While the Scream franchise has been fun and engaging since the beginning, the path to make Scream 7 has been rocky, to say the least. After the announcement that Christopher Landon wouldn't direct the next film after all, Scream 7 got two big updates: Kevin Williamson will direct and Neve Campbell is reprising her final girl role of Sidney Prescott. Given both of their important histories with the slasher franchise, this was exciting news.