The evil fisherman returns to North Carolina.
On Wednesday, December 4, Sony Pictures unveiled its first look at the upcoming reboot of its 1997 slasher classic. I know what you did last summer when he shared the first image from the film’s set on Instagram, confirming that the film’s shooting had begun. The image shows a film board framed along with the long fishing hook that fans are familiar with from the series, which stars Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt, recognize as the weapon of choice of evil fisherman Ben Willis.
I know what you did last summer it originally spawned two sequels released in 1998 and 2006, although none of the actors from the original two films appeared in the third film. The original film stars Prinze Jr., now 48, and Hewitt, now 45, with Ryan Phillippe and Prinze’s now-wife Sarah Michelle Gellar as four teenagers whose efforts to cover up a near-fatal car accident result in the man they hit (Muse Watson) trying to kill them. .
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The news was first reported that Sony is rebooting the series in February 2023. Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Take revenge) directs the new entry from a script by Leah McKendrick. Prinze Jr., who plays Ray Bronson throughout the series, confirmed back in July during an interview with Party tonight to work on a deal to reprise his role in an upcoming film.
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Gellar, 47, told PEOPLE in October that she would not reprise her role as Helen Shivers in the film, pointing to the simple fact that her character dies in the original film. However, she noted that director Robinson is a close friend of hers and said that she will play a small role in the production.
“My best friend [Jennifer Kaytin Robinson] directs, so we joke that I have an unofficial job, which means I’m the continuity,” she said. “So I’m the one who’s always telling her, ‘Well, it would have happened, or it wouldn’t have happened with those characters.’ , so I kind of have an unofficial job title.”
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Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt in 1997’s I Know What You Did Last Summer.
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Gellar took to Instagram to share a photo from the film’s set on Nov. 27 in which she joked about a return visit I know what you did last summer will see that she and Prinze Jr. in the end they make a third Scooby-Doo movie together, too.
New I know what you did last summer the film will feature a new cast including Chase Sui Wonders, Madelyn Cline, Sarah Pidgeon, Tyriq Withers, Jonah Haur-King, Lola Tung, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Austin Nichols and Gabbriette, alongside Prinze Jr. and Hewitt reprising their roles. The premiere of the film is scheduled for July 18, 2025.
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