TheI Know What You Did Last Summerlegacy sequel is highly anticipated among fans for a few reasons, not the least of which is the return of Jennifer Love Hewitt, who portrayed heroine Julie James in the first two films. Hewitt’s return was long reported, but it took a bit of time for the news to become official, which caused some to worry that a deal couldn’t be reached to bring her back. Nevertheless, a deal was made, and now Hewitt’s return is being teased in a set image featuring a perfect callback to the 1997 horror hit that started it all.
Director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson took toInstagramto tease fans about Hewitt’s return with a behind-the-scenes image from the set of theI Know What You Did Last Summerlegacy sequel, which features a piece of mail addressed to one Julie James. Eagle-eyed fans of the franchise will notice that the writing on the envelope is practically identical to the very first letter that the character received one year after Julie and her friends killed a man in a deadly hit-and-run (and body-dump), which led to the group being targeted by a vengeful fisherman. The caption on the image was short and sweet, with the director writing,“She’s baaaaaack!”
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Hewitt won’t be alone in her return to the ’90s franchise as Freddie Prinze Jr. is also returning as Ray Bronson, having last appeared with the actress in 1998’sI Still Know What You Did Last Summer. Prinze Jr.’s return wasfinalized before Hewitt’s, and he had been shooting with some of the film’s new cast in Australia, a moment thatwas teased by his wife, Sarah Michelle Gellar, who also appeared in the first movie but didn’t make it out alive. After Hewitt officially signed on, Prinze Jr. revealed he had more to shoot in the sequel and that some of those scenes would be with Hewitt.
The ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Legacy Sequel Features a Stacked Cast
TheI Know What You Did Last Summerlegacy sequel will also feature a slew of new characters that could either be survivors or, more likely, victims of a new villain seeking retribution. The new cast includes Madelyn Cline, Sarah Pidgeon, Tyriq Withers, Jonah Hauer-King, Lola Tung, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Austin Nichols, Gabbriette, and Billy Campbell. That’s a large cast to thin out, so don’t be surprised if a good chunk of them don’t make it out alive.
Plot details for the sequel have been heavily guarded, but it will more than likely be similar to that of the first film, which saw four friends' lives changed forever following a tragic accident. The event separates the group, but when they all begin receiving ominous threats a year after the tragic event, they are thrown back together as they begin to be stalked by a hook-wielding killer wearing a fisherman’s slicker in the small seaside town of Southport. The original film also starred Ryan Phillipe, Anne Heche and Muse Watson.
Directed by Jim Gillespie, the first film was written by Kevin Williamson and was based on Lois Duncan’s novel of the same name. The movie was released in the wake of the success of 1996’sScream, also written by Williamson, and went on to become a huge hit, grossing $126.3 million worldwide on a $17 million budget. The film was the number one movie in America for three consecutive weeks and was followed by the 1998 sequel,I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, the straight-to-video standalone sequel,I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summerand a Prime Video 2021 series that was canceled after just one season.
TheI Know What You Did Last Summerlegacy sequel hits screens on July 18.
