Courteney Cox has been a major part of the Scream franchise for 30 years now. Without her, we’d never have Gale Weathers, the famous reporter whose interest in multiple Ghostface killing sprees keeps reeling her back to chaos. And after her brush with death in Scream VI, Gale pulled through for Scream 7, but does she die in the 2026 sequel?
Below, News47.us has the details on Gale’s fate in Scream 7! (WARNING: SPOILERS ARE AHEAD FOR SCREAM 7. PROCEED WITH CAUTION)
In films 1 through VI, the major characters who died were Sidney’s best friend Tatum, whom she named her daughter after in Scream 7, Randy Meeks, Cotton Weary, Judy Hicks and former Detective Dewey Riley. Dewey’s murder in 2022’s Scream was, perhaps, the most shocking and hurtful to watch. Even Neve Campbell — the franchise’s final girl — said it during a February 2026 interview with Fandango.
“Dewey’s death, I’m not happy about it,” she said. “Nobody was happy about Dewey’s death. … We had Dewey for so long that I think it hurt just that little bit more.”
Actor David Arquette, who reprised his role in Scream 7, has been with the franchise since the original film, and he reprised his role in the seventh movie.
Yes! Courteney had already been confirmed to reprise her role in the seventh installment, reuniting with Neve’s Sidney on screen once again.
During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Courteney revealed what scared her the most about the Scream franchise: the first film’s bathroom scene, when Ghostface nearly slices Sidney before she sprints out and gets away just in time.
