The new sequel to the teen horror franchise I Know What You Did Last Summer is moving forward, and though production on the film has been moving slowly, it’s still coming along, and the film’s writer, Leah McKendrick, is here to assure us that the film will feature updates that will bring it up to date, but it will also deliver the proven formula of “hot people doing questionable things.” McKendrick explained to Collider (via ComingSoon):
“I mean, it’s hot people doing questionable things, right? At its core, I think it really reckons with some big ideas about hero and villain, right and wrong, how your skeletons come back to haunt you. And in the age of the internet and the age where fame is such a revered concept, the creation of TikTok and social media, who is Julie James in a world where there are no secrets anymore?”
She went on to add:
“I obviously watched 8 million times while working on it, but it’s fun. It’s just a popcorn, wild ride. It’s campy at times, Jennifer Love Hewitt is so hot, Freddie Prinze Jr. is so hot. Sarah Michelle [Gellar], Ryan [Phillippe], they’re so gorgeous. It’s like beautiful people behaving badly. You just can’t get enough of it. There’s a lot of that in this film.”
Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. are returning to reprise their roles from the original films, and Jennifer Kaytin Robinson will be directing. No other casting, title, or story news has been revealed, but stay tuned for updates as they roll in.
