The upcoming I Know What You Did Last Summer movie is copying yet another page from the legacy horror sequel playbook. The next installment in the slasher franchise has been officially (and simply) titled I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Horror fans are no strangers to legacy sequels “borrowing” the title of the original installment. Halloween did in 2018 and Scream followed suit in 2022. With I Know What You Did Last Summer also set to bring back original cast members in supporting roles while otherwise featuring a new young (and hot) cast, the movie is definitely copying Scream‘s homework.
I Know What You Did Last Summer Synopsis
Sony has also dropped the first poster for IKWYDLS and the official synopsis. Per Bloody Disgusting on X, the synopsis reads, “When five friends inadvertently cause a deadly car accident, they cover up their involvement and make a pact to keep it a secret rather than face the consequences. A year later, their past comes back to haunt them and they’re forced to confront a horrifying truth: someone knows what they did last summer…and is hell-bent on revenge. As one by one the friends are stalked by a killer, they discover this has happened before, and they turn to two survivors of the legendary Southport Massacre of 1997 for help.”
And here’s the poster:
Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. are the only original stars set to appear in the legacy sequel, reprising their roles from the first two movies as Julie James and Ray Bronson, respectively. The new cast includes recognizable faces like Madelyn Cline (Outer Banks), Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid), Nicholas Alexander Chavez (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story), Chase Sui Wonders (Bodies Bodies Bodies), Sarah Pidgeon (The Wilds), Tyriq Withers (The Game), Lola Tung (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Austin Nichols (One Tree Hill), and model and musician Gabbriette.
Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson from a screenplay she co-wrote with Sam Lansky, based on an initial draft by Leah McKendrick, I Know What You Did Last Summer is scheduled to hit theaters on July 18, 2025.
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