Scream 6’s Hayden Panettiere has pitched her return to the franchise

As anticipation builds for his Ghostface rematch, Scream 6’s Hayden Panettiere reveals he’s pitched his franchise return to the film’s directors. The former Heroes star made her franchise debut with 2011’s Scream 4, in which she played Kirby Reed, best friends with Emma Roberts’ Jill Roberts. The film’s final act revealed that Jill is one of two killers with Rory Culkin’s Charlie, the latter of whom stabbed Kirby and left her for dead, only for 2022’s Scream she will contain an Easter egg confirming the survival of her.

To promote the upcoming horror sequel, Hayden Panettiere sat down with Good Morning America to discuss Scream 6.

While reflecting on her return to the beloved slasher franchise, the star revealed that she actually leapt to directing duo Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin during the production of 2022’s Scream, voicing her hopes that the character had survived his fight. with Ghostface in Scream 4. See what Panettiere shared below:

When (Scream) popped up and I got back around, I was like, ‘I want to be a part of it again because I was hoping Kirby was still alive. I wanted her back alive and called them. I actually called them… when they were shooting Scream 5 and I was like, ‘Without me?! Wait. Wait. I might still be alive and I might come in handy.”

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Kirby’s franchise comeback was set up in Scream of 2022, in which a video can be seen on a YouTube screen of him conducting an interview about his survival with an unfamiliar outlet, though posted on Bloody Disgusting’s YouTube channel. Panettiere’s casting was announced soon after new stars Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding and Jenna Ortega were all confirmed to return for Scream 6, albeit not easily as producer Kevin Williamson revealed that literally could not find the actor.

Details about Kirby’s Scream 6’s return have been largely kept under wraps, with the film’s marketing similarly keeping audiences guessing how involved it is in the story. Some reports have indicated that Panettiere’s character will be an FBI agent teaming up with Dermot Mulroney’s new investigative character, though theories speculate that he’s simply using his job in law enforcement as a cover to hide his being effectively one of Ghostface’s new assassins.

Barrera, who recently earned acclaim as Billy Loomis’ daughter Sam, recently teased that Scream 6 would toy with audience expectations of what part Kirby would play, prompting further questions as to whether Panetierre’s franchise return is hiding something more sinister. However, with the sequel missing Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott due to a salary dispute between the star and the producers, one can hope that the film’s sole legacy character survives and isn’t on the wrong side of the murders. The wait for Kirby’s return is almost over when Scream 6 hits theaters on Friday.

Source: Good Morning America

Key release date

• Scream 6 Release Date: 2023-03-10