{"id":4741,"date":"2025-04-11T11:06:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T11:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=4741"},"modified":"2025-04-17T18:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T18:18:12","slug":"drop-director-says-making-the-thriller-was-cathartic-following-scream-7-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/11\/drop-director-says-making-the-thriller-was-cathartic-following-scream-7-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Drop director says making the thriller was \u2018cathartic\u2019 following Scream 7 controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christopher Landon has revealed how his new film Drop has been a ‘cathartic’ experience (Picture: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Christopher Landon has revealed to Metro that directing Drop was ‘cathartic’ for him following horrific online abuse during the controversy around Scream 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Starring The White Lotus<\/a> actress Meghann Fahy<\/a> and It Ends With Us <\/a>actor Brandon Sklenar<\/a>, Drop is a new thriller that takes place on a first date that goes horribly wrong.<\/p>\n

The film sees Violet (Fahy) threatened via digidrop (think AirDrop) to murder her date Henry (Sklenar) or else her son will be murdered in a home invasion, which she can witness on her home CCTV on her phone<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The high-stakes thriller seems completely unfathomable, but for the director, he revealed that be threatened by an invisible force was sadly something he could relate to.<\/p>\n

Landon was appointed the director of Scream 7<\/a> in 2023 and described the job as a dream, but quickly things turned sour as Melissa Barrera was reportedly fired<\/a> from her lead role as Sam Carpenter over comments she made about Israel<\/a>\u2019s war with Hamas<\/a> on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jenna Ortega<\/a>, who played her sister, Tara, walked off the project soon after<\/a>, and after receiving huge amounts of online abuse, Landon also stepped away from the project.<\/p>\n

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