes died, I thought it was done. I thought, for me, this franchise is over. I hoped it would continue in some form, but not with me.”
Well, he could not have been more wrong. On the heels of an overhaul, notably the firing of Melissa Barrera and the departures of Jenna Ortega and director Christopher Landon, he was brought back in for Scream 7 and found himself more involved than ever. He directed and co-wrote the feature, which has now grossed north of
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