Freddie Prinze Jr has confirmed he will reprise his role in one of his most iconic films.

Freddie Prinze Jr. officially returns in the highly anticipated sequel to his story.

No, They Won’t Be Remaking the 1999 Romantic Comedy She is everythingnor will he reprise his role as Fred Jones in the new Scooby-Doo trip, unfortunately.

Following the announcement that the 1997 slasher I know what you did last summer gets a new version, Prinze Jr. has officially signed on to reprise his original role.

Written by Kevin Williamson (Scream, Dawson’s Cove), a ’90s horror film starring Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Ryan Phillippe as a group of friends who bond forever after covering a hit-and-run accident and vow to never speak of it again.

The premiere of the new film is scheduled for summer next year. I know what you did last summer is a direct sequel to the first film and its 1998 sequel, I still know what you did last summer.

While plot details are being kept under wraps, it’s safe to say that these younger players will have to deal with the deadly events that rocked the seaside town of Southport, New Carolina some three decades earlier. Much like Scream (2022)In the upcoming installment of the hook-wielding killer series, a killer known as the Fisherman terrorizes a group of new heroes who turn to the original survivors for help.

Prinze Jr. will play Ray Bronson, a character he played in the first two films. Deadline the actor was revealed to be on board after negotiations with Sony Pictures. Hewitt appears to still be in talks to return as Julie James, though there’s no official confirmation yet.

New movie stars Bodies Bodies Bodies‘The Miracle of Chase Sui, Glass onionMadelyn Cline, Wild areas“Sarah Pidgeon, AtlantaTyriq Withers and The Little Mermaidby Jonah Hauer-King.

Even if you haven’t seen the 1997 film, you can probably guess why Gellar and Phillippe won’t be appearing this time around, though you can count on their characters, Helen Shivers and Barry Cox, being at least mentioned in the sequel.

Jennifer Kaytin Robinson — known for directing the black comedy starring Maya Hawke and Camila Mendes Take your revenge and for co-creation Thor: Love and Thunder — is attached to helm the horror film. The script was co-written by Robinson and Sam Lansky from a draft by Leah McKendrick.

Mendes was originally part of the cast I know what you did last summer but had to leave the project earlier this month, likely due to a scheduling conflict with Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel Films Masters of the Universe in which she will play Teela. Wonders joined the cast of the horror film shortly after Mendes’ departure.

I know what you did last summer will hit theaters on July 18, 2025.