The actor last appeared as character Mark Kincaid — who is married to Neve Campbell's Sidney Prescott — in 2000's 'Scream 3' Patrick ... in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. Dempsey's ...

Patrick Dempsey is not returning as detective Mark Kincaid for Scream 7. "It just didn't work out and we were dealing with the fires and everything that was going on and the schedule didn't work ...

Patrick Dempsey won't return to the Scream franchise due to scheduling conflicts and recent events. Some original actors from the earlier Scream films are reuniting, but Dempsey's return won't happen.