Sony Pictures continues preparations for the reboot/sequel of the slasher I Know What You Did Last Summer by the director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge, Someone Great).
After Robinson clarified this week that the new installment of the slasher is canon to the 1998 sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summerand will not ignore the events of the same, the fandom began to ask for the return of Brandy as Karla Wilson, one of the survivors of ISKWYDLS.
In an interview with THR to promote the sequel to Descendants of which Brandy is a part, the actress commented that she was not aware of the project:
“I didn’t know Sony was working on something like this. It’s interesting!”
Brandy told the outlet that she knew nothing:
“I'm not cheating you. I didn't know.”
The singer and actress also recalled that her character survived along with Jennifer Love Hewitt y Freddie Prinze Jr. the events of the slasher sequel:
“I need you to call me because I survived that movie. I came out at the end, bloody, ready to go. I didn’t die in that movie. Jennifer, Freddie, call me.”
Recent reports revealed that the studio is in talks to bring back original stars Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr.
In addition, the reboot/sequel legacy is negotiating with Camila Mendes (Riverdale, Do Revenge) y Madelyn Cline (Outer Banks, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery) to sign them in leading roles, and with Sarah Pidgeon (The Wilds), Tyriq Withers (Him, Atlanta) y Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid, The Tattooist of Auschwitz).
There is also a new script written by director Robinson and Sam Lansky. Previously there was a script of Leah McKendrick.
The plot of I Know What You Did Last Summer focuses on a group of four friends, Julie (Jennifer Love Hewitt), Ray (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Barry (Ryan Phillippe) y Helen (Sarah Michelle Gellar), who, on American Independence Day and after celebrating their high school graduation, accidentally run over and kill a man fleeing the scene of the crime, after throwing the body into a lake. Nothing happens until a year later, when one of the members of the group, Julie, receives an anonymous message: “I know what they did last summer.” After the mysterious letter, a man dressed as a fisherman, with a dark trench coat and a hook instead of a hand, begins to attack them one by one, threatening to reveal their secret.
The slasher was a huge box office success, grossing $125.5 million worldwide against a $17 million budget.
The original film directed by Jim Gillespie, is loosely inspired by the thriller novel of the same name by Lois Duncan. The film written by Kevin Williamson, It hit theaters in October 1997, shortly after the release of the horror hit Scream (1996). Following the box office success of the latter, Sony's Columbia Pictures bought the rights to Williamson's script (screenwriter of Scream and its sequels), taking advantage of the huge resurgence of the slasher genre in the mid-90s.
And this time the strategy is repeated. Robinson was inspired by the revival of the saga Screamwhich in 2022 released the fifth installment, the following year was launched Scream VIand they are currently developing Scream VII.
Neal H. Moritzone of the producers of the original, back as a producer.
Sony Pictures will release the film in traditional theaters July 18, 2025.
Source: https://cine3.com/brandy-reboot-i-know-what-you-did-last-summer/
