{"id":20623,"date":"2023-09-10T21:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T21:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/?p=20623"},"modified":"2023-09-10T21:00:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T21:00:48","slug":"kevin-williamson-neve-campbell-scream-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/kevin-williamson-neve-campbell-scream-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Williamson Urges ‘Scream’ to Compensate Neve Campbell for Franchise Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Series creator Kevin Williamson is making it clear: he wants Neve Campbell, who portrayed Sidney Prescott in the Scream horror franchise, to return to the series. Campbell was notably absent from the most recent installment, Scream VI, due to a salary dispute. In a recent interview, Williamson expressed his desire, stressing the need to fairly compensate Campbell for her return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neve Campbell’s Salary Dispute: Kevin Williamson’s Call to ‘Pay Her the Money’ in Scream Franchise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Campbell had publicly stated in June 2022 that she declined the offer due to concerns about her value and fair compensation, particularly considering her longstanding contribution to the franchise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Williamson, in response, emphasized his support for her.<\/p>\n\n\n

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“I love everyone involved with Scream and all I can say is pay her the money. Yes, you heard it, everyone. That\u2019s what I would do. I would give her that.”<\/p>\nKevin Williamson<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Neve Campbell Could Return for Future Scream Films Following Scream VI Success<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Sure, Neve Campbell may return to the Scream franchise in upcoming movies, following the success of Scream VI, which premiered in March and shattered franchise records by grossing $168 million worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Williamson served as an executive producer on this installment, penned by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Series creator Kevin Williamson is making it clear: he wants Neve Campbell, who portrayed Sidney Prescott in the Scream horror franchise, to return to the series. Campbell was notably absent from the most recent installment, Scream VI, due to a salary dispute. In a recent interview, Williamson expressed his desire, stressing the need to fairly […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":20648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[774,1338,5870,1294,5866,1607,1444,1519,5868,5871,5869,5867,5873,5872],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20623"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20623"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20649,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20623\/revisions\/20649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}