Patrick Dempsey’s ‘Scream 7’ Return Is Officially Dead

On Thursday, the Scream fandom was hit with some particularly tough news after it was revealed that Community alum, Joel McHale, would be starring in the upcoming seventh film as the husband of Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott. It’s not that there’s some secret beef brewing between the comedy actor and the horror franchise’s following, but it’s a casting that cuts deep for those of us who were certain that Sidney’s husband was going to be Patrick Dempsey’s Detective Mark Kincaid. Although, there were some who were still holding onto hope that Detective Kincaid, who was first introduced in 2000’s Scream 3, would pop up in the upcoming film in a different way. Today that dream has died, as Entertainment Weekly confirmed that Dempsey will in no way be involved with Scream 7.