This confirmation has been a long time coming, but it's finally here: Deadline reports that Freddie Prinze Jr. has finally, officially signed on to reprise the role of Ray Bronson, the character he previously played in the slasher (watch it HERE) and the follow-up I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (watch that one HERE), in the new I Know What You Did Last Summer sequel that's coming our way from director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge). This project was first announced back in February of 2023, at which time it was said that Prinze and I Know / I Still Know co-star Jennifer Love Hewitt (who played heroine Julie James) were already signed on... but that wasn't the case. In fact, Prinze hadn't even been contacted yet at that time, and his deal has only just now closed. Hewitt is still in negotiations to appear in the film.

Prinze joins a cast that includes Madelyn Cline (Outer Banks), Sarah Pidgeon (Tiny Beautiful Things), Tyriq Withers (Atlanta), and Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid). Robinson's Do Revenge star Camila Mendes (Riverdale) was previously attached, but had to drop out due to scheduling issues. It appears that she may have been replaced by Chase Sui Wonders (Bodies Bodies Bodies).

Robinson will be directing the film from a screenplay by Leah McKendrick (M.F.A.), which has received some rewrites from Robinson and journalist Sam Lansky. McKendrick told Collider a while back that the new sequel will reckon with "" McKendrick also said that when she went in to pitch her take to Sony, the most important things they wanted to hear about were ""

I Know What You Did Last Summer was directed by Jim Gillespie from a screenplay by Kevin Williamson that was inspired by a Lois Duncan novel. The film has the following synopsis:

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer was directed by Danny Cannon from a screenplay by Trey Callaway. The synopsis:

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