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Horror media franchise

I Know What You Did Last Summer
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Created by Lois Duncan
Original work I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973)
Owner Sony Pictures Entertainment
Years 1997–present
Films and television
Film(s) I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) Untitled fourth film (2025)
Television series I Know What You Did Last Summer (2021)
Direct-to-video I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006)

I Know What You Did Last Summer is an American horror media franchise owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, and consisting of three slasher films and one television series based on the 1973 novel by Lois Duncan. The first installment was written by Kevin Williamson, directed by Jim Gillespie, and released in 1997.

The first two installments star Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Muse Watson. Co-starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, in addition, the supporting cast includes: Johnny Galecki in the first film, with Brandy, Mekhi Phifer and Matthew Settle in the second film.

In 1973, Lois Duncan's I Know What You Did Last Summer was published. It was republished as a tie-in to the film in 1997 and once again in 2018 with some of its content modernized. The film adaptation reenvisioned the story of the novel as a violent slasher film, as opposed to the slow-burn mystery nature of the novel.

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

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After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. But exactly one year later, a mysterious fisherman begins stalking the friends.

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)

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The murderous fisherman with a hook stalks the two surviving teens, Julie James and Ray Bronson who left him for dead. Despite Julie's warnings, her friends do not believe her until it is too late, and the fisherman begins a second murder spree at a posh island resort in the Bahamas.

I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006)

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A group of teenagers in Colorado find themselves being stalked and killed one by one by a mysterious figure with a hook, exactly one year after they covered up a friend's accidental death.

Untitled fourth film (2025)

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In September 2014, Sony Pictures revealed plans to remake the first film, with Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard writing the script. The film was a high priority and was initially set for release in 2016. The project required an estimated budget of $15–20 million.[1][2] Flanagan confirmed that his new iteration of the franchise would be a reboot and not include elements of the 1973 novel nor of the 1997 feature film.[3] The project was ultimately never made and was subsequently canceled.[4]

In February 2023, after years of remaining in development hell, a legacy sequel was announced to be in development with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. in negotiations to reprise their respective roles.[5] Prinze Jr. and Hewitt were confirmed as part of the cast in September and December 2024, respectively,[6][7] and the untitled film is scheduled for a release date of July 18, 2025.[8]

I Know What You Did Last Summer (2021)

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Amazon Studios acquired the rights in July 2019 to develop a television series adaptation with Neal H. Moritz and James Wan producing.[9][10] Craig Macneill directed the pilot episode, written by Sara Goodman.[11] Madison Iseman, Brianne Tju, Ezekiel Goodman, Ashley Moore, Sebastian Amoruso, Fiona Rene, Cassie Beck, Brooke Bloom, and Bill Heck star in the series.[12] It was released on October 15, 2021.

Recurring cast and characters

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Characters Films
I Know What You Did Last Summer I Still Know What You Did Last Summer I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer Untitled fourth film
1997 1998 2006 2025
Ben WillisThe Fisherman Muse Watson Don Shanks
Julie James Jennifer Love Hewitt Jennifer Love Hewitt
Ray Bronson Freddie Prinze Jr. Freddie Prinze Jr.

Additional crew and production details

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Film Crew/detail
Composer(s) Cinematographer(s) Editor(s) Production companies Distributing companies Running time
I Know What You Did Last Summer John Debney Denis Crossan Steve Mirkovich Mandalay Entertainment Columbia Pictures 1 hr 41 mins
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer John Frizzell Vernon Layton Peck Prior 1 hr 40 mins
I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer Justin Burnett Stephen M. Katz David Checel Mandalay Entertainment, Original Film, Destination Films Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 1 hr 32 mins
I Know What You Did Last Summer (TV series) Drum & Lace, and Ian Hultquist Anka Malatynska & Shawn Mauer Ray Daniels, Trevor Baker, Jo Francis, Monica Daniel, Marc Pollon, and Christopher M. Meagher Mandalay Television, Original Film, Destination Films, Sony Pictures Television Studios, Atomic Monster, Amazon Studios, Off Center Inc. Sony Pictures Television, Amazon Prime Video 6 hrs 20 mins (8 episodes)

Box office performance

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Critical and public response

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In 1998, a paperback release of the screenplay for I Still Know What You Did Last Summer was published by Pocket Books.[_ISBN missing_]

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