Matthew Lillard about his return as Stu in 'Scream 7': “I am excited and terrified”

One of the novelties of the cast of Scream 7 that more have excited fans of the popular Slash saga, It is the return of Matthew Lillard like Stu Macher, one of the two ghostphace of the original delivery, Scream (1996) De Wes Craven.

Many wonder, how is the return of Stu possible if the last thing we saw was that the final Girl Sidney Prescott made him fall a huge TV to his head that electrocuted it? Not to mention that Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) the other Ghostface, had already stabbed him several times to pretend that both had been victims and go out with his.

One of the theories that have been circulating among fans for years, pointed out that the antagonist was alive. Other theories is that Stu could be appearing in flashbacks or visions, in the style of what Ulrich did in Scream 5 (2022).

The details will be known once the seventh delivery is released in cinemas in February 2026. Meanwhile, Lillard shared his first statements since his return as Stu was announced.

During his appearance at the 90s with in the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Connecticut, Lillard was sincere with the audience about his concern to repeat his iconic antagonistic role, because he does not want to “ruin it” to anyone.

In statements collected by People, he said:

“I will say that, obviously, I cannot say anything about it. But I am very excited and a little terrified to return because all I can do is ruin the legacy we have. It could be a disaster, and that is my fear.

“My fear is to return and, in a way, punish something that I could never have touched and be fine. I hope not to annoy everything. “

The original delivery of Scream He released Lillard's career, who would later be part of projects such as the Live-Action franchise The Scooby Doo, She’s All That, The Descendantsand more recently, adaptation to the cinema of Five Nights at Freddy’sthat already prepares a sequel to Blumhouse.

Lillard joined the returns of Neve Campbell Like the Scream Queen Sidney Prescott, after having been absent from the sixth film due to a salary dispute, Courteney Cox Like Gale Weathers, Roger L. Jackson Like the voice of Ghostface, David Arquette como Dewey Riley, Scott Foley like Roman Bridger, and Mason Gooding (Heart Eyes) y Jasmin Savoy Brown (Yellowjackets) repeating their roles of Scream 5 (2022) y Scream 6 (2023).

The new additions to the franchise are Isabel May (1883), Celeste O’Connor (Freaky), ASA Germann (The Boys), Mckenna Grace (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire), Sam computer (The Fabelmans), Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect), Mark Insuelos (Live with Kelly & Mark), Joel McHale (Community) Like Mark Evans, husband of Sidney, Ethan Embry (Grace and Fankie), Michelle Randolph (Landman, 1923) y Jimmy Tatrro (You’re Cordially Invited, Home Economics).

The seventh installment of Scream, marks the first time Kevin Williamson direct a franchise movie. Williamson wrote the original script, and the sequels Scream 2 y Scream 4, And he has been an executive producer of Scream 5 y Scream 6.

The script of Scream 7 It was written by Guy Busickfrom a story of James Vanderbilt and Busick. Both wrote the script of Scream 5 y Scream 6.

With details of the plot to know, it is believed that the seventh film will return to the roots of Scream And he will focus on Sidney Prescott and his family in the village of fiction Pine Grove, Indiana. Campbell told Entertainment Tonight last July: “We are going to follow Sidney. They introduced me to the concept and it is the reason why I joined.”

The Slasher saga was launched in 1996 with the original delivery Screamto later launch the sequelae Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000) y Scream 4 (2011), all directed by the beloved Wes Craven, who died in August 2015 because of a brain tumor. The franchise was relaunched in 2022 with a fifth installment titled simply Screamwhich had the return of the original trio, Campbell, Cox and David Arquette. In March 2023 it was released Scream VIwhich broke the record as the highest grossing of the national box office franchise with $ 108.1 MDD and more than $ 168 million dollars worldwide. The six films have a combined global box office of more than $ 908 million.

Vanderbilt produce Scream 7 Together with William Sherak and Paul Neinstein by Project X Entertainment, Radio Silence executive producers (made up of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett and Chad Villella), and Spyglass.

Paramount set the premiere of Scream 7 in cinemas for February 27, 2026.

Filming is being done right now in Atlanta, Ga.