In the wake of the success of last year’s “Scream” revival, Sony Pictures is dusting off its horror franchise from the same period with plans for a new entry in the “I Know What You Did Last Summer” franchise.
Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. are reportedly in talks to reprise their roles in the project which is still in the early development phase but will be a legacy sequel that passes the torch (ala “Scream,” “Creed”).
The 1997 film follows four young friends bound by a tragic car accident and the cover-up of the body of a fisherman. They are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac, the thought dead fissherman, in their small seaside town.
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Bridgette Wilson, Anne Heche, Johnny Galecki and Muse Watson co-starred in the original which was a smash hit, generating $125 million in box-office off a $17 million budget, and led to a less well-received direct sequel, a barely known about standalone third film and a poorly received Amazon series adaptation.
Neal H. Moritz is in talks to return as producer, with Leah McKendrick on board to write the script and Jennifer Kaytin Robinson set to direct the project.
Robinson and McKendrick reportedly blew away studio executives with their pitch for a sequel, and Robinson was coming off the success of the Netflix film “Do Revenge”.
Source: Deadline
