If you're anything like the RUSSH team, you've thought of not much else since news broke that model, chef-extraordinaire and the blueprint of the Brat revolution, Gabbriette Bechtel (and fiancé, 1975 lead signer Matty Healy) was in Sydney late last year. After frantic speculation, Gabbriette eventually put an end to our guessing, confirming her visit to Australia was to film a reboot of the hit 90s classic, I Know What You Did Last Summer. We know what you're thinking: this isn't the first time the cult film has been revisited. But unlike the slightly disappointing 2021 reboot by Amazon Prime, we actually have hope that this one be as good as the original. And now, the first trailer is here to prove it. All the important details, below.
Watch the first trailer for I Know What You Did Last Summer
Who else is cast in I Know What You Did Last Summer?
As you might have already gleaned, the film has an incredibly star-studded cast. Joining Gabbriette is Monsters star Nicholas Alexander Chaves, plus Lola Tung (The Summer I Turned Pretty), and Austin Nichols. There's also Outerbanks lead Madelyn Cline and Bodies Bodies Bodies star Chase Sui Wonders — two more Hollywood stars who also made the trek to Sydney for the project.
We also now know that OG stars Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. are back on board, reprising their roles as Julie James and Ray Bronson.
And off camera, the reboot is being spearheaded by American director and film producer Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who co-wrote Marvel Studios's Thor: Love and Thunder alongside Taika Waititi. Gabbriette revealed in an interview with Elle USA that she had travelled to Australia for filming, and some rumours have suggested that the star could head back to Australia in 2025 to promote the work. But as for the rest, we'll have to wait and see.
What is I Know What You Did Last Summer about?
Judging from early reports, the film draws pretty heavily on the plot from the original. If you aren't caught up, the OG I Know What You Did Last Summer charts a group of friends who accidentally run over a fisherman, and dump the body for cover. Pretty quickly, however, they realise there's a witness to their crime via a mysterious letter and, as you can imagine, terrifying chaos ensues. As the trailer suggests, it looks like a new group of friends encounter a pretty similar fate years later, and call on Julie and Ray for help... Whether they can give them the answers they need remains to be seen.
Stay tuned for more updates to come.
