“There is a really specific reason why Sidney is in this movie. I will say there is a reason and we were happy with it when we cracked it,” Busick says. “We went to Neve Campbell and said, ‘This is why. This is why Sidney now.’ Neve was like, ‘Oh, I get that.’ I pitched Kevin [Williamson] this first, too. He got it and then I pitched the studio. I came up with the story with my co-writer on [
Scream]
5 and
6, James Vanderbilt.”
Scream writer-creator Williamson, who also penned the screenplays for 1997’s
Scream 2 and 2011’s
Scream 4, is making his series directorial debut after taking over from
Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon (who
dropped out from the “dream job that turned into a nightmare” in December 2023).
Busick credits Vanderbilt with the idea bringing the Meeks-Martin twins into
Scream 7 without the other half of the Core Four.
“I believe it was James that came up with it. I want to give credit where credit is due, but it was an organic way why they would be in this movie,” Busick adds. “I don’t want to spoil anything, but I will say it’s through Gale. She’s the connective tissue in
5 and
6 and she’s in this. New York was obviously a big part of that. She bonded with those four and there’s a reason why these two come to this town where the action is happening.”
Whether that town is Woodsboro, California, or the as-yet-unnamed town where Sidney is in hiding, Busick couldn’t say. “It’s not New York,” he offers. “I don’t want to be the one to spoil where it is. It’s an unspecified amount of time [after
VI]. I might get contradicted by other people, but in my mind, more than two years. I would say at least two years. It could be two years, but I would say two years plus.”
