Skeet Ulrich Says Melissa Barrera's Firing Halted 'Scream' Character Arc
The actor states that the character Billy Loomis cannot exist without his on-screen partner Sam Loomis, played by the dismissed star.
First reported by The A.V. Club, 3h 57m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
The story so far
3 publishers have covered this in 3 articles since 6 Oct 2026. The A.V. Club published first, on 6 October at 19:28 UTC; Deadline followed 3h 58m later. The most recent article, from Variety, appeared on 7 October at 00:46 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), The A.V. Club, Deadline.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- The A.V. ClubSkeet Ulrich says Melissa Barrera's Scream firing halted Billy's 3-film arc
- DeadlineSkeet Ulrich On Not Completing ‘Scream’ “Three-Film Arc”: “Without Melissa Barrera & Sam Loomis, There’s No Billy Loomis”
- VarietySkeet Ulrich Says His ‘Scream’ Arc Couldn’t Be Completed After Melissa Barrera’s Firing: ‘There’s No Billy Loomis’ Without Her
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Skeet Ulrich Says His ‘Scream’ Arc Couldn’t Be Completed After Melissa Barrera’s Firing: ‘There’s No Billy Loomis’ Without Her Variety ·
- Skeet Ulrich On Not Completing ‘Scream’ “Three-Film Arc”: “Without Melissa Barrera & Sam Loomis, There’s No Billy Loomis” Deadline
- Skeet Ulrich says Melissa Barrera's Scream firing halted Billy's 3-film arc The A.V. Club
In this story
- Skeet Ulrich
- Melissa Barrera
- Sam Loomis
- Billy Loomis