Spoilers ahead! The cast of Scream 7 has grown to include many previous stars of the franchise, raising more and more questions about when this movie will be set and what it will be about. Last week,

Now that Matthew Lillard is playing Stu Macher in Scream 7, I think this fan theory about how he fits into the slasher storyline could work.

Matthew Lillard's confirmed return to the Scream franchise for the upcoming Scream 7 movie has fans extremely excited. His character, Stu Macher, is beloved by fans of the franchise due to his impact on the original movie as one of the Ghostfaces, but it's currently unknown how or why he will be part of Scream 7.

While fans like myself are thrilled to see Matthew Lillard and Scott Foley return to Scream, there are countless questions about how this will fit into the slasher franchise's timeline. There's been a long-standing debate about whether or not Stu actually died in the first movie,

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