Summary
Scream 7is set to begin filming at some point this year, with Kevin Williamson set to direct the upcoming sequel, with Neve Campbell the only cast member confirmed thus far. However, Courteney Cox, who has played Gale Weathers in every Scream movie, is likely to return, and is rumored to be finalizing a deal to officially sign on to star in the sequel. This has got fans speculating over what could be in store for Gale inScream 7, witha particular plot point from the previous movies being a candidate for a follow-up and completion of Gale’s arc.
Gale Weathers' ultimate goal has always been to win the Pultizer prize for her contributions to journalism, with multiple true-crime books written by her about the experiences she’s had with Ghostface.Scream 6saw Gale narrowly surviving an attack from the masked killer, which could lead to a new book about her near-death experience, and the completion of her long-time ambition of winning the coveted Pulitzer prize.
Gale Weathers' ambition has always been to win the Pulitzer Prize.
The Pulitzer prize is considered to be the highest accolade in print journalism, andGale Weathers' problemhas always been that she wanted to win it but has thus far failed in her attempts.There is a section for investigative journalism in the Pulitzer awards, which would be the most applicable for Gale’s particular type of work, after investigating and even helping to solve the Ghostface murders on six different occasions.
Has a cheesy tabloid journalist ever won the Pulitzer?
As far back as the firstScreammovie in 1996, Gale voiced her aim of winning a Pulitzer prize to her cameraman, Kenny, after planting a camera in Stu Macher’s house to spy on the guests and hopefully land a scoop. Gale had already written a book calledWrongly Accused:The Maureen Prescott Murder, which was due for release at the end of the year, when the murders started up again inScream.
Gale was instrumental in proving the innocence of Cotton Weary, and helping to bring down the real killers, Billy Loomis and Stu Macher, and wrote another book about their murder spree calledThe Woodsboro Murders.This book ended up being adapted into theStab movie franchise. Despite the success of her books, the Pulitzer Prize still evaded her, and she once again brought up her ambition of winning the coveted award inScream 3.
I swear on my Pulitzer prize, which I plan to win one day.
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Gale Weathers will do anything to get what she wants, but after six Ghostface attacks, multiple books written, and the movie rights sold, Gale still doesn’t have the one thing she’s always wanted: The Pultizer prize.The last timeGale’s storylinebrought up the subject of her dream of winning the award was during a conversation with Detective Mark Kincaid inScream 3, and despite her character going through many transformations and becoming less cut-throat as the series has gone on, she is well and truly back to her old self inScream 6.
Gale has written another book between the events ofScream (2022)andScream 6, with her motivation for recognition still a priority.Scream 7should bite the bullet and reveal that Gale Weathers has indeed won the Pulitzer prize for her contributions to investigative journalism.After all, what other journalists have helped to solve six murder investigations in their career?
If Gale was to win the Pulitzer, it would be a completion of her overarching story, and the franchise could finally move towards either retiring her character or killing her off.Courteney Cox expressed an interest in being killed off as far back asScream 4, but when the Scream franchise was revived in 2022, she was back on board, with her character proving to be an important connection between the past and the current generation.
Gale Weathers is the only character to appear in every Scream movie, and her appearance inScream 7could see her take on more of an active role after a reduced role in the last two movies, as Sidney’s story becomes the main focus once again.Gale winning the Pulitzer prize is a storyline that could be focused on if she was to play a bigger role in Scream 7, and it could even play intoGhostface’s motive. It’s about time the Scream franchise had a Ghostface killer targeting Gale for cashing in on so many murders.
Over the span of six movies, there has been a string of murder victims that Gale has written about, and made money from, so it’s quite feasible that there are victims' families out there who could potentially snap when they hear that Gale has finally won the coveted Pulitzer prize.
