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  "id": 12498024,
  "title": "Skeet Ulrich On Not Completing ‘Scream’ “Three-Film Arc”: “Without Melissa Barrera & Sam Loomis, There’s No Billy Loomis”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/skeet-ulrich-on-not-completing-scream-three-film-arc-without-melissa",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-06T23:26:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
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    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/skeet-ulrich-scream-three-film-arc-melissa-barrera-1237148447/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Skeet Ulrich was supposed to have a three-film arc in the Scream franchise, but that all changed when Melissa Barrera was fired over her pro-Palestine views. Ulrich, who was one of the OG Ghostfaces in the thriller, reprised his role in the fifth and sixth installments as a hallucination to his daughter, Sam Loomis, played […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Skeet Ulrich Explains Why He Can’t Finish His 3-Film ‘Scream’ Arc After Melissa Barrera Firing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/skeet-ulrich-explains-why-he-cant-finish-his-3-film-scream-arc-after",
        "published": "2026-10-06T19:10:09.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The A.V. Club",
        "title": "Skeet Ulrich says Melissa Barrera's Scream firing halted Billy's 3-film arc",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/skeet-ulrich-says-melissa-barreras-scream-firing-halted-billys-3-film",
        "published": "2026-10-06T19:28:18.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Skeet Ulrich Says His ‘Scream’ Arc Couldn’t Be Completed After Melissa Barrera’s Firing: ‘There’s No Billy Loomis’ Without Her",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/skeet-ulrich-says-his-scream-arc-couldnt-be-completed-after-melissa",
        "published": "2026-10-07T00:46:31.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}