First official glances on the new 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'

The Slashers of the 90s and 2000 return with everything in 2025 and 2026, with new sequels of popular terror franchises Slasher as Scream, Final Destinationand the one that brings us here today: I Know What You Did Last Summer of Sony Pictures, with the returns of Jennifer Love Hewitt y Freddie Prinze Jr. as Julie James and Ray Bronson, respectively. Both starred in the first two films released in 1997 and 1998.

The filming of the director and coguionist Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge, Someone Great) He ended in recent weeks, being now in the postproduction stage for the premiere in cinemas in the summer. Thus, Sony Pictures takes the baton and begins the marketing campaign of the new installment of the saga, which shares the same title as the original 1997 delivery.

The project has been conceived as a “legacy”, with the return of its original protagonists next to a new castin the style of the trilogy Halloween Blumhouse, and the relaunch of the franchise Scream.

The new cast members include Chase Sui Wonders (The Studio, Bodies Bodies Bodies), Madelyn Cline (Outer Banks), Sarah Pidgeon (The Wilds), Jonah Hauer-King (The Tattooist of Auschwitz), y Tyriq Withers (Him, Atlanta). In addition to 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).

And the First official glances around Hewitt and Prinze Jr., as well as the new group of friends That will be in serious trouble, shares them People (available below). The medium also includes statements from the actors.

On the one hand, Hewitt admits that reviewing his role as Julie James destroyed her nerves:

“To be sincere, I was very anxious for 48 hours before [filmar] Because I thought: 'Can I do this? Will I succeed? ' It's a lot of pressure. “

This cast is “phenomenal”, praise Hewitt, who says it was like passing the post: “It is for them to do it and for me to be by her side as a proud mother and say: 'Now she is yours, take it, run and enjoy'”.

The new sequel will have more blood, violence and winks to the original

“There is definitely more methodology in each murder in this filmunlike the first one, which is simply about him stalking them and chasing them. There is not much blood or violence in the first. Without a doubt, there is in this.”

On the importance of repeating a role that he played for the first time 28 years ago, when the actress was 18 years old, Hewitt states:

“As a woman in Hollywood, at 40 you sometimes feel forgotten. It moved me deeply and I felt honest that Sony would accept me back, that the franchise would accept me back, that Jen would like me back and that the public would like me.

“There is much of the 90s, so give up because the 90s have returned! And there are many unexpected turns. I don't think people expect anything that comes. It is a very funny trip. “

Robinson explains:

“We approach it as super fans, so I think people will be very happy. Everything they want to see in this movie will see it.”

About being the new girl of a franchise as popular as IkwydlsWonders tells Hewitt's support made it easier:

“It was generous, warm and welcoming. He shared many great anecdotes. It is hilarious. He does not stop making jokes. In the end, he told me: 'come to me if they need advice, either about his career, on how to function in the industry or about boys,' he is very surreal. I already consider Freddie mentors at this time.”

The plot of the sequel follows a new group of friends in distress, who 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.

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 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.

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 sequel will premiere in cinemas July 18, 2025.

First official glances: