Freddie Prinze Jr, who played a key role as Ray Bronson in I know What You Did Last Summer has revealed that he is open to reprising his role in the upcoming reboot of the same film which is in the works at Sony Pictures.
"Nothing’s a lock until there’s ink on paper, until the contract’s signed, but I’m definitely talking to them,” Prinze Jr told Us Weekly recently. “And if we can make everything work — and I know they wanna make everything work, I know I wanna make everything work — then we’ll try and make it work. But we gotta make sure everyone’s schedules fit."
Prinze Jr also said that "everybody has to be happy with the script". He added, "I like Jen Robinson very much as a director and as a person. I think people like her are the future of this business. So there’s a lot of good things that make me want to do the movie."
Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson of Netflix's Someone Great (2019) and Do Revenge (2022) fame, the reboot of the slasher flick is scheduled to be released in theatres on July 18, 2025. Camila Mendes, Madelyn Cline, Sarah Pidgeon, Tyriq Withers and Jonah Hauer-King had recently joined the cast of the film which is also expected to have Jennifer Love Hewitt reprise her role along with Prinze Jr.
"I’m motivated, I know they’re motivated. I know both sides are trying to make it work. And hopefully we do," Prinze Jr. said.
Jennifer Kaytin Robinson co-wrote the screenplay along with Sam Lansky after an initial script from Leah McKendrick. Neal Moritz, one of the producers of the original, is also producing the reboot.
The new movie will be the fourth film entry in the I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise. The original film, directed by Jim Gillespie, was released in October 1997. It was penned by Scream screenwriter Kevin Williamson and based on the 1973 novel of the same name from author Lois Duncan. The original film was followed by the 1998 sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and 2006’s I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer. In 2021, the franchise was reimagined as a television series that debuted on Prime Video.
I Know What You Did Last Summer will be clashing with Naked Gun reboot at the box office. The latter is directed by Akiva Schaffer that features Liam Neeson as bumbling detective Frank Drebin.
