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Patrick Dempsey’s potential Scream 7 return has been clarified after a surprise casting announcement. In the slasher franchise’s 2022 legacy sequel, it was revealed that longtime final girl Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is married to a man named Mark, which seemed to imply that she had married Dempsey’s Scream 3 character, detective Mark Kincaid. However, it was recently revealed that the upcoming Scream 7, which is currently filming under the auspices of director Kevin Williamson, had cast Community star Joel McHale in the role of Mark instead, and that the character’s last name is Evans.
Entertainment Weekly has followed up on this surprising casting announcement. After reaching out to representatives for both the production company Spyglass and Patrick Dempsey, they learned that the actor will not be appearing in the movie whatsoever. Although Dempsey had teased during an appearance on Today in October 2024 that he had been approached to reprise his Scream 3 role, negotiations fell through after that point.
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Source: EW