Warning: SPOILERS for Scream 2022.

Scream 2022 brings back Sidney Prescott, Dewey Riley, and Gale Weathers for one more fight against Ghostface, and here's how old they are compared to when they appeared in the first movie. Neve Campbell, David Arquette, and Courteney Cox are the only actors to have starred in every Scream movie. In the original film, each of them is completely different ages and at very different stages in their lives. Between the events of the first film and Scream 2022, however, Sidney, Dewey, and Gale have grown together as peers, each with a unique love for one another and a camaraderie formed as they’ve continuously fought side-by-side.

In Scream 2022, Gale and Dewey have divorced. Dewey has retired from his job as the Woodsboro Sheriff. Gale still has a successful career as a news anchor and has written multiple books. Sidney is married to Mark Kincaid (Patrick Dempsey), and they have two daughters. While the trio doesn’t always keep in touch, their love and respect for one another still show through the moment they’re together, even after 25 years. After Dewey’s death, Gale and Sidney, now seasoned final girls, take only moments before they mutually decide they’ll have to kill Ghostface yet again.

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In a mirror image of the first film, Gale and Sidney walk out of Stu’s old house, injured but alive just as they did in the first entry of the Scream franchise. This time, they sit together. By the final film, their ages no longer seem to matter because they’ve all been forced to grow together.

How Old Sidney, Gale & Dewey Are In Scream (1996)

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The original Scream takes place in October of 1996. At the time, Sidney is a high school senior. She was born in 1979 and is set to graduate in June of 1997, thus making her 18 years old. Dewey was born in 1971, and he is 25 years old in the original film (as he tells Gale when they first meet). Gale Weathers was born in 1964; she is 32 at the time of the original Woodsboro murders. Conveniently, both Courteney Cox and David Arquette’s characters share the same birth years as the actors themselves.

How Old Sidney, Gale & Dewey Are In Scream (2022)

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Taking place in 2021, Scream 2022 has another meta message for audiences. It takes place 10 years after the events of Scream 4. The first Ghostface attack against Tara Carpenter (Jenna Ortega), which kicks off Scream 2022, takes place 25 years after the original Woodsboro Ghostface murders. Sidney Prescott is now 42 years old, Gale Weathers is 57, and Dewey Riley is murdered at the age of 50 years old.

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