Overview
- Courteney Cox said at TIFF on Monday, September 14, 2026, that she would like to direct a future Scream and argued she knows the franchise better than most.
- Scream 8 is in active development with sisters Lilla and Nora Zuckerman hired to write the script and no director yet attached.
- Kevin Williamson, who wrote and directed Scream 7, has indicated he will likely step back from directing future entries, leaving the director’s chair open.
- Scream 7’s roughly $208 million worldwide haul prompted the studio to move forward with another film, with Spyglass and Paramount overseeing the franchise.
- Cox is the only actor to appear in all seven Scream films and has prior directing credits, facts that give her visibility as a candidate though the studio has made no decision.