The fisherman murderer returns to collect his revenge

After The success of the reboot/continuation From Sagas like Halloween or Scream, it seemed logical to think that other great franchises would soon join an update that revitalized their stories. A few weeks ago, we obtained the first official advance of Final destination: Blood ties And now, the turn has reached the trailer of the reboot of I know what you did last summer. A project in which figures from the past of the commercial license return as Jennifer Love Hewitt y Freddie Prinze Jr.while on the other hand, the casting is renewed with the presence of young stars at the height of Madelyn Cline y Chasei Sui Wonders.

In the relaunching of I know what you did last summerthe story will focus again on five friends, where the two actresses mentioned above appear, adding to Jona Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid), Tyriq Withers (The best) y Sarah Pidgeon (The Wilds). As is already a classic within intellectual property, in the new film this group will be tormented by the victim of a traffic accident, resorting to the traditional characters in history to ask them for help while trying to survive the attacks of this furious fisherman. Born from the mind of Kevin Williamsonoriginal screenwriter of Scream, the first movie of I know what you did last summer (1997) adapted the homonymous novel by Lois Duncan. It was a true phenomenon of the American box office, collecting up to 125 million dollars worldwide, which resulted in its corresponding sequelae; I still know what you did last summer (1998) y I know what you did last summer 3 (2006). The first continuation still had some impact, but the third part was the last palazo of land to an IP in clear decline. Amazon MGM Studios tried to resurrect the idea with A series reboot that neither did the essence of the first version recover. But what better time than this recent boom and interest in the genre of terror?

The one in charge of returning that look slasher loaded with violence and blood will be the director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. A filmmaker specialized in adolescent cinema, who debuted with his prima opera Someone special (2019) by Netflix. Three years later, he repeated with the terminal with Revancha now (2022) and was cooperating the series Sweet/Vicious (2016) and coguionist of Taika Waititi in Thor: love and Thunder (2022).

‘I know what you did last summer’

The Official synopsis That every fan will sound to the following: «When five friends unwittingly cause a mortal car accident, they hide their involvement and agree to keep it a secret rather than face the consequences. A year later, his past returns to torment them and are forced to face a terrible truth: someone knows what they did last summer … and is determined to take revenge. While a murderer stalks them one by one, they discover that this has happened before and resort to two survivors of the legendary Southport massacre of 1997 ».

Completing the main casting we find Nicholas Alexander Chavez (Monsters: The story of Lyle and Erik Menendez), Bill Campbell (The Killing), Cage, Austin Nichols (The Walking Dead) y Lola Tung (The summer in which I fell in love). Kaytin Robinson configures the libretto, accompanied by Jeff Howard (Midnight mass) and screenwriter Leah Mckendrick (Wrong love). In an interview with Colliderthe director assured the medium that this new sequel to what you did last summer would be “Much more brutal” That his predecessors: «I can’t tell you anything about the fisherman! That ruins all the fun! I think I can tell you one thing: this time, the fisherman is much more brutal ».

Of course and seen the progress, it seems that the new installment will not be cut with the blood, or with the violence of deaths. Can the original characters help these young people who repeated their same errors almost 30 years ago? We will have to wait for the next July 18 to know if our summer billboard resists the funny enjoyment of a theme that with little, is managing to attract a large number of spectators to the rooms.

Its premiere date: the greatest handicap

Like all stories of this nature, I know what you did last summer It will not have a large budget. Condition that usually predicts a great blockbuster performance. However, next July it is not perhaps the perfect temporal scenario for the continuation, because in a few weeks it must face the arrival of three of the most anticipated blockbusters of 2025; Jurassic World: The Renacer (July 2), Superman (July 11) and The Fantastic Four: First Steps (July 25).