Matthew Lillard Appears to Confirm Return as OriginalScreamVillain Stu Macher After 28 Years — See the Video

Mar. 15, 2025

From L: Matthew Lillard inScream(1996) and in Toronto on Sept. 6, 2024.Photo:Miramax/Kobal/Shutterstock; VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty

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Matthew Lillardsaid he’d be right baaack!

The actor sentScreamfans into a tizzy when, on Thursday, Jan. 30, he appeared to tease his return as original co-Ghostface Stu Macher on social media. His post came asDeadlinereported his return to the franchise in the upcomingScream 7.

Presented without caption,a video postedto Lillard’s Instagram grid showed a hand writing out one of Stu’s memorable quotes from near the end of the original 1996 film: “My mom and dad are gonna be soo mad at me!!”

PEOPLE is out to a rep for Lillard, 55, for comment.

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Lillard first appeared in theWes Craven-directedScreamas high-school student Stu, a horror-movie-obsessed friend of Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) who is eventually revealed to be one of the killers behind the Ghostface mask, alongside Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich).

And while Lillard has not reprised his role as Stu in the nearly three decades sinceScreamwas released, he did appear in cameos inScream 2(1997) and the fifth movie,Scream(2022), the former as a partygoer and the latterin a voiceover role.

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Lillard, Foley, 52, and Consuelos, 53, join several legacy cast members in the upcoming sequel, including Campbell, 51, andCourteney Cox.

New additionsIsabel Mayplays the daughter of Campbell’s final-girl character Sidney, andJoel McHalejoins as Sidney’s husband Mark (who is not the same Mark thatPatrick Dempseyplayed inScream 3).

Celeste O’Connor,McKenna Grace, Asa Germann and Sam Rechner are also among the cast, whileMason GoodingandJasmin Savoy Brownwill reprise their roles from the previous two films, following the exits ofMelissa BarreraandJenna Ortega.

Plot details forScream 7, slated for a release in theaters on Feb. 27, 2026, are unknown at this time.

source: people.com