While the Core Four may not be fully back in action in Spyglass Media’s Scream 7, the Meeks-Martin twins have signed on for another tango with Ghostface. Back in December, word broke that Mason Gooding would be reprising his role as Chad Meeks-Martin, while just last week it was revealed that Jasmin Savoy Brown would be back in action as the scary movie-savvy Mindy Meeks-Martin. Both characters were introduced in 2022’s Scream as friends of Tara Carpenter’s (Jenna Ortega) and have continued to survive despite two very close brushes with death.
During a recent chat with Entertainment Tonight, which largely focused on Gooding’s upcoming horror movie, Heart Eyes, the Aftermath star opened up about his sibling-like bond with his on-screen twin sister and shared some insight into what it’s been like having the franchise's final girl (woman, really), Neve Campbell, back in action.
Recalling the journey that he’s taken alongside Brown, as the pair’s on-screen bond spilled over into real life, Gooding said,
“The casting of Jasmin Savoy Brown, as it relates to myself, was unknowingly basically being granted a sister. I check in with her all the time. I feel like being able to step into a character that has been inundated with so much love, on set and in general, has allowed Jasmin and I to fall into a rhetoric that’s super comfortable for us, whether it’s talking on a scene or decisions made… Ultimately, I owe to her how lovely she is and how encompassing it is.”
Being thrust into a fandom like the one behind Scream is no easy burden to carry, so it’s good to know that Brown and Gooding have supported each other through it. Especially now that their other two new-ish co-stars, Melissa Barrera and Ortega, will not be returning for the seventh installment. Barrera was unceremoniously let go from the title following a handful of pro-Palestinian social media posts, while Ortega backed out after scheduling conflicts with the second season of Wednesday.
Mother Returns
Right now, the Scream fandom is split with feelings of both guilt and excitement. On one hand, Barrera’s firing has driven some to take up umbrage with the production, while on the other, Campbell’s return to her role as Sidney Prescott has audiences excited about what’s to come. Gooding and Campbell worked together on the fifth installment before payment discrepancies kept the latter away during 2023’s Scream VI. Now, they’re back on set together, and Gooding couldn’t be more excited about it, saying,
“That’s mother right there. I feel like that’s the godmother of the genre that we are so lucky to appropriate in Heart Eyes, which is the idea of marrying two different tones. Obviously, with the over-encompassing one being more horrific and a more high-octane experience that she still, to this day, has always handled with a level of ease and care and stoicism that’s made each iteration of her character, and I can say all of her work. I can talk about Neve all day.”
Scream 7 is slated for a theatrical arrival on February 27, 2026.
Scream 7
Release Date February 27, 2026
Director Kevin Williamson
Writers Kevin Williamson, Guy Busick, James Vanderbilt
Producers Cathy Konrad, Gary Barber, Marianne Maddalena, Peter Oillataguerre, William Sherak, Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, Ron Lynch
Cast
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Courteney Cox
Gale Weathers
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Mason Gooding
Chad Meeks-Martin
English (US) ·