Courteney Cox: 'I Should Direct a Scream Movie' — SkimNews
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- Courteney Cox said she should direct an upcoming Scream movie, telling Deadline at TIFF: "Nobody knows more about that movie than I do" — and added, "Get on it."
- Scream 7, which reunited Cox's Gale Weathers with Neve Campbell's Sidney Prescott under director Kevin Williamson, holds the franchise's lowest Rotten Tomatoes critics score (30%) but was its highest-grossing entry at nearly $208M globally
- Spyglass has tapped sister duo Lilla and Nora Zuckerman to write the eighth Scream film following that record-breaking franchise haul
- Evil Genius, Cox's sophomore directorial feature premiering at TIFF, is a true-crime film about the "pizza bomber" case, scripted by Courtenay Miles and starring Patricia Arquette, David Harbour, and Tom McCarthy
- Cox has starred as Gale Weathers in the Scream franchise since the original 1996 film
Why it matters: Cox has been with Scream since 1996 — longer than any director the franchise has had — and with Spyglass already commissioning writers for the eighth film, her pitch arrives during an active development window rather than as idle talk. The 30% Rotten score alongside a $208M gross for Scream 7 also shows the franchise's commercial floor has decoupled from critical reception.
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