Before manufacturing begins on Scream 7, the horror sequence will seemingly need to discover a new star. Per a report from Variety, and confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter, Melissa Barrera, who starred within the final two Scream movies, has been fired from the following entry as a consequence of feedback she made on social media concerning the ongoing battle between Israel and Palestine.
As Variety explains, Barrera was faraway from the upcoming manufacturing by Spyglass Media. The transfer comes after she posted numerous pro-Palestine messages on her social media, a few of which have been documented on different social media websites. Among her feedback, Barrera referenced Israel as a “colonized” land, whereas additionally seemingly utilizing an antisemitic trope that the media is managed by Jews. “Western media only shows the [Israeli] side,” she wrote in a submit. “Why do they do that, I will let you deduce for yourself.”
Barrera first appeared in 2022’s Scream as Sam Carpenter, the Final Girl inheritor obvious after Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott took on a lesser position within the revival. Barerra then returned earlier this 12 months in Scream VI, as soon as once more cementing her because the star of the brand new movies. Also featured within the movies are Jenna Ortega (Wednesday), Jasmin Savoy Brown (Yellowjackets), and Mason Gooding (Booksmart).
Earlier this 12 months, Barrera started filming her position in a still-untitled Universal Monsters film, directed by Radio Silence–the directing duo of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who additionally helmed Scream and Scream VI.
GameSpot has reached out to each Spyglass, the manufacturing firm behind the movies, and Barrera’s publicist. We haven’t obtained a response as of the publishing of this story.
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