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"Scream 4 writer Kevin Williamson has confirmed that he left the sequel after getting into &amp;quot;a big fight&amp;quot; with executive producer Bob Weinstein over the movie. Rumours began to circulate last summer claiming that the franchise creator had been replaced by Scream 3&amp;#039;s Ehren Kruger on the horror film. Cast member Hayden Panettiere allegedly voiced frustrations about the state of the script and Lauren Graham quit after losing screen time as Emma Roberts&amp;#039;s mother. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Williamson confirmed that rows with Weinstein and his commitment to The CW show The Vampire Diaries led to his departure. He said: &amp;quot;I got in a big fight with Bob. God love him. I&amp;#039;ve worked with the man for 16 years out of my 16-year career. We get in some fights. We&amp;#039;re a very dysfunctional family over there at the Weinstein Co. We got into a massive fight creatively and we hugged it out and then we moved on.&amp;quot; Pressed to reveal what the disagreements entailed, Williamson said: &amp;quot;I felt strongly about this and he felt strongly about that and then I did this and that wasn&amp;#039;t right. Everyone was second-guessing everything because everyone wanted it to be so perfect. That&amp;#039;s exactly what happened.&amp;quot; He continued: &amp;quot;Yes, we got into the fight, but then the big clincher came: contractually, I had signed on to do The Vampire Diaries. You know, the little thing called first and second position? I was in first position to do Vampire Diaries and second position to do Scream 4. So guess what? It was a contractual thing.&amp;quot; Williamson added that he will never disavow Scream 4, as the franchise is &amp;quot;so special&amp;quot; to him. Scream 4, which sees Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette return alongside director Wes Craven, opens in cinemas on April 15. Watch the trailer for Scream 4 below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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