Courteney Cox Is Ready To Direct A ‘Scream’ Movie: “I Think I Should”

As Courteney Cox returns to the director’s chair for her sophomore feature Evil Genius, she’s ready to take on a franchise she’s been with for 30 years.

While discussing the TIFF true-crime film at the Deadline Studio, the Golden Globe nominee revealed she’d be open to directing an upcoming installment in the Scream franchise, in which she’s starred as Gale Weathers since the original 1996 movie.

“I think I should, honestly. Nobody knows more about that movie than I do,” said Cox. “I mean, and the creator, and Wes Craven, and the writers, and everybody who’s been in it. But I think it’d be great and fun and a good publicity thing. Get on it.”

Cox most recently reprised her role as reporter Gale Weathers in Scream 7, which reunited her with Neve Campbell’s “final girl” Sidney Prescott. Despite holding the franchise’s lowest Rotten Tomatoes score with a 30% critics rating, the Kevin Williamson-helmed installment was the highest-grossing sequel with nearly $208M globally.

Following the record-breaking franchise haul, Spyglass has tapped sister duo Lilla and Nora Zuckerman to write the upcoming eighth film.

Meanwhile, Cox is promoting her latest directorial outing with Evil Genius, the true-crime story of the infamous “pizza bomber” case, devling into the more deeply human story of deception, desperation, and the line between victim and villain.

Directed by Cox from a script by Courtenay Miles, Evil Genius stars Patricia Arquette, David Harbour, Tom McCarthy and more.