Freddie Prinze Jnr Signs On For 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' Sequel
By Michael McNally
1 week ago
BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 07: Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar celebrate 50 Years of Nightmares t Knott's Scary Farm on October 07, 2023 in Buena Park, California. (Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Knott's Scary Farm)
Freddie Prinze Jr. has officially joined the cast of the sequel to the 1997 horror classic “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” in which he originally starred alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Ryan Phillippe.
Hewitt is currently in talks to return, but until her deal is finalized, Prinze Jr. will star with Chase Sui Wonders, Madelyn Cline, Sarah Pidgeon, Tyriq Withers, and Jonah Hauer-King. Camila Mendes was previously cast but exited the project due to scheduling conflicts.
The original 1997 film followed four teens from a seaside town being hunted by a hook-wielding killer a year after covering up a supposedly fatal car accident. It was a box office hit, grossing $125 million globally, and led to the 1998 sequel “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer” with Prinze Jr. and Hewitt, plus a straight-to-video reboot and a recent Amazon Prime TV series.
Prinze Jr. revealed on his horror podcast, “That Was Pretty Scary,” that he almost quit the original movie due to director Jim Gillespie’s behavior. “It was a struggle to finish work every day. I was in pain every single day on that movie,” he recalled. However, he added, “I’m forever grateful to Jim for being such an asshole because I’ve never met one like that since.”
Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (“Do Revenge,” “Someone Great”) is directing the sequel, co-writing with Sam Lansky, while Neal Moritz returns as a producer. Sony Pictures plans to release the film in theaters on July 18, 2025.
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