‘Scream 7’ Adds Joel McHale as Husband to Sidney Prescott

‘Scream 7’ Adds Joel McHale as Husband to Sidney Prescott

Scream 7 has found the actor to play the husband to Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Joel McHale is on board to play spouse Mark Evans, as the Community and Yellowjackets star joins the latest installment for the horror franchise produced by Spyglass Entertainment. Earlier, Isabel May was tapped to play Campbell’s daughter in Scream 7.

The seventh edition of the Scream franchise has retooled after losing its young stars Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barrera. Campbell, who sat out the previous installment due to a salary dispute, is on board for the new feature to focus on her character, Sidney Prescott, and her daughter.

Kevin Williamson — the creator of the franchise who penned the script to the Wes Craven-directed original, as well as Scream 2 and Scream 4 — is directing. Guy Busick, who wrote 2022‘s Scream and Scream VI, wrote the script.

Paramount is set to release Scream 7 in theaters on Feb. 27, 2026. Project X Entertainment’s James Vanderbilt, William Sherak and Paul Neinstein serve as producers. Filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, known as Radio Silence, helped bring the series back to prominence with 2022’s Scream. Last year’s Scream VI, which the pair also directed, collected $166.3 million at the global box office.

Wes Craven directed the original 1996 film Scream from the script that Williamson initially wrote on spec. Sidney has been at the heart of the franchise since that first movie, which also starred Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers and David Arquette as Dewey Riley.

McHale’s credits include Fox’s comedy Animal Control and hosting the network’s cooking competition Crime Scene Kitchen. He has also recurred on The Bear. He is repped by UTA and Ziffren Brittenham.

Deadline Hollywood was first to report on McHale boarding Scream 7.