I Know What You Did Last Summer Director Reveals The Fisherman’s Upgraded Weapons in New Movie

I Know What You Did Last Summer

director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson teases the Fisherman’s updated arsenal of weapons in the upcoming reboot. Almost 30 years after the original horror movie, the upcoming legacy sequel is set to feature the return of both Jennifer Love Hewitt as Julie James and Freddie Prinze Jr. as Ray Bronson, this time as allies to a new group of friends who become the targets of the Fisherman after a gruesome incident in their past. As seen in the new I Know What You Did Last Summer trailer, the iconic slasher villain hasn’t lost his edge.

In a recent interview with Bloody Disgusting, Robinson reveals that the Fisherman will be hunting his victims in the new I Know What You Did Last Summer with some new gear at hand. According to the director, the killer has access to an array of various nautical-themed weapons, and that means no character will be safe. Check out her comments below:

“The Fisherman is coming for everyone. Each of our characters end up face to face with the slicker. And only some of them make it out alive. Surviving is definitely not in the cards for all of our players. […]

The Slicker, hook, and body count are all getting an upgrade.The hook is the weapon of choice, but this time The Fisherman has a lot more in the arsenal. We looked at all different nautical-themed weaponry for The Fisherman to collect victims with.”

Robinson’s teases about the Fisherman accompany a new image of the killer, which shows his full look for the reboot as he attacks a cowering victim:


The Fisherman attacks a victim in I Know What You Did Last Summer

What This Means For The I Know What You Did Last Summer Reboot

Will It Be An Improvement Over The Previous Film?

In addition to Hewitt and Prinze Jr., the new I Know What You Did Last Summer cast features Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Tyriq Withers, Sarah Pidgeon, Billy Campbell, Lola Tung, Austin Nichols, and Nicholas Alexander Chavez, among others. The latest comments from Robinson make clear that not all the characters these new cast members are playing will survive, and that tracks with the franchise’s previous installments. Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Helen Shivers, for example, is one of many victims in the original movie.

As seen in the first trailer for the movie, the hook isn’t the only weapon being used this time. The trailer opens with a terrifying sequence of the Fisherman attacking Cline’s character’s boyfriend with a harpoon gun. Unfortunately, the trailer doesn’t unveil any of the other nautical weapons the killer will be using. It remains unclear whether these upgrades will result in a better movie, but I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006) left a low bar to clear after earning a 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

There are three previous movies in the I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise, in addition to a 2021 TV show that was cancelled after one season.

Our Take On The Upgraded Fisherman In I Know What You Did Last Summer

Will The Legacy Sequel Repeat Scream’s Success?

One of the most successful horror legacy sequels in recent memory is 2022’s Scream, which successfully reinvigorated the franchise 11 years after the mixed reception to Scream 4 (2011). The film did this without making any drastic changes to Ghostface, but the next film, Scream 6 (2023), did feature the killer using a sH๏τgun for the first time. The 2023 film was a hit, which suggests making changes to decades-old character traditions can be done successfully.

While it will be interesting to see the Fisherman using some new weapons in the I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot, the hook still being his primary killing instrument feels like a good call, as it is such an important part of that character’s silhouette. It remains to be seen how the changes go over with audiences, but viewers can evidently can expect an even more ᴅᴇᴀᴅly antagonist when the hit horror franchise returns this summer.

Source: Bloody Disgusting

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