Courteney Cox to reprise her role as Gale Weathers for Scream relaunch

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Spyglass Media Group and Paramount Pictures announced today that Courteney Cox will reprise her role as the intrepid news reporter Gale Weathers from the preceding films in the Scream horror franchise. Cox is the latest star to join the relaunch after David Arquette who is set to return as Dwight 'Dewey' Riley.

SCREAM is being directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett of the filmmaking group Radio Silence, who in 2019 delivered the outstanding horror-comedy READY OR NOT, starring Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, and Andie McDowell. The latest installment of the Scream franchise will be written by James Vanderbilt (ZODIAC, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and Guy Busick (READY OR NOT, CASTLE ROCK). Kevin Williamson and the third member of the Radio Silence trio, Chad Villella, are executive producing with Project X Entertainment’s Vanderbilt, Paul Neinstein, and William Sherak serving as producers.

In talking about the highly-anticipated project, Radio Silence said, “We can’t imagine  ‘Scream’  without the iconic Gale Weathers and are so incredibly thrilled and humbled to have the opportunity to work with Courteney. We’re absolute mega fans of her work and we’re so excited to join her in the next chapter of the ‘Scream’ saga!”

The Scream franchise first arrived on the horror scene in 1996. Hailed by many as a fresh and frightening take on the Slasher sub-genre, the original went on to receive three sequels as well as a television series on MTV. In time, the Scream franchise would go on to become an important part of horror filmmaking history, resulting in over $600M at the global box office across all four films.