Jenna Ortega quits Scream 7 due to Wednesday's Season 2 filming schedule
Publish date: 2024-05-06
Jenna Ortega will not appear in Scream 7 due to her filming schedule for Season 2 of the supernatural comedy series Wednesday. This news follows the recent firing of her co-star Melissa Barrera, who was let go from the horror movie due to controversial social media posts regarding Israel and Palestine.According to multiple media reports, Jenna had already planned to leave before Melissa was fired and the SAG-AFTRA strike started. The production dates for Season 2 of Wednesday have yet to be confirmed. Jenna also has to finish filming for Tim Burton's Beetlejuice 2, which was interrupted by the SAG-AFTRA strike and has a few more days of shooting left.
In the 2022 revival of Scream and its sequel Scream VI, Jenna and Melissa played the roles of sisters Tara and Sam Carpenter. They starred alongside familiar faces. Director Christopher Landon has already announced the upcoming release of Scream 7 this year.
Spyglass made a statement in response to Barrera's removal from Scream VII, stating that they have a strict policy against any form of hate speech, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, Holocaust distortion, or anything that promotes antisemitism or incites hate.
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