Original “ Scream 7 ” director Christopher Landon reveals in the new book “Your Favorite Scary Movie: How the Scream Films Rewrote the Rules of Horror” (via Entertainment Weekly ) that he exited the horror sequel “about a week after” Spyglass Entertainment fired Melissa Barrera due to social media posts she wrote about Israel and Palestine.

“There was no movie anymore. The whole script was about her,” Landon said in referrence to Barrera’s Sam Carpenter, the daughter of Ghostface killer Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) who headlined 2022’s “Scream” and 2024’s “Scream VI”.

“I didn’t sign on to make ‘a “Scream” movie.’ I signed on to make that movie. When that movie no longer existed, I moved on,” the director added.

Barrera was fired from “Scream 7” in November 2023, but Landon’s depa

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