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Neve Campbell and director Kevin Williamson film on the set of “Scream 7” at SCAD TV Studios. Paramount allowed the school to keep the set students to use. (Courtesy of Paramount)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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Nearly three decades after \u201cScream 2\u2032 shot in metro Atlanta, the indefatigable slasher franchise\u2019s <\/b>seventh installment came back to town last year, hitting spots all over metro Atlanta. <\/p>\n

Savannah College of Art and Design, which has campuses in Savannah and Atlanta, was able to entice \u201cScream 7\u201d director and cowriter Kevin Williamson to film a key scene at SCAD Film Studios<\/a> in Midtown. <\/p>\n<\/article>\n

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In January 2025, two of the original \u201cScream\u201d actors faced off on a talk-show set at SCAD: Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers, still the prying, preening journalist grilling Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott-Evans, the traumatized mother of three whose oldest daughter, Tatum (Isabel May), is now a Ghostface target.<\/p>\n

The tense reunion between Gale and Sidney is the first time the two actresses have been on screen together since \u201cScream 4\u2033 in 2011. The pairing helped fuel box office interest in the movie, which finished No. 1 opening weekend with $63.6 million, the biggest in franchise history.<\/p>\n

\u201cScream 7\u2033 defied subpar reviews<\/a> from critics, but a middling CinemaScore of B-minus from opening weekend audiences may foreshadow a major drop off this weekend. <\/p>\n<\/article>\n

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Karl Rouse, associate dean of the SCAD School of Film and Acting, said \u201cScream 7\u2033 production designer John Collins had previously taught a master class at SCAD and really liked the space, recommending it to both the film\u2019s location scout and Williamson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey liked the retro feel of the building,\u201d said Rouse, noting the producers also shot in the lobby and the exterior of the building.<\/p>\n

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Karl Rouse, associate dean at the SCAD School of Film and Acting, arranged so a former “Scream 7” set can be used as a classroom for students. (Rodney Ho\/AJC)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

From the early 1970s until 2008, the building was home to NBC affiliate WXIA-TV (11Alive) next door to the much larger WSB-TV campus. NBC also used it as a base to cover the 1996 Summer Olympics. SCAD has owned the space since 2008, and 11Alive moved 2 miles away. <\/p>\n

\u201cScream 7\u2033 producers, Rouse said, allowed students to watch them work and \u201cget to see this amazing world they all want to get into.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/article>\n

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Several students were even employed by \u201cScream 7,\u201d he noted. (One, Jaden Lanfrank<\/a>, has since graduated and now works on TBS\u2019 \u201cImpractical Jokers\u201d as a producer.)<\/p>\n

\u201cScream 7\u2033 producers allowed SCAD to keep the set after filming was over. For the past year, it\u2019s been used as a classroom. The college offers majors in sound design, art direction for film and TV, acting and casting. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe use this as a hero set,\u201d Rouse said. \u201cStudents can come in here and redress it. They could turn it into a bookstore or a coffee shop.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Courteney Cox is back as Gale Weathers in the seventh installment of the “Scream” franchise, shooting a talk show scene at SCAD Film Studios in Midtown Atlanta. (Courtesy of Paramount)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018Scream 7\u2033 also shot in Dallas, Smyrna and Marietta, as well as the city of Atlanta. Many locations, especially in Dallas, fronted as the fictional small town <\/b>of Pine Grove, Indiana, where Prescott lived. Interior scenes were shot at Great Point Studios<\/a> in Douglasville, which opened in 2024 but has been underused compared to most other studios in town, despite the fact Lionsgate is an anchor tenant. <\/p>\n<\/article>\n

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A few locations \u201cScream 7\u2033 filmed at<\/b><\/p>\n