Life is but a scream for Mark Consuelos.
The 53-year-old half-Mexican Spanish-born actor and talk show host has joined the cast of Spyglass and Paramount Pictures’ Scream 7.
Details regarding the film’s plot and who Consuelos will portray 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.
Franchise creator Kevin Williamson is directing with Guy Busick writing. Project X Entertainment’s James Vanderbilt, William Sherak and Paul Neinstein are producing.
The long-running horror franchise previously generated four feature films including Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000) and Scream 4 (2011), directed by the late Wes Craven.
It relaunched with the fifth installment, Scream, in 2022. The latest outing, Scream VI, released theatrically worldwide in March 2023 and holds the franchise record for highest domestic box office gross with more than $108 million and has taken in more than $169 million worldwide.
Collectively, the Scream franchise has earned more than $900 million in worldwide box office receipts.
Consuelos has co-hosted Live with Kelly & Mark alongside wife Kelly Ripa since April 2023. Together the duo won the 2024 Emmy 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.
The All My Children alum also appeared in Season 2 of Hulu’s comedy Only Murders in the Building in the role of Mabel’s (Selena Gomez) father.
His other TV credits include How I Met Your Father, Riverdale, Broad City, The Night Shift, Queen of the South and Ugly Betty among others.
