EXCLUSIVE: Mark Consuelos (Live with Kelly & Mark, The Girls on the Bus) has joined the cast of Scream 7 from Spyglass and Paramount Pictures.
Details regarding the film’s plot and who Consuelos will play are under wraps.
He joins the previously announced legacy cast members Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox as well as Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown, alongside newcomers Isabel May, Celeste O’Connor, Asa Germann, Mckenna Grace, Sam Rechner, Anna Camp and Joel McHale.
Original creator Kevin Williamson is directing with Guy Busick (Scream, 2022 and Scream VI) writing. Project X Entertainment’s James Vanderbilt, William Sherak and Paul Neinstein (Scream, 2022 and Scream VI) are producing.
Scream is a long-running horror franchise which previously generated four feature films including Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000) and Scream 4 (2011), directed by the late Wes Craven.
The franchise relaunched with the fifth installment, Scream, in 2022. The latest outing, Scream VI, released theatrically worldwide in March 2023, currently holds the franchise record for highest domestic box office gross with over $108 million, previously held by the original Scream, and has taken in more than $169 million worldwide. Collectively, the Scream franchise has earned more than $900 million in worldwide box office receipts.
Mark Consuelos currently co-hosts alongside his wife, Kelly Ripa, on Live with Kelly & Mark since April 2023. Together the duo won the 2024 Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host.
Most recently, Conseulos had a recurring role in HBO Max’s political drama series The Girls on the Bus. He also appeared in Season 2 of Hulu’s hit comedy Only Murders in the Building in the role of Mabel’s (Selena Gomez) father. Other TV credits include: How I Met Your Father; Riverdale; Broad City The Night Shift; Queen of the South and Ugly Betty, to name a few.
Consuelos is represented by CAA and Untitled Entertainment.
