Matthew Lillard is making a comeback to the Scream franchise thirty years after his character was murdered off. Given the character's end in the original movie, many fans find the reappearance to be as unexpected as it is thrilling.
It has been announced by Deadline that Lillard will return for Scream 7. Although he made sly appearances as various characters in Scream 2 and 2022's Scream, Lillard's grand comeback will mark a full 30 years since he last appeared in the franchise as Stu Macher, with Scream 7 coming out next year. Lillard posted a video of himself handwriting one of Stu's most famous quotes from Scream on Instagram following the announcement: "My mom and dad are gonna be soo mad at me!!"
Alongside his friend Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich), Lillard portrayed Stu Macher, one of the two Ghostface killers in Scream. When Stu takes a television set to the face at the end of the movie, it appears like both characters have been killed off. Lillard has previously alluded to the possibility of bringing Stu back for a surprise in an unproduced Scream 3 that would have shown the character's survival. Although Lillard has always stated that he is open to playing Stu again in some capacity, there has been no sign of Stu's existence in the years following.
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How Will Matthew Lillard Return in Scream 7?
How Lillard will be able to return is currently simply a matter of conjecture. There is a chance that Scream 7 may show that Stu has been alive the entire time, waiting for thirty years to assault Sidney Prescott, played by Neve Campbell. Additionally, Stu could have a twin sibling who shows up out of nowhere and might even end up falling prey to Ghostface in the upcoming film.
The idea that Stu is a hallucination is arguably the most plausible. Sidney's visions of Billy with Ulrich resuming the part established the precedent for this in Scream VI. Scott Foley, who portrayed Ghostface murderer Roman Bridger in Scream 3, was said to have joined the cast prior to Lillard's hiring. The fact that several prior Ghostface killers have already been identified in Scream 7 suggests that Sidney is likely experiencing additional visions of the Ghostfaces who have tortured her in the past.
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In addition to Campbell, Lillard will be seeing Courteney Cox again, who returns as Gale Weathers in Scream 7. As a result, Cox is the only character to appear in all seven of the franchise's motion pictures. The new Scream movie is directed by Kevin Williamson, who penned the first Scream movie for Wes Craven.
Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown, who starred in the first two movies, will also return for Scream 7. Joel McHale, Isabel May, Celeste O'Connor, Mckenna Grace, Asa Germann, Sam Rechner, Anna Camp, and Mark Consuelos are among the cast members who have recently joined.
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Who is playing in Scream 7?
Legacy actors Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott, Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers, Mason Gooding as Chad Meeks-Martin, and Jasmin Savoy Brown as Mindy Meeks-Martin are already on the cast of the upcoming Scream 7.
Will Billy Loomis be in Scream 7?
In this part, Skeet Ulrich, Jamie Kennedy, and David Arquette make a cameo appearance in a scene from Sidney's Dream Sequence. Skeet Ulrich also plays Billy Loomis's hallucination of Sam, while Matthew Lilard returns as the primary antagonist, Stu Macher.
Who is returning for Scream 7?
We do know that many of the franchise's main cast members will be returning for Scream 7, including Mason Gooding, who played Savoy-Brown in the last two "legacy sequel" movies in the series, and Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox, the former of whom is making a comeback after missing Scream VI.
Will Matthew Lillard return in Scream 7?
But just because Stu isn't coming back doesn't mean Lillard won't make an appearance in Scream 7 at some time. After all, even if Stu wasn't in the film, Lillard did make an uncredited vocal appearance in 2022's Scream.
Who is the new killer in Scream?
The murderers of Scream 2022, Richie and Amber, are avid fans of the Stab series and hope to "reboot" it with a fresh round of killings in Woodsboro. Stu, on the other hand, was motivated by the excitement and pleasure of murder.
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Matthew Lillard is making a comeback to the Scream franchise thirty years after his character was murdered off. Given the character's end in the original movie, many fans find the reappearance to be as unexpected as it is thrilling.
It has been announced by Deadline that Lillard will return for Scream 7. Although he made sly appearances as various characters in Scream 2 and 2022's Scream, Lillard's grand comeback will mark a full 30 years since he last appeared in the franchise as Stu Macher, with Scream 7 coming out next year. Lillard posted a video of himself handwriting one of Stu's most famous quotes from Scream on Instagram following the announcement: "My mom and dad are gonna be soo mad at me!!"
Alongside his friend Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich), Lillard portrayed Stu Macher, one of the two Ghostface killers in Scream. When Stu takes a television set to the face at the end of the movie, it appears like both characters have been killed off. Lillard has previously alluded to the possibility of bringing Stu back for a surprise in an unproduced Scream 3 that would have shown the character's survival. Although Lillard has always stated that he is open to playing Stu again in some capacity, there has been no sign of Stu's existence in the years following.
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How Will Matthew Lillard Return in Scream 7?
How Lillard will be able to return is currently simply a matter of conjecture. There is a chance that Scream 7 may show that Stu has been alive the entire time, waiting for thirty years to assault Sidney Prescott, played by Neve Campbell. Additionally, Stu could have a twin sibling who shows up out of nowhere and might even end up falling prey to Ghostface in the upcoming film.
The idea that Stu is a hallucination is arguably the most plausible. Sidney's visions of Billy with Ulrich resuming the part established the precedent for this in Scream VI. Scott Foley, who portrayed Ghostface murderer Roman Bridger in Scream 3, was said to have joined the cast prior to Lillard's hiring. The fact that several prior Ghostface killers have already been identified in Scream 7 suggests that Sidney is likely experiencing additional visions of the Ghostfaces who have tortured her in the past.
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In addition to Campbell, Lillard will be seeing Courteney Cox again, who returns as Gale Weathers in Scream 7. As a result, Cox is the only character to appear in all seven of the franchise's motion pictures. The new Scream movie is directed by Kevin Williamson, who penned the first Scream movie for Wes Craven.
Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown, who starred in the first two movies, will also return for Scream 7. Joel McHale, Isabel May, Celeste O'Connor, Mckenna Grace, Asa Germann, Sam Rechner, Anna Camp, and Mark Consuelos are among the cast members who have recently joined.
FAQs
Who is playing in Scream 7?
Legacy actors Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott, Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers, Mason Gooding as Chad Meeks-Martin, and Jasmin Savoy Brown as Mindy Meeks-Martin are already on the cast of the upcoming Scream 7.
Will Billy Loomis be in Scream 7?
In this part, Skeet Ulrich, Jamie Kennedy, and David Arquette make a cameo appearance in a scene from Sidney's Dream Sequence. Skeet Ulrich also plays Billy Loomis's hallucination of Sam, while Matthew Lilard returns as the primary antagonist, Stu Macher.
Who is returning for Scream 7?
We do know that many of the franchise's main cast members will be returning for Scream 7, including Mason Gooding, who played Savoy-Brown in the last two "legacy sequel" movies in the series, and Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox, the former of whom is making a comeback after missing Scream VI.
Will Matthew Lillard return in Scream 7?
But just because Stu isn't coming back doesn't mean Lillard won't make an appearance in Scream 7 at some time. After all, even if Stu wasn't in the film, Lillard did make an uncredited vocal appearance in 2022's Scream.
Who is the new killer in Scream?
The murderers of Scream 2022, Richie and Amber, are avid fans of the Stab series and hope to "reboot" it with a fresh round of killings in Woodsboro. Stu, on the other hand, was motivated by the excitement and pleasure of murder.