What we know about Scream 7 is limited, but casting news (especially related to legacy characters) is helping to buoy anticipation. Case in point: chatter about Matthew Lillard and Scott Foley's return to the franchise. While speaking at MegaCon (via People ), the OG Ghostface addressed Scream 7, offering:

Matthew Lillard made every Scream's fan day when it was announced that he would play Stu Macher again, and he recently joked about the role.

Matthew Lillard still likes scary movies. The actor, who starred in Wes Craven’s original “Scream” and did not return for future entries considering, well, narrative events, is joining the cast of the franchise’s upcoming seventh installment.

Matthew Lillard’s character, Stu Macher, in 1996’s Scream has become an icon since the film revitalized the horror genre way back when. Stu was a villain, yes, but he was a lovable villain that had some hilarious one-liners.

Surprise, Sidney!” It’s the classic scary movie trope: just when you think the killer is dead, they return for a final scare — or a final Scream. 30 years after original Ghostface duo Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) and Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard) failed to kill scream queen Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) during the 1996 Woodsboro

The actor discusses his dueling slasher movie roles, balancing comedy and rom-com elements with the scares of "Heart Eyes," and playing "Mortal Kombat" as Ghostface.Between Scream and this month’s slasher romantic-comedy Heart Eyes,

Heart Eyes stars Mason Gooding and Olivia Holt go back-and-forth debating which iconic movie slashers they would either dump or try to fix. Kristy Puchko is the Film Editor at Mashable. Based in New York City,

After starring in the hit horror franchise Scream, actor Mason Gooding is developing a new slasher movie with a romantic twist. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Gooding spoke about his upcoming film,