The I Know What You Did Last Summer legacy sequel has added new cast members, including stars from Monsters and The Summer I Turned Pretty. The upcoming I Know What You Did Last Summer movie will be the fourth feature-length installment in the slasher franchise, which kicked off in 1997 and revolves around revenge killings perpetrated by a hook-wielding killer in a rain slicker. Freddie Prinze Jr. is confirmed to reprise his role as Ray Bronson from the first two installments, with Jennifer Love Hewitt in talks to join him, reprising her original role as final girl Julie James.
Per Deadline, four new cast members have joined the I Know What You Did Last Summer sequel, which is being helmed by director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Lola Tung, Austin Nichols, and Gabbriette have all boarded the movie in undisclosed roles. They join a cast that already includes Chase Sui Wonders, Madelyn Cline, Jonah Hauer-King, Sarah Pidgeon, and Tyriq Withers in addition to the legacy stars.
What This Means For I Know What You Did Last Summer
The Ensemble Cast Is Full Of Intriguing New Stars
The fact that these four new stars are joining the teen horror movie shows that the cast is continuing to be fleshed out with unique and exciting screen presences, even for what will most likely be smaller roles. This includes offering The Summer I Turned Pretty star Lola Tung her first feature film role. This will also be the feature film debut of Gabbriette, who is a model and the lead singer of the punk band Nasty Cherry and has so far only appeared in shortform projects, including Charli XCX’s star-studded “360” music video.
Lola Tung plays lead character Belly Conklin in Prime Video’s
The Summer I Turned Pretty
, which has been renewed for season 3.
The other stars joining the cast bring a greater wealth of onscreen experience. This includes Austin Nichols, whose notable roles include playing Spencer Monroe on 27 episodes of The Walking Dead and Julian Baker on 71 episodes of One Tree Hill. Additionally, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story star Nicholas Alexander Chavez may have had his breakout in the Netflix true crime series, but he has had ample onscreen experience, including starring in one of Ryan Murphy’s other new series, Grotesquerie, and being a long-running cast member on the soap opera General Hospital.
Our Take On The I Know What You Did Last Summer Cast
The Franchise Continues To Be Star-Studded
Even though I Know What You Did Last Summer lost its original star, Riverdale’s Camila Mendes, shortly before production due to scheduling issues, the cast is nevertheless shaping up to be a compulsively watchable ensemble of up-and-coming stars. This is in keeping with the casting approach of the original movies in the franchise. In addition to Prinze Jr. and Hewitt, the 1997 movie also featured notable stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, and Johnny Galecki, while its 1998 sequel brought on Jack Black, Brandy, and Mekhi Phifer, showcasing the slasher universe’s consistently strong eye for rising talent.
Announced in early 2023, I Know What You Did Last Summer is getting a new sequel from director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and writer Lead McKendrick with Jennifer Love Hewitt. The film will be a direct sequel to the 1997 horror film, ignoring the subsequent sequels and starting a new timeline.
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