I Know What You Did Last Summer (franchise)
I Know What You Did Last Summer is horror film franchise consisting of three slasher films, based on the novel of the same name by Lois Duncan. The first installment was written by Kevin Williamson, directed by Jim Gillespie, and released in 1997.
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| Created by | Lois Duncan Jim Gillespie Kevin Williamson |
| Original work | I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973) |
| Owned by | Sony Pictures |
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The first two installments star Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Muse Watson. In addition, the supporting cast includes: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Johnny Galecki in the first film, with Brandy, Mekhi Phifer and Matthew Settle in the second film.
Films
| Film | U.S. release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) |
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| I Know What You Did Last Summer | October 17, 1997 | Jim Gillespie | Kevin Williamson | Neal H. Moritz, Erik Feig & Stokely Chaffin |
| I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | November 13, 1998 | Danny Cannon | Trey Callaway | Neal H. Moritz, Erik Feig, Stokely Chaffin, William S. Beasley & Jose Ludlow |
| I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer | August 15, 2006 | Sylvain White | Michael D. Weiss | Neal H. Moritz & Erik Feig |
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
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)
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)
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.
Future
On September 14, 2014, Sony reported that they have plans to remake the film, with Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard writing the script.
On June 1, 2016, in an interview with Blumhouse.com "Shockwaves" podcast, writer Flanagan revealed and further confirmed this new iteration of the franchise would not have any inventions of the Lois Duncan novel (the antagonist being a central character) nor the 1997 feature film (the fisherman Ben Willis and four primary protagonists Julie James, Helen Shivers, Barry Cox, and Ray Bronson).
Further, the new direction and scope of the film necessitates an estimated budget of $15–20 million. Sony also states that the film is a high priority and is set for release sometime in 2020.[1]
Television
On July 26, 2019, it was announced that Amazon would develop a television series with Neal H. Moritz and James Wan producing, and Shay Hatten writing the pilot.[2]
Cast and crew
Principal cast
| Characters | Films | ||
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| I Know What You Did Last Summer | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer | |
| 1997 | 1998 | 2006 | |
| Ben Willis / The Fisherman | Muse Watson | Don Shanks | |
| Julie James | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Mentioned only | |
| Ray Bronson | Freddie Prinze Jr. | Mentioned only | |
| Helen Shivers | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Mentioned only | |
| Barry Cox | Ryan Phillippe | Mentioned only | |
| Karla Wilson | Brandy Norwood | ||
| Tyrell Martin | Mekhi Phifer | Mentioned only | |
| Nancy | Jennifer Esposito | ||
| Will Benson | Matthew Settle | Mentioned only | |
| Amber Williams | Brooke Nevin | ||
| Colby Patterson | David Paetkau | ||
| Zoe Warner | Torrey DeVitto | ||
| Lance Jones | Ben Easter | ||
| P.J. Davis | Roderick Orton | ||
Additional crew
| Crew/Detail | Film | ||
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| I Know What You Did Last Summer | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer | |
| 1997 | 1998 | 2006 | |
| Director | Jim Gillespie | Danny Cannon | Sylvain White |
| Producer(s) | Neal H. Moritz Erik Feig Stokely Chaffin |
Neal H. Moritz Erik Feig Stokely Chaffin William S. Beasley |
Neal H. Moritz Erik Feig |
| Writer(s) | Screenplay by Kevin Williamson Based on I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan |
Trey Callaway Characters by Lois Duncan |
Michael D. Weiss Characters by Lois Duncan |
| Composer | John Debney | John Frizzell | Justin Burnett |
| Production company | Mandalay Entertainment | Mandalay Entertainment Original Film Destination Films | |
| Distributor | Columbia Pictures | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | |
| Release date | October 17, 1997 | November 13, 1998 | August 15, 2006 |
| Running time | 101 minutes | 101 minutes | 92 minutes |
Reception
Box office performance
| Film | Release date | Box office gross | Budget | Reference | ||
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| I Know What You Did Last Summer | October 17, 1997 | $72,586,134 | $53,000,000 | $125,586,134 | $17 million | [3] |
| I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | November 13, 1998 | $40,002,112 | $44,000,000 | $84,002,112 | $24 million | [4] |
| Total | $112,588,246 | $97,000,000 | $209,588,246 | $41,000,000 | ||
Critical and public response
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
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| I Know What You Did Last Summer | 42% (66 reviews)[5] | 52 (17 reviews)[6] | B-[7] |
| I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | 7% (56 reviews)[8] | 21 (19 reviews)[9] | B[7] |
| I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer | 0% (6 reviews)[10] | N/A | N/A |
Other media
Novels
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.
Books
In 1998, a paperback version of the screenplay for I Still Know What You Did Last Summer was published by Pocket Books.
References
- Busch, Anita (September 15, 2014). "'I Know What You Did Last Summer' In Season Again At Sony". Deadline.
- N'Duka, Amanda (July 26, 2019). "James Wan Directing 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' Pilot for Amazon!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- "I Know What You Did Last Summer". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
- http://www.mbc.net/en/mbc2/articles/I-Still-Know-What-You-Did-Last-Summer.html
- "I Know What You Did Last Summer". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
- "I Know What You Did Last Summer". Metacritic. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
- "Cinemascore". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018.
- "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
- "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer". Metacritic. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
- "I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
