With theI Know What You Did Last Summersequel currently filming, the cast has shared a couple of set photos without spoiling anything – however, the latest on-set tease might point to it repeating a huge mistake from theScreamreboot movies. The trend of reboots and legacy sequels in the horror genre keeps growing, and theI Know What You Did Last Summerfranchise is coming back to life thanks to it. Following the failed TV series adaptation in 2021,I Know What You Did Last Summeris returning with a movie, set for a theatrical release in 2025.
Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, the still-untitledI Know What You Did Last Summersequel is bringing back original characters Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and Ray Bronson (Freddie Prinze Jr.) along with a new generation of characters. Althoughplot details for theI Know What You Did Last Summersequelare currently unknown, it’s expected to follow the same premise as its predecessors. Now, a new look from the set of the sequel is a callback to the first movie, but it might also hint at it repeating the biggest mistake of the fifthScreammovie.
I Know What You Did Last Summer Set Photo Hints At Julie & Ray’s Divorce
Julie & Ray Might Not Be Together Anymore
Filming of the newI Know What You Did Last Summermovie began in November 2024 in Australia and continues in February 2025 in Los Angeles. A few looks at set life ofI Know What You Did Last Summerhave been revealed, the latest one being a very specific callback to the first movie. Robinson shared on herInstagramaccount a photo ofJennifer Love Hewitt holding some letters, with the one on top showing her name and address. In the first movie, Julie gets a letter with similar handwriting when she starts being stalked by Ben Willis (Muse Watson).
The set image from the upcoming sequel shows the letter addressed to Julie by her birth name.
However,I Still Know What You Did Last Summerestablished that Julie might have a slightly different name now.At the end ofI Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Julie and Ray are either engaged or married, with Julie staring at her ring – but the set image from the upcoming sequel shows the letter addressed to Julie by her birth name. Though it’s absolutely possible that Julie never changed her last name after marrying Ray,this feeds the rumors of Julie and Ray’s relationship not being the best in the legacy sequel.
Scream 2022 Revealed Gale & Dewey’s Divorce (& Killed Dewey)
If Julie and Ray divorced at some point betweenI Still Know What You Did Last Summerand the legacy sequel, the latter would be repeatingScream2022. The fifthScreammovie brought Sidney (Neve Campbell), Gale (Courteney Cox), and Dewey (David Arquette) back and introduced a new generation of characters, led by sisters Sam (Melissa Barrera) and Tara Carpenter (Jenna Ortega).Scream 4revealed that Gale and Dewey married after their engagement inScream 3, but by the time of the events of the fifth movie, it was over.
To make it worse, Dewey was the big loss inScream2022, when one of the Ghostface killers stabbed him to death at the hospital.
Scream2022 revealed Dewey and Gale are divorced, with Gale staying in New York City and Dewey returning to Woodsboro. Unfortunately, this was the beginning of Dewey’s downfall, as he had to retire from the Woodsboro Police Department, moved to a trailer park, isolated himself, and developed a dependency on alcohol. To make it worse, Dewey was the big loss inScream2022, when one ofthe Ghostface killersstabbed him to death at the hospital.
It’s no longer surprising when a legacy horror sequel kills a big legacy character –Scream2022 did it, so did 2022’sTexas Chainsaw Massacre–, and it has been theorized that the same could happen inI Know What You Did Last Summer. The biggest candidate for that is Ray, as it’s unlikely the sequel would opt for killing its Final Girl. If Julie and Ray are divorced,I Know What You Did Last Summercould be further followingScream’s steps and kill Ray, just like what happened to Dewey, perhaps in an effort to save Julie and their daughter.
I Really Need The New I Know What You Did Last Summer Movie To Avoid This Legacy Sequel Tradition
The new I Know What You Did Last Summer movie is officially bringing back an original character, and I need it to avoid a legacy sequel tradition.
What I Know What You Did Last Summer’s Latest Tease Could Mean For The Sequel
Maybe It’s Not About Julie & Ray, After All
As mentioned above, it’s possible that Julie never changed her last name after marrying Ray, thus she would still be addressed by her birth name. However, Julie getting a letter just like she did in the first movie when Ben Willis started stalking her and her friends might point toI Know What You Did Last Summerhaving a copycat killer. Ben Willis and his only son died inI Still Know What You Did Last Summer, so whoever the killer is in the new movie will be a new character.
I Know What You Did Last Summer’s Sequel Is Fixing The Second Movie’s Ending (But Risks Repeating A Legacy Mistake)
The new I Know What You Did Last Summer movie is fixing the second movie’s ambiguous ending, but it’s also putting Ray and Julie at risk.
In the style ofScream2022 andHalloween Ends,I Know What You Did Last Summer’s villain could be inspired by what Ben Willis did years agoand repeating some of the things he did, such as targeting Julie. There’s a lot about the newI Know What You Did Last Summermovie that hasn’t been revealed yet, but hopefully, more details will be shared soon, as it’s scheduled for a July 2025 release.
