The latest installment in theI Know What You Did Last Summerfranchise will finally be able to explain the cliffhanger ending from the series' second movie. Thecanonical status ofI Know What You Did Last Summer’sreboot has been confirmed.The new movie will follow up on the 1998 sequel,I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.It will ignore the 2006 filmI’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, which featured a completely different cast and was poorly received.
As with any reboot or sequel,I Know What You Did Last Summerrisks misinterpretingthe previous movies, which have gained a cult following over the past 26 years.Stars Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. have already discussed returningto thecast ofI Know What You Did Last Summer, making it hopeful that the new film will be loyal to the original series. Furthermore, the newI Know What You Did Last Summerfilm will be able to solve a major franchise mystery about the fate of two important characters.
I Know What You Did Last Summer Sequel’s Confirmed Timeline Is Facing Two Major Challenges That Can Ruin The Franchise
I Know What You Did Last Summer’s legacy sequel’s place in the timeline has been confirmed, and it creates two major challenges for it.
Julie & Ben’s Final Scene In I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Can Be Solved In The Sequel
The Second Film’s Cliffhanger Left Julie’s Fate Ambiguous
The final scene ends on another cliffhanger, as Ben Willis appears under the bed and grabs Julie’s feet, dragging her to the floor.
At the end of the series' second film, Julie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and Ray (Freddie Prinze Jr.) are engaged and living together, having again defeated their stalker, Ben Willis (Muse Watson). It seems they have a peaceful life in what could have been a resolution to the franchise. However, the final scene ends on another cliffhanger, as Ben Willis appears under the bed and grabs Julie’s feet, dragging her to the floor.Julie’s fate remains unknown, as this was her last appearance in the series.A canonical update to the franchise will be able to explain what happened.
Julie’s Return In I Know What You Did Last Summer’s Sequel Hints At The Resolution
The Series Has Ended On A Cliffhanger Before
This fake-out was not the first timeI Know What You Did Last Summerused a major cliffhanger to end a film. In the last scene of the first movie, when it seems Julie is safely back on her college campus, the killer bursts through a glass door for one final jump scare. While it initially seemed like Julie finally met her fate,the sequel explained how Julie avoided death in that scene with a quick line, easily dismissing that final scene as a dream.
Given that this final fake-out has happened before, it seems likely thatthe ending of the second film might also have been a dreamor a guilt-induced hallucination. But only the third canonical film will be able to confirm Julie and Ray’s fate. However, since Hewitt and Prinze Jr. have already discussed returning to theI Know What You Did Last Summercast, their characters likely didn’t die at the end of the second film, despite the cliffhanger.
Everything We Know About The 2025 I Know What You Did Last Summer Sequel
The Story Of The Trilogy Is Set To Continue
The questions left at the end ofI Still Know What You Did Last Summer,may end up answered, as Sony announced the legacy sequel in February 2023 (following on from failed remake plans announced in 2014 with Mike Flanagan tapped to direct). In the time since, there’s been plenty revealed about thenewI Know What You Did Last Summersequel,including a 2025 release window and that the story will ignore 2006’sI’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer.
Some members of theI Know What You Did Last SummerandI Still Know What You Did Last Summerwill be reprising their roles for the new sequel.Freddie Prinze Jr. is back, though there’s no news yet on Jennifer Love Hewitt since it was announced she was in talks with Sony about returning. In a similar move to theScreamrevival, the story will place legacy characters alongside a new younger cast that includes the likes of Madelyn Cline, Jonah Hauerg King, Sarah Pidgeon, and several others.
Little is known about the story of the newI Know What You Did Last Summermovie, though it will undoubtedly be set several decades afterI Still Know What You Did Last Summer.Unfortunately, the source material (the 1973 novel of the same name by Lois Duncan) doesn’t give many clues, as the film franchise deviated a great deal from the book. The script was co-written by director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson alongside Sam Lansky and Leah McKendrick.
All that’s been teased so far is that social media will factor into the story, which would be an intriguing way to modernize the franchise.However, there have already been some explanation about how modern technology will feature into the plot of the 2025I Know What You Did Last Summersequel. Speaking toBloody DisgustingMarch 2025, Leah McKendrick revealed:
“At its core, I think itreallyreckons with some big ideas about hero and villain, right and wrong, how your skeletons come back to haunt you. And in the age of the internet and the age where fame is such a revered concept, the creation of TikTok and social media, who is Julie James in a world where there are no secrets anymore?”
