Courteney Cox is NOT signed on for Scream 7… despite entering talks to return six months ago

Courteney Cox may be bringing an impressive streak more than 25 years in the making to an end… since she has yet to sign on for the seventh Scream movie.

The 60-year-old actress has played journalist Gale Weathers since the first Scream from director Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson back in 1996. 

She returned for 1997’s Scream 2, 2000’s Scream 3, 2011’s Scream 4, 2022’s Scream and 2023’s Scream VI, and is the only actor, aside from Roger L. Jackson who voices the iconic Ghostface killer, to appear in every Scream film.

While there were reports in March that Cox was in talks to return, following the return of Neve Campbell who sat out of Scream VI, she told Variety on Monday she hasn’t come aboard quite yet.

‘I’m not officially signed on. I’m not, but there will be a Scream 7,’ Cox said at the Rock4EB charity event on Saturday.

The actress added that she was ‘excited’ that original Scream writer Kevin Williamson will direct the seventh Scream movie, his first time at the helm in this horror franchise.

‘You can’t get better than that choice. It’s going to be fun,’ Cox said of Williamson directing this new installment of the beloved horror franchise.

She added there is no timeline in place about deciding whether or not she will return to the franchise.

‘They’re rewriting all the time. It’s not like I don’t know what’s going on,’ Cox insisted, while adding she hopes they bring back her ex David Arquette.

Cox and Arquette tied the knot in 1999 and welcomed daughter Coco, 20, in 2004 and had starred in the first five films before his Dewey Riley was killed off in 2022’s Scream.

‘I understand the reasons they did it, but whoa! Talk about a missed character,’ Cox said.

‘Dewey is so loved by Scream fans. They have to figure it out,’ Cox added, though it’s unclear if there are plans to bring him back or not.

There have not been any official casting announcements since Neve Campbell’s return was revealed in March.

Scream (2022) and Scream VI star Melissa Barrera was fired from the project last year after social media posts she made about Israel.

Jenna Ortega also backed out of the project shortly thereafter, due to conflicts with her Netflix series Wednesday. 

Cox most recently starred in and produced the Starz original series Shining Vale alongside Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino.

She also signed on to play Brittany Wagner in the Spectrum Originals series Last Chance U based on the Netflix docu-series of the same name, though no updates have been given on that project for some time.