Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. Returning for New ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Sequel!

In the wake of Amazon’s short-lived television series, Deadline reports that Sony Pictures is bringing I Know What You Did Last Summer back with a brand new sequel movie.

The biggest news here? Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr., who starred in the original 1990s slasher movie, are in talks to reprise their roles for the new movie!

Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge) has been brought on board to direct the film.

Deadline reports, “Insiders say the project is still early development and that Neal H. Moritz is in talks to return as producer with Leah McKendrick on board to write the script.”

The site also notes, “While McKendrick is penning the pic, the idea for the new film came from Robinson and McKendrick, who blew studio execs away when they pitched this idea for a sequel last fall especially given the recent success of the Scream franchise.”

It sounds like this one will be taking the trendy “legacy sequel” approach, with returning characters likely in the mix alongside fresh faces. Stay tuned for more as we learn it.

Jim Gillespie directed the original I Know What You Did Last Summer back in 1997, loosely based on Lois Duncan’s novel. The film spawned sequels in 1998 and later in 2006.

Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. only came back for that first sequel.

In the 1997 slasher movie, “Four young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.”