I Know What You Did Last SummerReboot Teases Fisherman's Return in Scary First Photo

Mar. 15, 2025

I Know What You Did Last Summer first look.Photo:Sony Pictures/Instagram

Sony Pictures/Instagram

A villainous fisherman is returning to North Carolina.

On Wednesday, Dec. 4, Sony Pictures unveiled its first look at the upcoming reboot of its 1997 slasher classicI Know What You Did Last Summerwhen it shared a first-look image from the film’s set toInstagram, confirming that the movie has started filming. The image showed a film slate in frame along with a long fisherman’s hook that fans familiar with the series, which starsFreddie Prinze Jr.andJennifer Love Hewitt, recognize as villainous fisherman Ben Willis' weapon of choice.

I Know What You Did Last Summeroriginally spawned two sequels released in 1998 and 2006, though no actors from the original two movies appeared in the third film. The original film starred Prinze Jr., now 48, and Hewitt, now 45, withRyan Phillippeand Prinze’snow-wifeSarah Michelle Gellaras four teenagers whose efforts to cover up a near-fatal car accident result in the man who they hit (Muse Watson) attempting to kill them.

News first broke that Sony wasrebooting the seriesin February 2023.Jennifer Kaytin Robinson(Do Revenge) is directing the new entry with a script from Leah McKendrick. Prinze Jr., who plays Ray Bronson throughout the series, confirmed back in July during an interview withEntertainment Tonightthat he wasworking out a deal to reprise his rolein the upcoming film.

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Gellar, 47, told PEOPLE in October that she will not reprise her role as Helen Shivers in the film, pointing to the simple fact that her character dies in the original movie. However, she noted that filmmaker Robinson is a close friend and said she will play a small part in its production.

“My best friend [Jennifer Kaytin Robinson] is directing it, so we joke that I have an unofficial job, which is I am continuity,” she said. “So I’m always the one telling her, ‘Well, that would happen, or that wouldn’t happen with those characters,’ soI do have kind of an unofficial job title.”

Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt in 1997’s I Know What You Did Last Summer.Columbia Pictures/Getty

Columbia Pictures/Getty

The newI Know What You Did Last Summermovie will feature a new cast that includesChase Sui Wonders,Madelyn Cline, Sarah Pidgeon, Tyriq Withers, Jonah Haur-King, Lola Tung, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Austin Nichols and Gabbriette, in addition to Prinze Jr. and Hewitt reprising their roles. The movie is scheduled for release July 18, 2025.

source: people.com