Ethan Embry Joins Cast Of ‘Scream 7’

EXCLUSIVE: The Scream 7 cast continues to grow with the addition of Ethan Embry (First Man, Grace & Frankie) who will star alongside legacy cast members Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Scott Foley, Matthew Lillard, Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown.

Previously announced franchise newcomers include Isabel May, Celeste O’Connor, Asa Germann, Mckenna Grace, Sam Rechner, Anna Camp, Joel McHale and Mark Consuelos.

Details regarding the plot of the Spyglass and Paramount Pictures‘ sequel film are under wraps.

Franchise creator Kevin Williamson is directing with Guy Busick (2022’s Scream and Scream VI) writing. Project X Entertainment’s James Vanderbilt, William Sherak and Paul Neinstein (2022’s Scream and Scream VI) are producing.

The long-running horror franchise previously generated four film films including Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000) and Scream 4 (2011), directed by the late Wes Craven. It relaunched with the fifth installment, Scream, in 2022.

The latest outing, Scream VI, was released theatrically worldwide in March 2023. It holds the franchise record for the highest domestic box office gross with more than $108 million and has taken in more than $169 million worldwide. Collectively, the Scream franchise has earned more than $900 million in worldwide box office receipts.

Embry will next be seen in the independent films, Alma and the Wolf and The Gymnast. He recently starred in Damien Chazelle’s Oscar-nominated First Man for Universal. Prior credits include Lionsgate’s Blindspotting, Last Seen Alive, Can’t Hardly Wait, Empire Records and Sweet Home Alabama.

For TV, he was a series regular in the Netflix series Grace and Frankie starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, which ran for 7 seasons. Additional small screen credits include ABC’s fantasy series Once Upon a Time, Showtime’s Brotherhood and AMC’s The Walking Dead.

Embry is repped by IAG, Mosaic and attorney Mark Wetzstein.