After penning the first, second, and fourth films and having the tiny credit of creating the entire universe, Scream scribe, Kevin Williamson, stepped away from the slasher story for good after 2011’s Scream 4. Or so he thought. When the film series was reborn thanks to co-directors Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin in 2022’s Scream, Williamson decided to pass the reigns of writer over and settle into a more behind-the-scenes position as executive producer — a job he would return to for the 2023 follow-up. But the upcoming Scream 7 will see Williamson step into an entirely new position, that of director, after a certain someone pushed him towards making his big return.