Scream Even More Of A Mess After Melissa Barrera Firing As Jenna Ortega Reportedly Enters The Fray
It’s a great time to be a horror fan, as many of the best horror movies returned to theaters with new installments. Following two recent sequels, Scream 7 is happening, albeit with a new director. But the movie recently hit a major speed bump, as lead actress Melissa Barrera was fired. Now Scream might be in even more of a mess after that firing, as Jenna Ortega is reportedly entering the fray.
Wednesday star Jenna Ortega made history with 2022’s Scream, as the first opening victim to survive her encounter with Ghostface. She and Melissa Barrera developed a strong bond playing sisters for two movies, and according to rumors swirling around X, Ortega might have asked her agents to cancel her Scream contract, seemingly standing in solidarity with Barrera.
This report hasn’t been confirmed just yet, so we should probably treat is as a rumor for the time being. But if true, it has the potential to really put a wrench in the plans for Scream 7. It’s impossible to imagine the movie without the Carpenter sisters, especially after Neve Campbell departed Scream VI over a pay dispute.
Melissa Barrera’s surprise firing seemingly came as a result of her recent comments online about the Hamas-Israel War. The original report about her firing claim it wasn’t her calls for a ceasefire that resulted in her being dropped, but about the implication that the Jewish community was in charge of the media. For her part, the In the Heights actress hasn’t issued any response to her firing from the Scream franchise.
More to come…
