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EXCLUSIVE: Following its world premiere at Sundance, the horror rom-com Your Monster, starring Melissa Barrera (In the Heights) and Tommy Dewey (The Mindy Project), has landed at Vertical for North American distribution. Marking the feature directorial debut of Caroline Lindy, who adapted the script…

EXCLUSIVE: Bankside Films has boarded international sales rights to Caroline Lindy's Sundance Midnight movie Your Monster, starring Melissa Barrera (Scream). In Your Monster, after her life falls apart, soft-spoken actress Laura Franco (Barrera) finds her voice again when she meets a terrifying, yet…

In a recent interview, Scream series actress Hayden Panettiere called the firing of the films’ franchise star Melissa Barrera last month “very unfair and upsetting.” Barrera was dropped from Scream VII following social media posts commenting on the Israel-Hamas conflict. At the time, Spyglass Media…

Melissa Barrera is opening up about her firing from the Scream franchise following social media posts commenting about the Israel-Hamas conflict. In a new interview, Barrera said it was “shocking” she was dropped from Scream VII after playing the lead role of Sam Carpenter starting with 2022’s Scream…

(Updated with more details) Chanting the controversial line of “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” actress Melissa Barrera joined almost 100 pro-Palestinian protestors today at the Sundance Film Festival. Marching halfway up Park City’s Main Street in the snow, the protesters were…

“I'm just so grateful on what I got to infuse in the franchise, and that's something I'll be proud of forever,” Melissa Barrera told Deadline at Sundance tonight, indicating no bad blood after being severed from the Scream series by Spyglass Media last month. Barrera has clearly moved on, and she…

Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega reunited with the Scream cast at MPTF’s 17th Annual Evening Before Gala. Barrera and Ortega reassembled the “Core 4” that included Jasmin Savoy Brown and Mason Gooding, who have been together since the film franchise’s reboot with 2022’s Scream V and 2023’s Scream…

Radio Silence’s new movie with Universal has made its title known, and it’s Abigail. The pic was always set to open on April 19, 2024. Abigail stars Melissa Barrera, who is reteaming here with filmmakers Radio Silence after Scream VI, as well as late actor Angus Cloud, who died of an accidental…

Melissa Barrera continues to use her social media platform to stand up for her beliefs. On Christmas Eve, the former Scream star shared a message in favor of Palestine and reminded her followers of the history of the celebration tonight. “I hope this Christmas feels… weird,” Barrera shared on her…

Melissa Barrera is breaking her silence after being fired from Scream VII. “First and foremost I condemn Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. I condemn hate and prejudice of any kind against any group of people,” Barrera said in a statement shared on Instagram Stories. Related…

EXCLUSIVE: Jenna Ortega, who was a lynchpin draw in getting Scream VI to the horror franchise’s best opening grosses ever at $44.4M stateside, $67M global, isn’t expected to return for Scream VII, we hear from sources. This has nothing to do with the fallout from Melissa Barrera’s firing yesterday…

Scream VII filmmaker Christopher Landon has responded to the news of Melissa Barrera’s firing by Spyglass Media over her social media repostings over the Israel-Hamas conflict. Landon originally tweeted on his @creetureshow account and removed the Tweet thereafter…