Joel McHale has officially been cast as Sidney's husband, Mark, in Scream 7, despite previously implying she married Patrick Dempsey's Mark Kincaid.

EXCLUSIVE: Scream franchise final girl Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) has a husband, and it’s not Detective Mark Kincaid (Patrick Dempsey) of Scream 3, as has been speculated online. Set to play her spouse, Mark Evans, in Scream 7 is none other than Joel McHale, who’s currently in production on the film in Atlanta.

Patrick Dempsey will not portray the husband of Sidney Prescott, the Scream franchise's main character, in the next film. The Grey's Anatomy actor played Detective Mark Kincaid in 2000' s Scream 3, and in 2022' s Scream,

Scream 7 has cast Sidney Prescott's husband, Mark, and it's not Patrick Dempsey's Detective Mark Kincaid from Scream 3, as was speculated.

Scream 7's cast will include Joel McHale as Sidney Prescott's (Neve Campbell) husband, and I have to talk about this.

Joel McHale has added another role that could further delay the upcoming Community movie, but that actually isn’t the controversial part of McHale’s horror-movie casting. Instead, the fuss has everything to do with Patrick Dempsey’s franchise role that now appears to have bitten the dust.