When Dewey died, he wasn’t himself. He was a different type of character, one that Arquette couldn’t play effectively and one that wasn’t needed for the story. His unlikely return in Scream 7 can work, as long as we get more of the bumbling, lovable Dewey we know from the first four movies, leaving that mournful Dewey dead in the past.

Here’s a look at the cast of the Scream franchise, with Matthew Lillard returning as Ghostface killer Stu Macher from the original film.