Scream 7 is at present taking pictures in Atlanta, Georgia, and while issues appear to be going easily, two current casting bulletins have taken followers without warning.
First, we’ve got the information that Group star Joel McHale has joined the movie. McHale was shortly revealed to be enjoying Mark Evans, the husband of Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott.
The information shortly induced a furore on-line, as Scream followers had hoped Gray’s Anatomy actor Patrick Dempsey can be filling the position. Dempsey had been circling Scream 7 for a while, with followers hoping he would reprise his position as Detective Mark Kincaid, final seen in 2000’s Scream 3.
Though by no means acknowledged on display screen, it has turn into a long-held fan consider that Sidney Prescott and Mark Kincaid married and had a household. Nonetheless, McHale will now substitute Dempsey within the husband position, portraying a unique “Mark” altogether.
While McHale is claimed to be “thrilled” to affix the Scream collection, Dempsey has but to touch upon why he walked away from the film. Nonetheless, a trusted supply tells us that wage negotiations between Dempsey and the studio hit a stumbling block.
In additional shocking information, we realized that Jasmin Savoy Brown will reprise her position as Mindy Meeks-Martin in Scream 7.
Brown was undoubtedly one of the in style actors launched throughout the Radio Silence period, together with her return information being warmly acquired. The actress joins her on-screen brother Chad, portrayed by Mason Gooding, as the one newer characters from Scream 5 and VI to return. Beforehand, Brown had dominated out the potential of a return to the franchise, following the firing of her co-star Melissa Barrera. Barrera was dismissed from Scream 7 in November 2023, while the movie was nonetheless in early improvement. While it’s unlikely the actress will return anytime quickly; followers are not less than glad that Brown has modified her stance.
Scream 7 is at present filming underneath the route of Kevin Williamson, and can star Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Isabel Might, Asa Germann, Sam Rechner, and Celeste O’Connor, along with the already talked about names.
The movie is predicted to hit theatres on February twenty seventh 2026.