Columbia PicturesFilm & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsAn update on the TV reboot of I Know What You Did Last SummerThe series will provide a modern take on the classic slasher film from 1997ShareLink copied ✔️October 17, 2020October 17, 2020TextThom Waite A TV series based on the 1997 film I Know What You Did Last Summer, and the 1973 novel by Lois Duncan on which the film itself was based, has been greenlit by Amazon. First announced last year, the reboot will share the basic concept behind the film – a group of teenagers is stalked by a killer a year on from a terrible accident on graduation night – but provide a more modern take. The new horror series is written by Gossip Girl’s Sara Goodman, and produced by James Wan (the director behind Saw, as well as The Conjuring and Insidious) and Neal H. Moritz, who also produced the original film. “Neal Moritz and Original Film's development consistently fires on all cylinders and that is proven once again with Sara Goodman’s contemporary and pulsating character weaving suspense thriller,” says Jason Clodfelter, co-president of Sony Pictures TV Studios, which will release the series along with Amazon Studios. Albert Cheng, of Amazon Studios, adds in a statement: “The best horror franchises always have another scare coming, and this I Know What You Did Last Summer series from Sara Goodman is a perfectly twisted update to the iconic slasher movie.” Directed by Jim Gillespie, the classic slasher from 1997 featured a then-soon-to-be-iconic cast including Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ryan Phillippe, Freddie Prinze Jr, and Sarah Michelle Gellar (who was also in the midst of early Buffy episodes). Though it shared similarities with Scream, which was released the year before, it received mixed reviews at the time and hasn’t enjoyed quite the same cultural impact. In more 90s nostalgia news, the first trailer for Zoe Lister-Jones’s upcoming reboot of The Craft was released late last month. A Candyman reboot – or “spiritual sequel” – is also on the way, courtesy of Jordan Peele, though it’s now been pushed back to 2021. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE7 generation-defining moments from Girls Euphoria season 3 is a celebration of female degradation Nike Airmaxxing with singer-songwriter Simone RuthThis iPhone-shot doc exposes the ugliness of authoritarianism7 things to watch from trans film festival TITE10 films we’re excited to see at Cannes Film Festival 2026Exit8: A must-see Japanese horror about an endless commute ‘It’s just the aesthetic’: The Drama and the allure of violent subculturesWhat went down at our 25th anniversary screening of AmélieHow Daniel Blumberg turned water, wind and silence into a film scoreDazed x MUBI Cinema Club’s season finale: Father Mother Sister Brother6LILITH6: Inside the witchy femme mall cult of Forbidden FruitsEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy