‘Scream 7’: Matthew Lillard to return

EXCLUSIVE: No spoiler alarm here.

Matthew Lillard who played Stuart ‘Stu’ Macher in the first 1996 Scream Movie, returns to the franchise for Spyglass/Paramount’s Scream 7.

How is it possible? We’ll see. Does Stu have a twin? Doesn’t look like that from Lillard’s Instagram post. Last we saw horror movies occupied Stu, he chased Neve Campbell’s Sidney down 29 years ago and tried to kill her. However, she had the upper hand and dropped a TV on her head. You can also remember that Billy and STU started stabbing each other to make themselves look like the victims – just moments before Sidney kicked their ass.

Scream launched Lillard’s career out of a cannon with the actor continued to play in Scooby Doo Live-Action Franchise, She is all that the descendants And even a key role in Blumhouse/Universal -Hit Five Nights at Freddy’s.

The actress joins older role crews Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox as well as Scott Foley, Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown along with Nykommere Isabel May, Celeste O’Connor, Asa Germann, McKenna Grace, Sam Rechner, Anna Camp, Jel McHale and Mark Consuelos.

Franchisees Kevin Williamson instructs with Guy Busick (2022’s Scream and We scream) Writing. Project X Entertainment’s James Vanderbilt, William Sherak and Paul Neinstein (2022’s Scream and We scream) produces.

The long -term horror franchise previously generated four feature films including Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000) and Scream 4 (2011), directed by deceased Wes Craven. It launched with the fifth rate, ScreamIn 2022.

The latest excursion, We screamwas released theatrical worldwide in March 2023 and has the franchise record for the highest domestic cash office gross with more than $ 108 million and has taken more than $ 169 million worldwide. Overall Scream Franchise has earned more than $ 900 million in worldwide receipts.

Lillard is reopened by Verve, Strand Entertainment and Like Law.

Scream 7 Hits Cinemas via Paramount on February 27, 2026.