In a surprising turn of events, Variety is reporting that the Weinstein's have managed to coax Neve 'Never Again' Campbell back to the ''Scream'' series.

Campbell had been pretty adamant that she would not be reprising the role of Sidney Prescott for the recently-announced ‘’Scream 4’’ (with writer Kevin Williamson even mentioning on his Twitter page a while ago that he had to rework the script once it was clear Campbell would not be back) but seems she’s changed her mind.

Williamson is confirming Campbell is back in the mix, too. “Yes on Neve guys”, the scribe posted earlier today on Twitter.

David Arquette and (wife) Courteney Cox have been attached to “Scream 4” for quite some time. At one stage the plot was said to revolve around Dewey (Arquette) and Gale’s (Cox) baby – who, for some reason or another, Ghostface wants to get his hands on. That might still be the case – and in fact I wouldn’t be surprised if Campbell has been entice back under the assumption that Sidney will only be making an ‘appearance’ in the new film (Maybe she’ll be the pre-credit death!?), thus it’s essentially a Dewey/Gale-driven film.

“Scream 4” will start production in April or May as the first of a new trilogy and the Weinstein Company is talking to Wes Craven to direct.

The trade also reports that the Weinstein’s have quite a few other franchise pics in the works – many of which will be in 3-D – including the Patrick Lussier-directed Todd Farmer-penned “Halloween 3D”, Robert Rodriguez’s “Spy Kids 4” (also in 3-D), remakes of “Children of the Corn”, “An American Werewolf in London”, and “Short Circuit”, and new 3-D “Hellraiser” and “Scanners” sequels.

“I’m heading back to my franchise films,” Weinstein tells the trade. “These films are our strength and we are committed to doing them in style.”