THE I KNOW What You Did Last Summer reboot has been announced with Jennifer Love Hewitt in talks to reprise her role. Freddie Prinze Jr. is also tapped to return as his character but fans appear divided over the rest of the announced cast.
Sony has cast Outer Banks actress Madelyn Cline , 26, and Riverdale star Camila Mendes , 30, in the lead roles of the reboot of the 1997 horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer, per The Hollywood Reporter . Also in negotiations are Tony Award nominee Sarah Pidgeon, Atlanta’s Tyriq Withers, and The Little Mermaid (2023) star Jonah Hauer-King, Scheduled for theatrical release on July 18, 2025, the Jennifer Kaytin Robinson-directed slasher remake may also see Jennifer Love Hewitt , 45, and Freddie Prinze Jr., 48, reprise their roles of Julie James and Ray Bronson, respectively.
Hewitt and Prinze previously returned to the series in the 1998 sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, while skipping out on 2006’s I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer as it featured an all-new cast and did not see a theatrical release. READ MORE JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT In 2021, Amazon debuted a series based on the property - it also excluded the original film's lead actors. In January 2022, the streaming series was canceled after one season.
The reboot news was shared on the film X, formally Twitter , account Discussing Film where fans weighed on the newly annouced cast. One fan wrote, "Madelyn Cline, say no more." Most read in Movies "I’m here and I’m seated," commented another with a photo of Madelyn.
A third commenter tweeted, "Amazing." "This movie just got a lot more stylish," remarked a fourth with a gif of Camila. One fan explained, "Camila Mendes and Madelyn Cline (joined the cast) are already AWESOME enough.
" They continued, "Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. reprise their roles are even more AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "This is already more EXCITING before the trailer even [comes] out," the fan concluded. Another wrote, "This is a stacked cast.
We will be watching." "Should be a good remake!" added a third. A fourth joked, "This reboot has a killer lineup, literally.
" Not all the reactions were positive, however, with one person replying, "I’m sorry but who, who, and who?" "Why are they making another one?" questioned another. A third person complained, "For God's sake, not every movie requires a reboot." The model for the new take on slasher flick is the 2022 Scream reboot, which saw several members of the original cast act alongside young up-and-comers, per the outlet.
SECRET FEUD I Know What You Did Last Summer was the surprise hit of 1997. The teen horror film was a box office smash and made film stars of all of its young cast. However, 27 years later, it's been revealed that the movie was embroiled in a secret behind-the-scenes feud that fans knew nothing about.
The film follows four friends who, after a night of partying, accidentally run over a man and dump his body to conceal their secret. However, the following summer their actions come back to haunt them, with horrific repercussions. The teens find themselves the target of a bloodthirsty fisherman, hell-bent on revenge.
The movie made stars out of actors like Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and her husband Freddie Prinze Jr. Fast forward nearly three decades since the movie was released and it seems all was not fine with one person when it hit theaters. It has emerged that the author who wrote the book from which the horror film is adapted was never happy with how the film turned out.
The late writer Loise Duncan penned the novel I Know What You Did Last Summer in 1973. It has since been noted how the book was extremely different from the final product. It even got to the point where Lois, who sold the movie rights for $150K refused to visit the set after reading the script and being mortified seeing the final cut.
In an unearthed interview, Lois, who died in 2016, didn't hold back when giving her opinion of the movie. The author said of the film, “There is no way I want to be part of desensitizing kids to violence and turning murder into a game to see who can scream the loudest.” I Know What You Did Last Summer hit cinemas in 1997, with the book being adapted into a script by Kevin Williamson.
The screenwriter is well known for his teen horror movies like the Scream franchise and TV shows like The Vampire Diaries. GELLAR GONE Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar revealed she won't be part of the I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight , the actress squashed rumors that she was in talks to return to the film, even though her friend Jennifer Kaytin Robinson is directing it.
The popular film saw many famous actors get their big break. The cast included: Jennifer Love Hewitt as Julie James Sarah Michelle Gellar as Helen Shivers Ryan Phillippe as Barry Cox Freddie Prinze Jr. as Ray Bronson Johnny Galecki as Max Neurick Bridgette Wilson as Elsa Shivers Anne Heche as Melissa "Missy" Egan Muse Watson as Ben Willis / The Fisherman "As I explained to Jennifer, I am dead.
I am dead dead. On ice," Sarah said of her character Helen Shivers and the violent way she was killed off in the 1997 film. The actress continued, "She's like, 'Are you sure you're dead dead?' I'm like, 'It's soap-dish dead.
I don't have a head! You can't write for someone that doesn't have a head. I'm dead.'" In the interview, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer star talked about how she and her husband Freddie Prinze Jr.
recently watched the movie again. She said, "My husband is starting a podcast going over old horror movies and the first one that they're doing on his podcast is I Know What You Did Last Summer. Read More on The US Sun "So he was at the house watching it and I honestly don't think that I'd seen it since it came out.
"I was watching that scene when she's like two seconds away from getting to the party and then they get her.".
