Melissa Barrera No Longer Involved With SCREAM 7 Over Social Media Posts Amid Israel-Hamas War

As of this afternoon, Scream 5 and 6 star, Melissa Barrera is no longer involved with SCREAM 7. The actor was dropped from the project after a series of social media posts in the wake of the Israel-Hamas War.

“Gaza is currently being treated like a concentration camp,” she wrote in one post on Instagram stories. “Cornering everyone together, with no where to go, no electricity no water … People have learnt nothing from our histories. And just like our histories, people are still silently watching it all happen. THIS IS GENOCIDE & ETHNIC CLEANSING.”

THR adds, “Filming had not begun, and development had been slow amid the actors and writers strikes. Now, Spyglass is expected to re-calibrate plans following Barrera.”

Melissa Barrera’s Sam Carpenter is the leading member of the “Core Four,” the new group of survivor characters that have been leading this latest trilogy for the Scream franchise.

Sam Carpenter has been a particularly important character for the saga as she’s the daughter of original Scream killer Billy Loomis, and Barrerra was expected to return for Scream 7 alongside Jenna Ortega, Mason Gooding, and Jasmine Savoy Brown. Ortega’s involvement in Scream 7 is also up in the air at this time, with no confirmation she’ll be returning.

We’ll keep you posted as to what may be next for SCREAM 7 as this is a major shakeup for the film and will thusly change the story significantly.

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