Patrick Dempsey says he’s had conversations about reprising his Mark Kincaid function in Scream 7.
Scream 7 is being directed by Kevin Williamson, who wrote the screenplay for the unique 1996 Scream film. Williamson additionally labored on the franchise’s sequels, as he was a author on 1997’s Scream 2 and 2011’s Scream 4, a producer on 2000’s Scream 3, and an govt producer on 2022’s Scream and 2023’s Scream VI.
It was beforehand introduced that Neve Campbell would reprise her function as Sidney Prescott in Scream 7 after being absent from Scream VI attributable to contract and wage negotiations.
Now, Dempsey is hinting that he additionally could also be returning for Scream 7.
What did Patrick Dempsey say about Scream 7?
Showing on Today, Dempsey stated he’s “ready on the script for Scream 7.” He continued, “There’s been a dialog about it. I haven’t seen something, but, so we’ll see what occurs.”
When requested if he’s open to returning for an additional Scream film, Dempsey joked, “Yeah, it’s all the time good to have a job.”
Dempsey’s Kincaid character was featured in Scream 3, which was additionally directed by Wes Craven. In that film, Mark Kincaid is a detective investigating the Ghostface murders who then turns into love-struck with Sidney. Whereas Dempsey didn’t return for another Scream sequels up till now, his character is now canonically married to Sidney and so they have three kids collectively.
As of September 2024, Courtney Cox has not “formally” signed on to reprise her function as Gale Weathers within the seventh Scream film as of but, by way of Variety. Matthew Lillard additionally just lately stated that he believes his Scream character, Stu Macher, is “definitely” alive and can be keen to reprise the function once more ought to Williamson need him to.
Scream 7 might be launched in United States theaters on February 27, 2026.
