Camila Mendes protagonizará reboot de ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’

Sony Pictures launched a new installment of the slasher in February 2023 I Know What You Did Last Summer by the director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge, Someone Great), y Neal H. Moritzone of the producers of the original, back as a producer.

The latest developments in what is now called reboot of the original 1997 releasereveal the signing of the main cast, which will be headed by Camila Mendes (Riverdale, Do Revenge) y Madelyn Cline (Outer Banks, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery).

According to THR, both actresses are in talks with the studio to take on the lead roles. In addition, the signing of Sarah Pidgeon (The WildsBroadway play, Stereophonic), Tyriq Withers (Him, Atlanta) y Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid, The Tattooist of Auschwitz).

The project was previously said to be a “legacy sequel,” potentially featuring the return of the original stars, Jennifer Love Hewitt y Freddie Prinze Jr. The return of both original stars is also currently in negotiations.

Another novelty is that there is a new script written by director Robinson and Sam Lansky. Previously there was a script written by Leah McKendrick.

Sony Pictures will release the film in traditional theaters July 18, 2025.

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 shortly after the 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, since Robinson and McKendrick are said to have been 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.

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 you 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.

Its strong box office performance gave the green light to the sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), which saw the return of Hewitt and Prinze. Then came I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006), which had nothing to do with its predecessors. The original film made $125.58 million at the global box office on a budget of $17 million. More recently, Prime Video made a series based on the original film, which was cancelled after airing one season.