'Scream 7' Completes The Meeks-Martins With Jasmin Savoy Brown Return
What are the rules of role reprisals, Mindy?
When timing is everything, you just gotta keep rolling. The minute after I published my report on Deadline’s exclusive regarding Joel McHale’s casting as Mark Evans, Sidney Prescott’s husband in Scream 7, Variety reports that the horror sequel from Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media has secured the return of Jasmin Savoy Brown as Mindy Meeks-Martin, one of the main crew of the previous two films.
This reunites her with her onscreen twin brother Mason Gooding, who played Chad Meeks-Martin. Gooding was reported to have signed on four weeks ago in mid-December alongside Anna Camp, while Brown was still in talks. Following the unjustified firing of Melissa Barrera for speaking out against genocide and the subsequent and probably related departure of Jenna Ortega, who played sisters Sam and Tara Carpenter, it was unknown how much their friend group would be involved, as they with the Meeks-Martin twins formed something of a Core Four analogous to the original 1996 film’s group of Sidney played by Neve Campbell, Dewey Riley played by David Arquette, Gale Weathers played by Courteney Cox, and the twins’ uncle, Randy Meeks, played by Jamie Kennedy. Their mother Martha, played by Heather Matarazzo, was introduced in the third film bringing Randy’s trilogy tape posthumously following his death in the second film. They worked with the three survivors in their 2022 debut which Dewey did not survive, and again with Gale in the next film after Campbell’s absence in search of better pay meant Sidney hid away with her family after the new Ghostface had sprung up. It is Mindy who has taken up her uncle’s explaining the tropes Ghostface is following in their killings, and has the distinction as the franchise’s first queer character, dating fellow Blackmore University student Anika Kayoko, played by Devyn Nakoda.
Starring on Showtime’s Yellowjackets as Taissa Turner as a teen, Savoy Brown will continue as the third season premieres on February 14, which will see McHale as a guest star. She was previously a series regular on ABC’s short-lived For the People and recurred on HBO’s The Leftovers. In addition to Gooding, Camp, Campbell, McHale, and Cox, Scream 7 also features Isabel May as Sidney and Mark's daughter, Celeste O’Connor, Asa Germann, McKenna Grace, and Sam Rechner in unknown roles.
Day one of production on Scream 7 was marked on January 7 by director Kevin Williamson, who had written three of the four Wes Craven-directed installments. He wrote on Instagram “I’m not supposed to post about Scream and I hope spyglassmediagr and paramountpics will forgive me but when you have one of the best days of your life it’s really hard to keep it to yourself. What an extraordinary day I had working with an amazing and talented cast and crew. They brought their “A” game and had my back every step of the way. I’m so very grateful for this opportunity and to Wes Craven who was on my mind through it all. The profound impact he has had on my life and career is endless. What a day! I can’t wait for tomorrow!” Williamson replaced Christopher Landon, who had left in the initial chaos. Guy Busick, who wrote Scream and Scream VI with James Vanderbilt is going solo this time while Vanderbilt is busy. Vanderbilt is still producing, representing Project X Entertainment with William Sherak and Paul Neinstein. Radio Silence, the directors of the fifth and sixth installments, serving as executive producers. Scream 7 is in production in Atlanta as it readies for a February 27, 2026 release.
Source: Variety