After confirming the franchise returns of Scott Foley and Matthew Lillard, whose characters both died in previous installments over the years, Scream 7 is now also bringing back David Arquette, Entertainment Weekly has learned.

Franchise alums Scott Foley and Matthew Lillard are also set to return for 2026's 'Scream 7' David Arquette is finding his way back to the Scream franchise. Arquette, whose character Dewey Riley was murdered in 2022's fifth installment,

David Arquette reprising the role of Deputy Dewey in 'Scream 7' alongside Scott Foley & Matthew Lillard, all of whose characters have died.

David Arquette, one of the franchise’s original stars, is returning for Scream 7, according to Deadline. That on its own wouldn’t be a big deal… save for the fact that his character, Dewey, died in the fifth film. (Killed by recent Anora Oscar winner Mikey Madison, actually, which is beside the point.)

David Arquette will officially reprise his role as Dewey Riley from the first five “Scream” movies in the upcoming seventh installment of the horror franchise. It’s not yet clear exactly how this is possible,

If you told me David Arquette was going to be in a Scream movie a few years ago, I’d say “Duh! He’s Deputy Dewey Riley!” But in 2022’s Scream, the beloved character from the horror franchise was brutally killed off by now-Oscar winner Mikey Madison when she played a version of Ghostface (alongside Jack Quaid).

T he theories about Scream 7 potentially becoming a super-meta New Nightmare-esque entry in the slasher franchise are starting to sound more and more likely. That, or Sidney Presc