{"id":42987,"date":"2023-12-29T11:33:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T19:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=42987"},"modified":"2023-12-29T11:34:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T19:34:01","slug":"scream-vii-director-steps-away-from-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=42987","title":{"rendered":"Scream VII Director Steps Away From Film"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/scream-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/scream-1.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/scream-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/scream-1-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/scream-1-768x430.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you&#8217;re into horror movies or not, you&#8217;ve undoubtedly heard of the famous slasher series Scream. You may love the films, hate them, or have never given them a watch, but you probably recognize Ghostface. The series continues to move forward with <strong><em>Scream VII<\/em><\/strong> on the horizon, but it&#8217;s already off to a scary start. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It started with actress <strong>Melissa Barrera<\/strong> being fired from the project. Then, news broke that <strong>Jenna Ortega<\/strong> &#8211; now famous for her <strong>Netflix<\/strong> series <strong><em>Wednesday<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; was also stepping away from the movie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director <strong>Christopher Landon<\/strong> has announced that he&#8217;s leaving the project, too. He posted on <strong><em>X<\/em><\/strong> on December 23rd, &#8220;I guess now is as good a time as any to announce I formally exited Scream 7 weeks ago. This will disappoint some and delight others. It was a dream job that turned into a nightmare. And my heart did break for everyone involved. Everyone. But it&#8217;s time to move on.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I guess now is as good a time as any to announce I formally exited Scream 7 weeks ago. This will disappoint some and delight others. It was a dream job that turned into a nightmare. And my heart did break for everyone involved. Everyone. But it\u2019s time to move on. I have nothing<\/p>&mdash; christopher landon (@creetureshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/creetureshow\/status\/1738657872349892731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Losing two actresses and a director doesn&#8217;t sound like a good start for the latest installment in the franchise. Only time will tell who the next director will be and whether the film will rise above its rocky beginnings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nScream VII is already off to a horrifying start.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=42987\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Scream VII Director Steps Away From Film&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":43006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[813,6],"tags":[5099,6041,1979],"class_list":["post-42987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-film-tv","tag-horror-film","tag-scary-movies","tag-scream","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scream VII Director Steps Away From Film - The Cultured Nerd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=42987\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scream VII Director Steps Away From Film - The Cultured Nerd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Scream VII is already off to a horrifying start. 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