I Know What You Did Final Summer season Actor Guarantees ‘Surprises’ In Upcoming Legacy Sequel

The upcoming I Know What You Did Final Summer season legacy sequel will characteristic a number of the authentic 1997 film’s core forged. Nevertheless, franchise newcomer Jonah Hauer-King says the brand new installment will supply much more than nostalgia.

Chatting with Display Rant on the 2025 South by Southwest movie competition, Hauer-King hinted at what followers can anticipate from the movie. “I’ve my ultimate filming day on Monday,” he mentioned. “I did most of it in Sydney final 12 months, and we had three weeks in LA. It is actually enjoyable. It is scary, I hope, and form of hilarious. Among the previous faces are coming again – not previous like age, simply previous from the earlier motion pictures – however they’re going to be again. There’s extra surprises, however I will not give something away. Yeah, it should be nice.”

The presently untitled sequel is directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson from a script she co-wrote with Sam Lansky. Together with Hauer-King, the film will characteristic a number of newcomers to the franchise, resembling Madelyn Cline, Sarah Pidgeon, Tyriq Withers, and Chase Sui Wonders. Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. are set to reprise their roles as Julie James and Ray Bronson respectively. Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe is not going to be returning since their characters have been killed within the first movie.

The Sequel Will Doubtless Focus On New Characters

Though followers are excited in regards to the return of the franchise’s lead characters, Prinze not too long ago mentioned that Julie and Ray is not going to be the story’s central focus. “[Director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson] simply took such excellent care of Love’s character, Julie James, and my character, Ray Bronson,” he defined. “They don’t seem to be the leads of the film by any stretch of the creativeness.” In line with the actor, Julie and Ray will basically help their youthful counterparts.

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Regardless of the sentiment from Prinze, Hewitt beforehand assured followers that her function wouldn’t be fleeting. “If I’ll come again 27 years later, I do not wish to simply be in it for 5 seconds,” she mentioned. “I do not need it to only be like that factor that is like, ‘Oh, nicely, there’s the ghost of I Know What You Did previous, right here she is.’ So I would like to have the ability to carve out time to actually be in it for folks and to have it matter,” the actor continued.

Launched in 1997, I Know What You Did Final Summer season is loosely based mostly on Lois Duncan’s 1973 novel of the identical identify together with an city legend in regards to the Hook. Per the official synopsis, “the story focuses on 4 highschool graduates, who’re stalked by a hook-wielding killer one 12 months after masking up a automotive accident by which they supposedly killed a person.” Whereas the film did not impress critics, it grew to become a world field workplace hit, incomes $125.3 million on a funds of simply $17 million.

The I Know What You Did Final Summer season legacy sequel will hit theaters on July 18.

Supply: Display Rant

I Know What You Did Final Summer season

Launch Date

July 18, 2025

Director

Jennifer Kaytin Robinson

Writers

Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Leah McKendrick, Sam Lansky, Lois Duncan, Freddie Prinze Jr.

Franchise(s)

I Know What You Did Final Summer season