After starring in three consecutive movies from the Radio Silence directorial duo, Melissa Barrera may continue collaborating with them in the future.Starring in new horror movie AbigailBarrera previously starred in “2022.” scream and 2023 Scream VIboth directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillette, who also directed Radio Silence.
Prior to the premiere, Abigail Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillette spoke about the film in theaters and with CBR’s Kevin Porowy at WonderCon. They mentioned their frequent collaboration with Barrera, who was controversially fired. scream Franchise over social media comments about the war in Gaza. The two spoke highly of Barrera, and Bettinelli-Olpin talked about how she helped Barrera improve. Abigail character. They also teased how they would like to continue working with Barrera on future films.

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“I mean, she’s a really close friend of ours. It’s really great to be able to make three movies with her.“Making this piece with her felt like a step up for all three of us,” Bettinelli-Olpin said.We approached this problem knowing full well that this was not the case. screamAnd how can we navigate that as a whole to make sure that her character in this piece isn’t? scream-adjacent. We really enjoyed working with her and have always had a great time working with her and her work. We have grown together and we hope to continue to do so.. ”
Mr Gillett added: ”she continues to amaze us”, Bettinelli-Olpin further said of her performance. Abigail,”she’s amazing She really brought it to us.”

‘It’s pretty extreme!’: Director Abigail teases bloodshed in vampire movies
The directors of Scream VI are teasing their “bloodiest” horror project yet with their new vampire movie Abigail starring Melissa Barrera and Alisha Weir.
Co-directed by Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillette Abigail, co-authored by Stephen Shields and Guy Busick. In addition to Barrera, the film also stars Alisha Weir (Musical “Matilda”) as a vampire as the title suggests. Other cast members include Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, Will Catlett, Kevin Durand, Giancarlo Esposito, and the late Angus Cloud, in one of his final roles.
Melissa Barrera faces a terrifying new threat in Abigail
The official synopsis is Abigail “Children can become such monsters. A group of would-be criminals set out to collect a $50 million ransom after kidnapping the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of an underworld strongman. All they have to do is keep an eye on the girl for the night.” In an isolated mansion, the prisoners begin to dwindle one by one, and to their growing horror they are trapped in the absence of a normal little girl. I realized that it was being done. ”
Moviegoers can now watch Barrera take on a vampire child on the big screen. Abigail It’s being shown in theaters.
Source: CBR

Abigail (2024)
After a group of criminals kidnaps the ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, they escape to an isolated mansion, where they are trapped unaware that there is no ordinary girl inside.
- director
- Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillette
- release date
- April 19, 2024
- cast
- Kathryn Newton, Dan Stevens, Giancarlo Esposito, Kevin Durand, Melissa Barrera, Alisha Weir, Angus Cloud, William Catlett
- Writer
- Guy Busick, Stephen Shields
- producer
- Paul Neinstein, William Sherak, James Vanderbilt, Chad Villela, Tripp Vinson
- entertainment agency
- Project X Entertainment, Radio Silence Productions, Wild Atlantic Pictures