Summer time breeze might or might not blow by way of the jasmine of Jennifer Kaytin Robinson‘s thoughts, however, regardless, the I Know What You Did Final Summer time director merely couldn’t persuade one fan-favorite actress to return within the upcoming legacy sequel. In truth, Robinson virtually “harassed” Sarah Michelle Gellar to reprise her position from the 1997 movie, even if Ben Willis, a.okay.a. the evil Fisherman (Muse Watson), killed off her character Helen Shivers within the unique film. Robinson mentioned in an interview with Leisure Weekly:
“I attempted relentlessly, and she or he’s lifeless. I attempted, okay? I harassed her! However she is lifeless. I attempted to pitch some loopy sh*t too. I used to be like, ‘What if it is such as you weren’t lifeless, and also you’re truly alive, however in hiding?’ And Sarah’s like, ‘I used to be on ice. I used to be essentially the most lifeless an individual could possibly be. You possibly can see my frozen physique.’ I used to be like, ‘Yeah, however what if?’ And she or he mentioned, ‘I’m lifeless. I’m Sarah Useless Gellar.'”
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Helen is tragically caught off guard in a darkish and damp alley in the course of the celebration of the Croaker Magnificence Pageant — mere steps away from surviving as she is pursued by the vengeful killer. Nonetheless, {the teenager} remains to be murdered, which leaves solely Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and her ex-boyfriend Ray (Freddie Prinze Jr.) on the Fisherman’s bloody hit listing. Gellar and her character are beloved by the I Know What You Did Final Summer time fandom, however even Helen’s return may not have been sufficient to assist the upcoming legacy sequel succeed when it drops in theaters this summer season.
Will Followers Be Hooked to See ‘I Know What You Did Final Summer time’ in Theaters?
It’s tough to know with certainty if followers of I Know What You Did Final Summer time will pony up the dough to observe director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s legacy sequel in cinemas. Actually, the inclusion of Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Helen Shivers probably wouldn’t have made that a lot of a distinction so far as the movie’s monetary returns are involved. In truth, even with each Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. reprising their roles from the 1997 movie and its lackluster 1998 sequel, I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer time, there doesn’t appear to be a lot curiosity within the upcoming film, not less than the place reactions to the official trailer are involved.
The I Know What You Did Final Summer time trailer was lastly posted to social media on August 22. Nonetheless, although the teaser is presently trending at No. 11 on YouTube, the video has amassed lower than 1 million views (solely 806,811 to be exact), and it’s been stay for over 24 hours. Actually, this doesn’t bode properly for the upcoming slasher sequel as a result of followers are those who will likely be buying film tickets — and so they don’t appear all that . By comparability, the official teaser trailer for Season Two of Wednesday dropped in the present day (August 23), and the footage has tallied nearly 2.5 million views in solely 11 hours. Moreover, the official teaser trailer for Predator: Badlands has solely been on-line for eight hours, on the time of this writing, and it has already attracted greater than 2.2 million viewers.
Sadly, the I Know What You Did Final Summer time franchise has by no means really resonated with a big fan base. Not one of the installments, whether or not they’re the 2 function movies, the direct-to-video flick, or the tv sequence, have scored greater than 48% on the Tomatometer because of lackluster evaluations from the critics posted on Rotten Tomatoes. Nonetheless, what’s worse is the truth that audiences haven’t given a lot like to the horror franchise both. The perfect grade surprisingly went to I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer time, which acquired a powerful “B” CinemaScore. A part of the issue is the truth that creator Lois Duncan’s YA novel I Know What You Did Final Summer time (1973) is drastically totally different — and vastly higher — from what followers had been offered with on-screen in 1997.
However, the unique movie did make $125.6 million worldwide. I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer time dropped in cinemas only a 12 months later, and it made much more cash over its opening weekend than its predecessor. Sadly, the sequel didn’t have any worldwide presence and introduced house solely $40 million in whole. Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr.’s characters survived each the 1997 and 1998 movies, however neither appeared in I’ll All the time Know What You Did Final Summer time (2006), nor the Prime Video tackle the supply materials from 2021. Luckily, Julie (Hewitt) and Ray (Prinze Jr.) are again for the legacy sequel, which joins the 2025 field workplace when it hits theaters on July 18. Nonetheless, will their presence assist the film make sufficient cash to justify the movie’s reported manufacturing price range of $15 million to $20 million?
Sources: EW, Field Workplace Mojo, Rotten Tomatoes
I Know What You Did Final Summer time
- Launch Date
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July 18, 2025
- Director
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Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
- Writers
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Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Leah McKendrick, Sam Lansky, Lois Duncan
- Franchise(s)
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I Know What You Did Final Summer time