With Patrick Dempsey not returning as Mark Kincaid in Scream 7, it has saved the movie from repeating a controversial mistake from the reboot movies.

Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown, who appeared in the fifth and six installments as siblings, are also coming back. New cast members include Isabel May, Mark Consuelos, Asa Germann, Mckenna Grace, Sam Rechner and Anna Camp.

Patrick Dempsey couldn’t work Scream 7 into his schedule. The 59-year-old actor played Det. Mark Kincaid in the third installment of the slasher franchise 25 years ago and had been hoping to reprise the role for the new movie — which is set for release in February 2026 — but struggled to commit to it,