Jennifer Love Hewitt & Freddie Prinze Jr. Return in New “I Know What You Did Last Summer” Trailer
Prepared to get hooked again.
A new trailer for director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s I Know What You Did Last Summer has arrived nearly thirty years after the original film first jolted audiences back in October of 1997. That film, written by Scream scribe Kevin Williamson and based on Lois Duncan’s 1973 novel of the same name, followed four teens who, after a night of partying, accidentally hit a man with their car and, instead of calling for help, dump his body and swear an oath to never speak of their crime. A year later, they get an ominous note (can you guess what it said?), and find out firsthand how Karma has a way of paying you back. Thus, the killing spree began, as a stalker systematically worked to slash his way through the teens’ lives.
The new trailer sets up this conceit, but now in the era of social media and smartphones. Five friends who, once again, caused a deadly car accident and tried to cover it up, believe that their pact of secrecy will keep them safe. The trailer opens at a wedding, and our friends appear to be living their best lives. When it’s time to open gifts, the bride-to-be opens a note—guess what’s written on it! So, as it was all those years ago, their past returns in killer fashion. One by one, they’re stalked by a lunatic with a hook, and their only chance for survival is to make contact with two survivors of the Southport Massacre of 1997. Enter Jennifer Love Hewitt as Julie James and Freddie Prinze Jr. as Ray Bronson, who have some hard-won wisdom to share from their dance with the devil. So, Julie and Ray teach the new kids on the block that they won’t survive their tormentor by running and hiding. No, the only way to make it through alive is to become the hunters themselves.
Joining Hewitt and Prinze Jr. in I Know What You Did Last Summer are Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Tyriq Withers, Sarah Pidgeon, Billy Campbell, Gabbriette Bechtel, and Austin Nichols.
Check out the trailer below. I Know What You Did Last Summer slashes its way into theaters on July 18.
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Featured image: “I Know What You Did Last Summer” poster. Courtesy Sony Pictures.
