’90s horror followers rejoiced on the information that a sequel to the 1997 cult basic I Know What You Did Final Summer time was in improvement and cheered even more durable after listening to that O.G. stars Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. had been planning a return to the slasher style, reprising their roles as franchise heroes Julie James and Ray Bronson. (Alas, FPJ’s co-star and real-life spouse Sarah Michelle Gellar doubtless will not be returning to the franchise, as she says her character is “lifeless lifeless.”)
And it seems like issues are actually transferring with the sequel, with screenwriter Leah McKendrick giving an replace to Collider in regards to the Jennifer Kaytin Robinson-directed flick. It looks as if the fan-favorite summer time horror franchise is in good, protecting arms with the scribe, who advised the outlet that her “love is so deep” for the unique film.
Greater than something I assumed, ‘As a result of my love is so deep for I Know What You Did Final Summer time, I’ve to guard it. I need to defend it. I am unable to let this be, like, tacky and a money seize.’ Not that anyone was gonna make it that, however you’ll get it, Perri. When it’s like they’re rebooting one thing that you just love so deeply out of your childhood, you’re like, ‘I understand how we are able to do that and never make it tacky, and it will probably keep true to the mythology, and we are able to deliver again the OGs, and it may be a fruits.’ You’ve gotten all these concepts.
Although McKendrick was initially cautious of taking over current IP for the upcoming horror film, after her Grease prequel acquired shut down final minute by Paramount Photos, she mentioned that assembly director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge) calmed her nerves in regards to the IKWYDLS undertaking.
So I met with Jen. Jen is so cool, Jen is so good. Jen is simply, like, right down to strive some edgy, cool-ass shit. And I used to be like, ‘I am gonna give this my greatest shot,’ and I pitched. All they advised me was they had been like, ‘We have to know the accident, the occasion that kicks it off, and know who the killer is.’ As a result of they knew that if I needed to do an entire fleshed out means of pitching, I used to be most likely simply not gonna do it as a result of my coronary heart had been so damaged by the reboot recreation. However after they advised me that, I used to be like, ‘I do know what I am gonna do.’ And no spoilers, however I’ll say that I feel in case you’re an OG fan like me and also you, I feel you are gonna be glad. I feel you are gonna get it.
The author additionally jokingly mentioned that, although the story will probably be up to date for “the age of the web,” the sequel will honor the unique in that it is about “scorching folks doing questionable issues”:
[Laughs] I imply, it is scorching folks doing questionable issues, proper? At its core, I feel it actually reckons with some huge concepts about hero and villain, proper and flawed, how your skeletons come again to hang-out you. And within the age of the web and the age the place fame is such a revered idea, the creation of TikTok and social media, who’s Julie James in a world the place there aren’t any secrets and techniques anymore?…It is only a popcorn, wild experience. It’s campy at occasions, Jennifer Love Hewitt is so scorching, Freddie Prinze Jr. is so scorching. Sarah Michelle [Gellar], Ryan [Phillippe], they’re so beautiful. It is like stunning folks behaving badly. You simply cannot get sufficient of it. There’s quite a lot of that on this movie.
There is not any phrase but on once we can anticipate the I Know What You Did Final Summer time sequel in theaters, however we’re holding our eyes on the 2024 film schedule simply in case. Within the meantime, you’ll be able to rewatch these “stunning folks behaving badly” by renting the unique horror flick, in addition to its 1998 sequel I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer time, on Apple TV, Prime Video and different on-demand platforms.
