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Kevin Williamson on Why He Returned to Directing, Reuniting With Neve Campbell in ‘Scream 7’: ‘It Needs to Be About Sidney’


Kevin Williamson says he returned to direct 'Scream 7' mostly due to Neve Campbell and a Sydney-focused storyline.

Williamson, who wrote the original script for 1996’s “Scream,” has never directed the franchise, but came back for the upcoming film for multiple reasons — first, because of the story. It needs to be about Sydney.’ That’s why I would want to do it,” he explained during a career retrospective on Friday at the ATX TV Festival, presented by Universal Studio Group. “I do think there’s a world we haven’t tapped into — we’ve never gone home with her, who she is today, and we don’t know what her life is about.

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