Hello again, Sidney. 'Scream 7' trailer welcomes Neve Campbell back to face a familiar foe

Welcome back, Sidney Prescott.

The trailer for “Scream 7” released Thursday sees Neve Campbell’s fan-favorite last miss erstwhile again having to fend disconnected her longtime foe, a Ghostface-masked killer. And this time, Sidney is teaming up with her girl Tatum (Isabel May).

“Hello, Sidney,” a acquainted modified dependable says successful the trailer. “Did you miss me? Nice small municipality you recovered — you and your beauteous daughter. Reminds maine of wherever we grew up.”

While Sidney initially appears skeptical that the voice-altered enigma idiosyncratic is overmuch of a threat, the caller Ghostface soon proves they mean business. The trailer shows the cloaked slayer attacking Sidney and Tatum successful their home. This clip astir it seems Ghostface has their sights acceptable connected Tatum successful bid to further torment Sidney, but Tatum is acceptable to beryllium “a fighter” similar her mom.

Directed by Kevin Williamson, “Scream 7” marks Campbell’s instrumentality to the fearfulness franchise aft her lack successful “Scream VI” (2023) owed to a wage dispute. While Sidney appeared successful the 2022 revival/sequel “Scream,” the franchise passed the torch to siblings Tara and Sam Carpenter, portrayed by Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barrera, respectively, and the brace were erstwhile again astatine the halfway successful “Scream VI.”

While the 2 were initially acceptable to instrumentality for this caller installment, Barrera was fired from the movie aft sharing pro-Palestinian statements relating to the Israel-Hamas warfare connected societal media that led to accusations of antisemitism (a assertion she has since rejected). Ortega departed the movie soon after.

Along with Campbell, “Scream 7” volition spot the instrumentality of “Scream” veterans Courteney Cox arsenic Gale Weathers and David Arquette arsenic Dewey Riley, contempt the latter’s destiny successful the 2022 installment. While this is Williamson’s archetypal clip directing a “Scream” film, the “Dawson’s Creek” creator has besides been a portion of the franchise since the beginning, penning the Wes Craven-helmed “Scream” (1996), “Scream 2” (1997) and “Scream 4” (2011). Williamson co-wrote the screenplay for “Scream 7” with Guy Busick.

The upcoming film’s formed besides includes Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, Anna Camp, Joel McHale, Mckenna Grace, Michelle Randolph, Jimmy Tatro, Asa Germann, Celeste O’Connor, Sam Rechner, Ethan Embry, Tim Simons and Mark Consuelos.

“Scream 7” is slated for a Feb. 27 release.