Sweet Magnolias star Chris Klein has already moved on to something else following Bill Townsend’s demise in season four

WARNING: This article contains spoilers for Sweet Magnolias.

Sweet Magnolias’ Bill Townsend may be no more but actor Chris Klein is already hard at work on a new project away from the Netflix hit.

Season four made its debut last week, Thursday, February 6, with all 10 episodes dropping in one go but it was the second instalment entitled Practical Dreams which really took fans by surprise.

Bill Townsend’s (played by Chris Klein) mom Bonnie Townsend (Judith Ivey) showed up in Serenity to tell his ex-wife Maddie (JoAnna Garcia Swisher) that he had died of a fatal heart attack while in Texas.

The shocking news not only devastated Maddie and their son Kyle (Logan Allen) but the whole town as it made everyone question what they were doing with their own lives.

The dust may still be settling for fans from Bill’s off-screen death but actor Klein is already working on a new project that’s a far cry from Serenity.

Sweet Magnollias star Chris Klein will be starring in Fear Street: Prom Queen which is set to come out on Netflix in mid-2205. ( 
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According to the Sweet Magnolias alum’s IMDb page, Klein has been busy on Fear Street: Prom Queen, the fourth film in the slasher supernatural horror franchise.

Based on RL Stine’s book series of the same name, this upcoming movie once again returns to Shadyside, this time, with prom queen candidates getting brutally murdered ahead of the big night.

Currently in post-production, it has been reported that Fear Street: Prom Queen will be released on Netflix sometime in mid-2025 with a poster teasing: “In 2025, experience a new nightmare from the world of Fear Street”.

Alongside Klein, whose character details have not yet been revealed, Fear Queen: Prom Queen is going to star The Agency and Perry Mason actress Katherine Waterston.

Netflix Sweet Magnolias’ Bill Townsend star Chris Klein was killed off-screen in season four. ( 
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They will be joined by the likes of Barbie breakout Ariana Greenblatt, American Crime’s Lili Taylor and Insomnia star India Fowler.

Klein hasn’t yet spoken out about leaving Sweet Magnolias behind but showrunner Sheryl Anderson has shared that it was the creators’ decision to have Bill killed off.

She told Glamour: “We wanted to just kind of turn the ship 90 degrees. It was so hard to tell him because we all love him, and he loves the show.

“But he understood and took one for the team because it allowed us to tell stories that we wouldn’t have had had an entrée into otherwise. It was story with a lot of sadness.”

Sweet Magnolias is available to watch on Netflix.a