Freddie Prinze Jr. teams up with the new cast in the latest image from I Know What You Did Last Summer. Co-written and directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, the fourth film in the slasher franchise features the return of Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Julie James and Freddie Prinze Jr.’s Ray Bronson, who must, once again, deal with a hook-wielding killer in Southport after a group of teenagers seeks their help. I Know What You Did Last Summer‘s new cast includes Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Tyrig Withers, Sarah Pidgeon, and more.

Now, as part of USA Today‘s summer 2025 preview, the latest image from I Know What You Did Last Summer shows Freddie Prinze Jr. teaming up with the new cast. The image, from left to right, shows Chase Sui Wonders’ Eva, Madelyn Cline​​​​​​’s Danica, and Sarah Pidgeon​​​​​​’s unnamed character standing next to Freddie Prinze Jr.’s Ray Bronson on the docks of Southport. Check out the image below:

What The I Know What You Did Last Summer Image Means For The Movie

It Combines Old & New Cast

The latest image highlights one of the main themes of the upcoming I Know What You Did Last Summer sequel – combining the old and new cast members. In addition to Freddie Prinze Jr.’s Ray Bronson, Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Julie James also returns, while some of the new young male leads include Jonah Hauer-King, Tyrig Withers, Austin Nichols, and Nicholas Alexander Chavez as unnamed characters. Gabbriette Bechtel plays Tyler, while Lola Tung is one of the new female leads not featured in the image.

By combining new and old cast members, I Know What You Did Last Summer is very much copying the strategy from another slasher reboot, 2022’s Scream. It makes sense since the strategy worked, but also because both slasher franchises were created by Kevin Williamson, who wrote the original I Know What You Did Last Summer and Scream movies. It’s not just characters, though, as the upcoming sequel is returning to the same setting, the seaside town of Southport, North Carolina, and bringing back much of the same iconography, including the iconic hook-wielding killer.

Our Take On The I Know What You Did Last Summer Image

Can Its New Cast Truly Set Itself Apart?

While the upcoming sequel will introduce new cast members, it’s unclear if it can truly set itself apart from the original movie. The reboot follows a new crop of teenagers who cover up a fatal car accident and are hunted by a hook-wielding killer, the same exact story as the original movie, which was already considered a formulaic slasher that felt a decade behind its time in 1997. While the new cast may seem like a shiny new coating, it remains to be seen if the upcoming I Know What You Did Last Summer truly has anything new to offer.

Source: USA Today