Nearly 30 years later and at last, we’d really know what occurred that one summer season…
The franchise reboot of “I Know What You Did Final Summer season” blends a modern-day crime (and vengeful serial killer) with occasions from the unique 1997 film, together with stars Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. reprising their roles.
“I Know What You Did Final Summer season” facilities on 5 associates, performed by “Outer Banks” breakout Madelyn Cline, “The Little Mermaid” actor Jonah Hauer-King, “Him” star Tyriq Withers, “The Studio” star Chase Sui Wonders, and “The Wilds” breakout Sarah Pidgeon. The group is haunted by the sufferer of a drunk driving accident, so that they flip to Hewitt and Prinze’s characters from the primary movie for assist as they, too, attempt to survive the murderous fisherman who’s stalked all of the franchise’s movies.
The official synopsis reads: “When 5 associates inadvertently trigger a lethal automobile accident, they cowl up their involvement and make a pact to maintain it a secret somewhat than face the results. A yr later, their previous comes again to hang-out them and so they’re pressured to confront a horrifying reality: somebody is aware of what they did final summer season…and is hell-bent on revenge. As one after the other the chums are stalked by a killer, they uncover this has occurred earlier than, and so they flip to 2 survivors of the legendary Southport Bloodbath of 1997 for assist.”
Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Billy Campbell, Gabbriette, Austin Nichols, and Lola Tung co-star. “Do Revenge” filmmaker Jennifer Kaytin Robinson directs the movie with a script by Leah McKendrick, Sam Lansky, and Robinson. Earlier franchise star Sarah Michelle Gellar (not on this movie, as her character beforehand died) and “I Know What You Did Final Summer season” director Robinson collaborated on “Do Revenge.”
Robinson teased with Folks that “I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer season” sequel star Brandy Norwood might seem within the 2025 movie; Robinson additionally advised Collider that this installment can be “much more brutal” than its predecessors.
The unique “I Know What You Did Final Summer season” was primarily based loosely on Lois Duncan’s 1973 e-book. Hewitt, Prinze, Gellar, and Ryan Phillippe starred because the core group of associates concerned in a hit-and-run accident who eliminate their sufferer’s physique, solely to be hunted a yr later by a hook-wielding fisherman killer claiming to know their secret. Jim Gillespie directed the movie from a script by “Scream” scribe Kevin Williamson.
“I Know What You Did Final Summer season” opens July 18 in theaters from Sony Photos. Take a look at the trailer beneath.