I Know What You Did Last Summer is on the hunt for a new cast, and it looks like the reboot has found it. More on that below.
Following in Paramount Pictures and Scream’s footsteps, Sony Pictures are looking to reboot another popular horror franchise from the 90s. We say reboot, but it’s really more of a sequel, as original stars Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. are in talks to return as Julie and James.
Madelyn Cline, Camila Mendes, Sarah Pidgeon, Tyriq Withers and Jonah Hauer-King are all in talks to appear in the film, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. Jennifer Kaytin Robinson is directing from a script she wrote with Sam Lansky, after Leah McKendrick delivered an initial script.
As we already know, Sony is planning on releasing the film next summer, 18th July to be precise. Filming will probably get underway sooner rather than later.
Mendes is best known for Netflix’s Riverdale, while Cline appears in the streamer’s Outer Banks series. Pidgeon is best known for her work on stage, but you might have seen her playing a young Kathryn Hahn in Tiny Beautiful Things while Withers appeared in Atlanta in a small, but memorable part. Hauer-King played Prince Eric in 2023’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.
The original I Know What You Did Last Summer was released in 1997 and spawned two sequels as well as a 2021 Prime Video series. The original film was penned by Kevin Williamson, fresh off the success of Wes Craven’s original Scream. His script was based on a novel of the same name by Lois Duncan. Despite reviews that ranged from middling to negative, the film managed to pull over $72m at the box office, which translates to $142m in today’s money.
The new reboot/sequel is clearly modelled after 2022’s Scream, which successfully brought back some of the original cast while introducing us to new protagonists. I Know What You Did Last Summer isn’t quite as popular, nor has it burrowed itself into popular culture quite like the Scream franchise, so we’ll see how this new reboot turns out.
