| rdfs:comment | - Last Summer is a 2011 American Slasher 3D Horror film written by Stephen Susco and directed by Chris Cunnigham starring Michael Rady, Genevieve Cortese, Matthew Settle, Billy Crudup, Naturi Naughton, Ian Somerhalder, Kieran Culkin, Shirley MacLaine, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Amanda Bynes and Kaley Cuoco. The film serves as the fourth instalment in the I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise though ignores sthe storyline of the third direct to video film entirely instead following on directly from I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.
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| abstract | - Last Summer is a 2011 American Slasher 3D Horror film written by Stephen Susco and directed by Chris Cunnigham starring Michael Rady, Genevieve Cortese, Matthew Settle, Billy Crudup, Naturi Naughton, Ian Somerhalder, Kieran Culkin, Shirley MacLaine, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Amanda Bynes and Kaley Cuoco. The film serves as the fourth instalment in the I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise though ignores sthe storyline of the third direct to video film entirely instead following on directly from I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. The film is distributed by Screen Gems and was made on a vastly bigger budget then it's three predecessors. Actresses Jennifer Love Hewitt, Singer/Actress Brandy Norwood and actor Freddie Prinze Jr. all return reprising their respective roles from the previous I Know What You Did Last Summer films. The film was shot centrally in Madras, Oregon and on certain sound stage sets created by Screen Gems in colloboration with the Weinstein Company and Village Roadshow. The film was originally set to be written by Kevin Williamson the infamous creator of the Scream franchise (the writer of the first, second and fourth instalments of that series) who had helmed the screenplay of the first I Know What You Did Last Summer and had been the creator of the hit teenage WB series Dawson's Creek. However as of April 16th, 2010 writer Stephen Susco who had helmed the screenplay of Takashi Shimizu's Ju-On Remake The Grudge and it's sequel stepped in to write for the film. Director Cunnigham was attached to the project immediatley on recommendation of Williamson who joined the crew as an executive producer and Screen Gems. The film was released after a large theatrical marketing campaign on July 4th, 2011 and grossed well above it's budget and garnered a mixed to positive reception from critics. The film was awarded with a Saturn Award Nomination for Best Horror/Thriller film 2011 (losing out to the David Fincher American remake of the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) as well as Saturn Award Nominations for Best Performances of the genre from actors Cortese and Crudup respectively. The film was released on DVD and Blu-Ray Disc Format on November 11th, 2011 and Digital Copy and Ultra-Violet format on January 16th, 2012. The film is rated R for Sequences of grisly horror violence and gore, some sexual content and language.
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