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Melissa Barrera Leads Cannes Horror “Inhabit”, Launches Pro-Palestinian Production

5/7/2026

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Melissa Barrera Leads

At the Cannes Film Market, Melissa Barrera was announced as the lead of the upcoming horror feature “Inhabit,” written and directed by Adam Alleca.
Logical Pictures Group is financing “Inhabit” and launching its international sales at Cannes, while Range Select handles U.S. rights.
Barrera, removed from “Scream 7” after criticizing Israel, says she has been sidelined for a year and is launching a production company to work with pro-Palestinian partners.

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Barrera Returns

Barrera stars in the Broadway production “Titaníque,” which restored her creative fulfillment after a Hollywood hiatus.
She credits support from Susan Sarandon, Tatiana Maslany, Hannah Einbinder and Poppy Liu while preparing to play a mother in the Western “In the Cradle of Granite,” co-star with John Travolta in Renny Harlin’s “Black Tides,” and join the biographical drama “The Collaboration.”
Barrera said peers who voiced similar concerns have faced no career fallout, highlighting industry double standards.

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Melissa Barrera Leads

At the Cannes Film Market, Melissa Barrera was announced as the lead of the upcoming horror feature “Inhabit,” written and directed by Adam Alleca.
Logical Pictures Group is financing “Inhabit” and launching its international sales at Cannes, while Range Select handles U.S. rights.
Barrera, removed from “Scream 7” after criticizing Israel, says she has been sidelined for a year and is launching a production company to work with pro-Palestinian partners.

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