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Before it was decided to reboot the property for Television, Jeffrey Howard and writing partner Mike Flanagan were attached to a fourth film in the original film series for Sony, with original ‘Final Girl’ Jennifer Love Hewitt reprising her role as Julie James.
Speaking to Bloody Disgusting’s podcast Phantom Limbs, co-writer Howard (“Gerald’s Game”, “Ouija : Origin of Evil”, “Occulus”) explained how the soft reboot came together and dropped some hints about the plot.
“We just kept saying ‘no’, and they kept calling back and asking. They were just so nice, and you know how it is – when you spend years trying to knock on doors when you’re eventually pursued by people whose stuff you really like, it’s really cool. We went in for the meeting … and their whole thing was ‘Why don’t you just go make up a take? Whatever you want. As long as it thematically fits in with the title and that kind of world, you can just make up whatever you wan
Executive produced by James Wan (
The Conjuring) and written by Sara Goodman (
Preacher) based on Lois Duncan’s novel. It will be a modern take on the 1997 film and sport the same premise. In a town full of secrets, a mysterious killer stalks a group of teenagers a year after a fatal accident on their graduation night.
The Boy (no,
the other one) director Craig William Macneill will helm and executive produce the pilot. Wan will executive produce with Goodman, Shay Hatten, Neil Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Rob Hackett, Michael Clear, and Erik Feig.
Albert Cheng, COO and CO-Head of Television, Amazon Studios says: “
‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’: Sonya Balmores To Recur In Amazon’s YA Horror Series Deadline 1/28/2021
Inhumans) is set for a recurring role on Amazon’s YA horror series
I Know What You Did Last Summer, a modern take on the hit 1997 slasher film. The project hails from Sony Pictures Television and studio-based Original Film.
Written by Sara Goodman (
Preacher) based on the 1973 novel by Lois Duncan, the
I Know What You Did Last Summer series has the same premise as the movie adaptation – in a town full of secrets, a group of teenagers are stalked by a mysterious killer a year after a fatal accident on their graduation night.