After taking on the Big Apple, Ghostface appears to be headed back to the suburbs, according to one returning Scream star.
Mason Gooding, who reprises his role as Chad Meeks-Martin in Scream 7, recently described the upcoming installment as “domestic,” as well as “homely and unconventional,” following the Scream VI (2023) location change from Woodsboro to New York City.
Given that Joel McHale and Isabel May have been cast as Sidney Prescott’s (Neve Campbell) husband and daughter, this checks out. But since the franchise’s OG ‘final girl’ has been established to be living far from Woodsboro, we can likely expect to find her in a different suburbia.
Gooding also raved to Us Weekly about working with director Kevin Williamson on Scream 7 after he wrote the first two Wes Craven-helmed films in 1996 and 1997, as well as the 2011 franchise refresh Scream 4.
“From a creative standpoint, [he] is the dream, because he created that world,” explained Gooding. “So having a level of understanding and world building and in background and ethos of just the concept in general of Scream, was incredibly gratifying and also led to a greater understanding of the lifeblood of the series as a whole.”
Set to hit theaters on Feb. 27, 2026, Campbell and Gooding join returning stars Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Scott Foley, Matthew Lillard and Jasmin Savoy Brown, as well as newcomers McHale, May, Celeste O’Connor, Asa Germann, Mckenna Grace, Sam Rechner, Michelle Randolph, Jimmy Tatro, Anna Camp, Mark Consuelos and Ethan Embry.
