14 posts tagged ‘scream’
Jenna Ortega Exits Scream 7
Vulture,
Not because of Melissa Barrera’s firing, but you have to admit, the timing is … spooky.
Jenna Ortega won't be in Scream VII either
AV Club,
The Scream franchise has lost its other Carpenter sister. One day after production studio Spyglass fired lead actress Melissa Barrera for what they deemed to be “hate speech,” news broke that Jenna Ortega will also be exiting the franchise ahead of the upcoming Scream VII. Ortega and Barrera played sisters Tara and… Read more...
Jenna Ortega Leaves Scream Franchise After Melissa Barrera Firing
Gizmodo,
In the wake of Scream franchise star Melissa Barrera being let go from her role in Scream VII due to perceived inflammatory comments on social media about the Israel and Hamas conflict, co-star Jenna Ortega has left the film. Read more...
Melissa Barrera fired from Scream VII, producers call Israel comments “hate speech”
Melissa Barrera, one of the new stars of the rebooted Scream franchise, has reportedly been dropped from the series over some posts she made on social media about what’s happening in the Israel-Palestine conflict. According to The Hollywood Reporter, she supposedly wrote that “Gaza is currently being treated like a… Read more...
[Updated] Scream 7 Drops Melissa Barrera Over Israel-Hamas War Comments
The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed Scream franchise star Melissa Barrera has been removed from Scream VII after social media posts referencing the Israel-Hamas war. Barrera played Sam Carpenter, the Scream series’ reboot lead in Scream V and Scream VI. Read more...
Thanksgiving review: Eli Roth serves up a gory feast
Horror fans have been waiting more than a decade for Thanksgiving, director Eli Roth’s holiday slasher about a killer in a pilgrim mask terrorizing a small Massachusetts town. Ever since Roth’s fake trailer for the film showed up in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse, we’ve been wondering what the… Read more...