How Scream 6 Leaving Woodsboro Sets Up An Original Character's Return
The location change of Scream 6 leaving Woodboro allows for a series favorite legacy character to resurface over 25 years since his last appearance. The franchise began in 1996 with Wes Craven's Scream, which featured duo killers Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) and Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard). The two killers began what is now a universally recognized franchise with their gruesome horror movie-inspired killing spree. The Scream franchise still thrives today, with the most recent Scream 2022, reaching amazing box office heights.
Scream 6 was greenlit only three weeks after Scream 2022's release due to the latter's impressive reception with critics and audiences alike. Soon after, Scream 6 announced its cast of returning characters, with Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox) and Kirby Reed (Hayden Panettiere) set to reprise their roles along with several Scream 2022 cast members; however, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) remains unconfirmed. Along with these casting announcements came news thatScream 6 will be filmed in Montreal, Canada, marking Scream 6 as the first in the franchise filmed outside of the United States, a change that perfectly sets up a legacy character return.
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Audiences have been wanting Stu Macher to return for a long time, and many thought the villain would finally reappear in the latest Scream movie. While they were disappointed, there may be a very logical reason for Stu's absence in Scream 2022. Stu is part of Woodsboro's legacy, both because he is a town local but also because he is one of the original Ghostface killers. However, Stu wouldn't be able to exact his revenge on Sidney and the others in Woodsboro because part of what
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