First look at Jennifer Love Hewitt from the Set of the new 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'

Jennifer Love Hewitt He is back like Julie James in the new installment of the Slasher horror franchise, I Know What You Did Last Summer that this summer returns to cinemas with A legacy sequel That again invites us to know what they did last summer.

The sequel has the return of both Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr.such as Julie James and Ray, respectively, after starring in the first two films released in 1997 and 1998.

And while the marketing campaign of the Sony Pictures project started in recent days with the first official poster, we needed to see Hewitt characterized as Julie, and it is precisely the actress herself who is responsible for showing us her return.

Through an Instagram story, the actress shared an image from the set of Lame in which he shows us his return as Julie, posing with the director and coguionist Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge, Someone Great)whom he congratulates his 37th birthday.

With finished filming, the project is in the postproduction stage preparing everything for its premiere in cinemas in the summer.

The image shared by Hewitt is available at the end of the note.

Meanwhile, and in case you missed it, we told you that in recent days Sony shared the official synopsis of the sequel, revealing that the new group of friends in trouble, will cross a situation similar to the group of friends of the original. They will resort to Julie and Ray in search of help to survive the attacks from whom he now stalks them.

The new cast members include Madelyn Cline (Outer Banks), Sarah Pidgeon (The Wilds), Tyriq Withers (Atlanta), Jonah Hauer-King (The Tattooist of Auschwitz), Chase Sui Wonders (Bodies Bodies Bodies), Lola Tung (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Nicholas Alexander Chavez (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story), Austin Nichols (The Day After Tomorrow), the debutante actress Cagey Billy Campbell (serie Mr. & Mrs. Smith).

Robinson directs the co -written script with Sam Lansky. Previously there was a draft written by Leah McKendrick. Neal H. Moritzone of the producers of the original, is back to produce this new installment.

Synopsis:

“When five friends unwittingly cause a mortal car accident, they hide their involvement and make a pact to keep it a secret rather than face the consequences. A year later, their past returns to torment them and are forced to face a terrible truth: someone knows what they did last summer … and is committed to revenge.

“While one by one, friends are harassed ​​For a murderer, they discover that this has already happened and resort to two survivors of the legendary Southport massacre of 1997 in search of help. ”

The feature film has been conceived as “A legacy sequel” in the style of the trilogy Halloween Blumhouse, and the relaunch of the franchise Screamand like those mentioned, it brings back to the original stars.

The original film directed by Jim Gillespie, is slightly inspired by the homonymous suspense novel by Lois Duncan. The film written by Kevin Williamson He arrived at cinemas shortly after the hit Scream (1996). After the calendar success of the latter, Columbia Pictures de Sony bought the rights of Williamson's script (screenwriter Scream and its sequelae), taking advantage of the enormous resurgence of the Slasher genre in the mid -90s. Ikwydls He had a global box office of $ 125.5 million pesos with a $ 17 million -dollar budget.

This time the strategy is repeated, since It is said that Robinson and McKendrick were inspired by the resurgence of the saga Screamwhich in 2022 premiered the fifth installment, the following year was launched Scream VIand curiously the next sequel, Scream 7 You are currently being shot as well as next Ikwydls.

The original delivery was followed by the sequels I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) with the return of Hewitt and Prinze, and I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006), with new cast. More recently, Prime Video made a series based on the original film, which was canceled after the broadcast of a season.

Sony Pictures The film will premiere for traditional cinemas July 18, 2025.

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