Joel McHale is playing Sidney's husband Mark Evans in Scream 7, not Detective Mark Kincaid. Confusion arises regarding Sidney's mysterious husband's identity between films. Dempsey did not confirm his return for Scream 7, leaving fans questioning his absence in the sequel.

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.

Actor Joel McHale makes headlines after he joins Scream 7 as a new cast member. In an unexpected twist, Sidney Prescott, played by Neve Campbell, is getting a new husband in the new movie,

Joel McHale joins a stacked cast for Scream 7 that includes returning franchise stars Courtney Cox, Mason Gooding, and Neve Campbell. Other newcomers to the iconic horror franchise are McKenna Grace, Isabel May, Celeste O’Connor, and Asa Germann.

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

From the looks of it, Neve Campbell’s character has remarried and Patrick Dempsey’s Mark Kincaid is out of the picture.

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

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.

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,