For producers on Scream 7, the call is coming from inside the house. The Hollywood Reporter confirms Jenna Ortega has walked away from the follow-up to 2022’s Scream. Sources say that the Wednesday star, who became a major celebrity in the time since she filmed last year’s installment, “informed Scream studio Spyglass months ago she did not intend to return.â€
Even though Ortega’s departure was reportedly in the works prior to the actors strike, the announcement has pointed timing, coming one day after news broke that Spyglass had fired co-star Melissa Barrera, who plays her sister, from Scream 7, calling her social-media posts condemning Israel’s recent actions in Gaza a violation of its policy against antisemitism. Ortega, like Barrera, has signed the Artists4Ceasefire letter urging Congress to call for a cease-fire in Gaza.