Neve Campbell Will Not Return for “Scream 6”

Canadian actress Neve Campbell will not reprise her role as Sidney Prescott in Paramount/Spyglass Media’s "Scream 6".

in a statement on Monday, Campbell has opened up about her turn in the $744M-plus grossing global franchise.

"Sadly I won’t be making the next Scream film. As a woman, I have had to work extremely hard in my career to establish my value, especially when it comes to Scream. I felt the offer that was presented to me did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise,” she stated.

“It’s been a very difficult decision to move on. To all my Scream fans, I love you. You’ve always been so incredibly supportive to me. I’m forever grateful to you and to what this franchise has given me over the past 25 years,” Campbell concluded.

"Scream 6" will see Hayden Panettiere reprising her “Scream 4” role of Kirby Reed. The character was the lone teenage survivor of the Second Woodsboro Murders in the fourth installment.

Panettiere is set to star alongside Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, and Jenna Ortega, who toplined the recent reboot of the franchise.

Spyglass Media and Paramount Pictures companies resurrected the slasher movie series in January with 2022’s “Scream” – also the name of the 1996 original that started it all.

The upcoming movie will follow Sam (Barrera), Mindy (Brown), Chad (Gooding), and Tara (Ortega)—four survivors of the most recent batch of Ghostface killings—as they leave the town of Woodsboro behind in an attempt for a fresh start.

It fired up a rebound year at the box office for Paramount, grossing $140M worldwide. Campbell returned with Courteney Cox (who plays Gale Weathers) and David Arquette (Dewey Riley).

“Scream 6” hit theaters on March 31, 2023.