\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div> \n\tWhile speaking on the red carpet, \u201cScream 7\u201d director Kevin Williamson shared his thoughts on the protest. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWe live in a world where a lot of bad things are happening out there, and I think a lot of people want to be heard and they want to have their voice heard about the bad stuff that\u2019s happening,\u201d Williamson told Variety<\/em>. \u201cMy heart goes out to them. I don\u2019t know if canceling Paramount+ is the way to do it. But I think people should listen to their inner self and do what feels good for them.\u201d<\/p>\n #Scream7<\/a> director Kevin Williamson reacts to the pro-Palestine protestors who gathered outside the film\u2019s premiere calling for a boycott:<\/p>\n \u201cWe live in a world where a lot of bad things are happening out there, and I think a lot of people want to be heard and they want to have\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/JpSUhswxF6<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Variety (@Variety) February 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n \n\tThe outrage follows the firing of Melissa Barrera, the star of 2022\u2019s \u201cScream\u201d reboot and 2023\u2019s \u201cScream VI.\u201d<\/a> After war broke out in Gaza in 2023, Barrera took to Instagram to share her views on the conflict. She was largely critical of Israel, and she accused the nation of \u201cgenocide and ethnic cleansing.\u201d She also shared a post from Jewish Currents Magazine about distorting \u201cthe Holocaust to boost the Israeli arms industry.\u201d She was fired from the franchise by \u201cScream\u201d producer Spyglass Media Group because they deemed her posts to be antisemitic.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\u201cSpyglass\u2019 stance is unequivocally clear: We have zero tolerance for antisemitism or the incitement of hate in any form, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, Holocaust distortion or anything that flagrantly crosses the line into hate speech,\u201d a Spyglass spokesperson told Variety<\/em> at the time.<\/p>\n \n\tJenna Ortega, who also starred in \u201cScream\u201d and \u201cScream VI,\u201d also exited the seventh installment, citing scheduling conflicts. Shortly after, the original director, Christopher Landon parted ways with the film because he received death threats over Barrera\u2019s axing (even though it wasn\u2019t his decision to fire her). With those behind-the-scenes changes, the script had to be rewritten<\/a>, and Neve Campbell\u2019s original heroine, Sidney Prescott, was brought back after sitting out the sixth entry due to a salary dispute. Williamson, who wrote the first \u201cScream\u201d movie, took over as director.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cScream 7,\u201d which opens in theaters on Friday, follows Campbell\u2019s Prescott as she relocates out of Woodsboro for a quiet life with her daughter, only to have Ghostface track her down and target her family. Campbell stars alongside fellow original cast members Courteney Cox, David Arquette and Matthew Lillard, as well as Isabel May, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, Anna Camp, Joel McHale and Mckenna Grace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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