‘Scream 7’: Joel McHale Set to Play Sidney Prescott’s Husband

The seventh installment of the classic meta-horror franchise will be released on Feb. 27, 2026

Joel McHale at the FOX UPFRONT '24
Joel McHale at the FOX UPFRONT '24 (CREDIT: FOX via Getty Images)

Joel McHale is set to play Sidney Prescott’s (Neve Campbell) husband in “Scream 7,” according to an insider with knowledge of the project.

In the last couple of movies, Sidney’s husband has been referred to as “Mark,” with David Arquette’s Dewey even asking Sidney how Mark was. The long-running inference was that Sidney had married Mark Kincaid, the character played by Patrick Dempsey in “Scream 3.” Radio Silence, the filmmaking team behind 2022’s “Scream” and 2023’s “Scream VI,” confirmed that this was, indeed, Mark Kincaid that they were referencing. But McHale is playing a new character, Mark Evans, breaking from the pre-established lore.

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