Jennifer Love Hewitt Officially Returning for I Know What You Did Last Summer Reboot

What was she waiting for, huh? Well, possibly much money! When the quality broke of an upcoming I Know What You Did Last Summer sequel/reboot successful aboriginal 2023, reports were the archetypal prima Jennifer Love Hewitt was returning. But, since then, Hewitt has been mum connected the subject. Until now. This Friday the 13th, Julie James herself announced she’s going backmost to spot astir a antheral with a hook.

“It’s ne'er excessively precocious to spell back,” the histrion posted connected Instagram. “Julie James is returning. I cognize what you volition beryllium doing adjacent summer!”

The reboot, which started filming past week, besides brings backmost Hewitt’s surviving co-star Freddie Prinze Jr., who was already confirmed. The brace survived the 1997 original, and its 1998 sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. Those were past followed by a direct-to-DVD sequel and a TV show, but this movie volition disregard those.

Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge) is directing the movie which will, benignant of perfectly, travel successful the mold of the Scream franchise, which is what I Know What You Did Last Summer did originally. In both, aged characters are returning to a communicative that’s much astir the caller characters arsenic a mode to walk the torch. (See besides Star Wars, Ghostbusters, and this precise due code successful the 5th Scream movie).

The caller formed includes Chase Sui Wonders, Madelyn Cline, Sarah Pidgeon, Tyriq Withers, and Jonah Haur-King. There’s nary connection conscionable however ample Hewitt’s relation volition be, oregon Prinze Jr.’s for that matter, but the information they are successful it is the main thing. Having those bequest characters determination legitimizes the full film. We’re conscionable funny why, twelvemonth aft year, kids successful these towns mistakenly termination guys, prevarication astir it, and past look the consequences. Maybe halt doing that.

All joking speech though, the photograph Hewitt posted whitethorn person a clue. The messages Julie is getting each look to tag a peculiar Instagram account. We conjecture this slayer is connected the Gram.

The caller I Know What You Did Last Summer is coming this summer, connected July 18.

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