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Sony Pictures released the trailer for I Know What You Did Last Summer on April 22. The film is a direct sequel to the 1997 movie of the same name. Two original cast members, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr., appeared in the trailer. The actors previously portrayed Julie James and Ray Bronson in the original film.
Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, the upcoming movie stars Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Tyriq Withers, Sarah Pidgeon, Billy Campbell, Gabbriette Bechtel, Austin Nichols, Lola Tung, and Nicholas Alexander Chavez.
The official trailer was uploaded on X by Siny Pictures' X account. The trailer received a range of responses from netizens. One person (@metansangames) mentioned that they don't have high hopes for the film but plan to watch it out of nostalgia.
"Gonna watch this for the nostalgia, not high hopes tho," they wrote.
Some netizens appeared excited about I Know What You Did Last Summer as they reminisced about the original 1997 film. One user speculated that the film would resemble the popular horror franchise Scream.
"This was one of my fav scary movies!!! But... where was Brandy? She must make a pop up appearance," a netizen wrote on X.
"I'm looking forward to watching this, and I know others are too," another X user wrote.
"Scream coded like the 90s. Can’t wait to see, my fav horror movie," another user wrote.
Some netizens criticized the film, stating that studios continue to produce reboots and sequels rather than original movies. One X user slammed the casting, labeling the actors as "influencer type(s)."
"Lmao all we have these days are reboots and sequels. Nothing original now," a netizen wrote.
"People used to joke on how they used “30 yr olds” to play teenagers in the 90s. But now these actors just look too pretty or influencer type. Idk if it works," another X user commented.
"When are they going to come up with something new instead of remakes?" Another user wrote.
Sarah Michelle Gellar declined to act in the sequel to I Know What You Did Last Summer
According to the People's report dated October 6, 2024, Sarah Michelle Gellar stated that she was offered a role in the 2025 sequel. However, she declined the offer because her character, Helen Shivers, died in the original film I Know What You Did Last Summer. The actress mentioned she was still involved in the production and guided "unofficially."
"I am dead. My best friend [Jennifer Kaytin Robinson] is directing it, so we joke that I have an unofficial job, which is I am continuity. So I'm always the one telling her, 'Well, that would happen, or that wouldn't happen with those characters,' so I do have kind of an unofficial job title," she said.
Sarah Michelle Gellar mentioned that she provided moral support to the cast off-camera. When asked if she would attend the movie premiere, she told the media outlet that her husband, Freddie Prinze Jr., reprised his role in I Know What You Did Last Summer, so she might attend.
"Jen's put together such an amazing cast, and I'm so happy and excited for all of them. I will be there with moral support behind the camera... Well, I mean, my husband is in the movie, my best friend wrote and directed it, [so] I think there's a pretty good chance I will go to that premiere," she said.
I Know What You Did Last Summer will be released in the theatres on July 18, 2025.
