While slasher fans are excited for the upcoming reboot ofI Know What You Did Last Summer,the reboot needs to do one thing in order to be truly compelling and memorable. Whilemany modern slashers areengaging, there was something special about the film that was released in 1997. Along withScream, which came out the year before, the movie started a trend of funny, sometimes cheesy, and always entertaining slashers that would continue for several more decades.The story of Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and her friends accidentally killing someone who then chases them to get revenge is timeless and perfectly eerie.
After watching the original movie and the 1999 sequel,I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, fans may or may not have watched the 2006 direct-to-video third movie,I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer.The 2021 Amazon Prime series wasn’t great, either, and lasted for one season only. Now that a reboot is in the works, horror fans are curious about everything from the casting to the release date. But along with finding out all the available details about the new movie, fans might agree that theI Know What You Did Last Summerreboot needs to do one important thing.
What The I Know What You Did Last Summer Reboot Needs
The reboot ofI Know What You Did Last Summerneeds legacy cast membersto keep audiences interested since it has been so long since the original was released. This would also get fans excited about returning to this creepy world. In early September 2024,Deadlinereported thatCamila Mendes won’t star in the movie anymoreas she has a scheduling conflict with her movie,Masters of the Universe.
Although fans ofRiverdalewould have enjoyed seeing her,horror fans want to see Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., and Brandy come back for the reboot. In February 2023,The Hollywood Reportersaid Love Hewitt and Prinze Jr. were in talks to appear. There hasn’t been any update since then. Likewise, it sounds like Brandy Norwood would like to play Monica again. She toldEntertainment Tonight, “I heard some things about. So, hopefully.”
It wouldn’t be logical for theI Know What I Did Last Summerreboot to feature only new characters who are targeted by a killer similar to Ben Willis in the original.The Amazon Prime TV series already did thatand had a confusing storyline and characters that no one could root for. If the reboot doesn’t bring back the legacy characters,it will feel like a bland and generic slasher instead of a fun exercise in nostalgia, which is what all reboots are.
It also doesn’t make sense to release anI Know What You Did Last Summermovie without final girl Julie James. Just like fans want to seewhat Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is doing inScream 7,audiences are eager to see Julie today. Is she married? Does she have a family? Has she moved away from her small town but spent every day looking over her shoulder and wondering if a killer has come back? Since fans still have a lot of questions about this character, it would be odd not to include her. Of course, when the sequelI Still Know What You DId Last Summerended, it looked like Ben had returned to kill Julie. But if she stars in the third movie, there will be a logical explanation for how she was able to survive.
Love Hewitt reflected on what it would be like to reprise her role of Julie James in the rebootin an interview withEntertainment Tonight. She said:
“I think there’s power in being older. There’s power in having gone off and had three kids. There’s a sense of, like, I can do anything now. The vulnerability that was Julie James in one and two definitely doesn’t exist in this one. I’m excited to just show her grown up.”
Love Hewitt continued that Julie “has got to go nuts” and said:
“I don’t know who she’s fighting, but whoever it is is not gonna stand a chance; between me and a stunt double, we got this. That’s all I can say.”
What Details Have Been Shared About The I Know What You Did Last Summer Reboot?
While the cast of theI Know What You Did Last Summerreboot hasn’t been officially confirmed, a few actors were in talks as of July 2024. According toVariety,Jonah Haur-King, Tyriq Withers, Sarah Pidgeon, and Madelyn Cline were in talks. They would of course play new characters who are being chased by a killer. But hopefully, there will still be some legacy actors to round out the cast.
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Other official details include the writers (Sam Lansky and Kaytin Robinson) and director:Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who directed the Netflix movieDo Revenge. There is also a release date. In May 2024,The Hollywood Reportershared thatthe reboot will be released on July 18th, 2025.
