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Daily Mail
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
'Extremely bad taste!' Netflix leaves STUNNED fans gasping 'Oh my god' with horrendously 'tasteless' Tweet seemingly making light of the Southport dance class child murders
Streaming giant Netflix faced accusations of being 'tasteless' and 'myopic' after promoting a horror film about a hook-wielding killer in a town called Southport - without realising the stark connotation for UK viewers. The platform had been attempting to publicise a trailer for I Know What You Did Last Summer, which is making a comeback 28 years after its debut. Loosely based on Lois Duncan's novel of the same name, the original box office hit first came out in 1997, followed by I Still Know What You Did Last Summer a year later. But fans turned on Netflix last night after it posted a still from the trailer on X with the clumsily-worded caption: 'This isn't the first time there's been violence like this in Southport.' UK-based social media users were swift to point out that the post - while referring to Southport, North Carolina - was insensitive to the tragic stabbings of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Bebe King, six, at a Taylor Swift-themed summer camp in Southport, Merseyside, last July. Axel Rudakubana, 18, was jailed for a minimum of 52 years in January for the triple killing. He was also charged with the attempted murder of eight other children, who cannot be named for legal reasons, class instructor Leanne Lucas and businessman John Hayes. In the aftermath of the tragedy, false information about the alleged perpetrator of the Southport attack fuelled an unprecedented outbreak of violence and rioting in 27 towns, with the unrest ending in more than 1,500 people being arrested across the UK. One user wrote in disbelief of the now-deleted Tweet: 'A bit tasteless, eh?' Fans turned on Netflix last night after it posted a still from the trailer on X with the clumsily-worded caption: 'This isn't the first time there's been violence like this in Southport' Another said: 'Erm, you need to have a chat with your UK office about why this needs to be deleted.' A third wrote: 'Oh, my god. This is in extremely bad taste! I can only assume you're not in the UK and have no idea what evil things happened in Southport just a few months ago!' Other users called on Netflix to delete the post. 'I'll assume you're American and as myopic as they come, but change the caption. Not cool,' another pleaded. The revamped film, directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and slated for release on July 18, stars original cast members Jennifer Love Hewitt as Julie James and Freddie Prinze Jr as Ray Bronson. Netflix, which has since deleted the post, has been contacted for comment. UK-based X users were swift to point out that the post - while referring to Southport, North Carolina - was insensitive to the tragic stabbings in Southport, Merseyside, last July
Daily Mail
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
I Know What You Did Last Summer trailer: Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr return
I Know What You Did Last Summer shared its first trailer on Tuesday. It's a redo of the 1997 hit film that was loosely based on Lois Duncan's novel and spawned the 1998 sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt is reprising her role as Julie James. And Freddie Prinze Jr. will also be taking on the role of Ray Bronson again. They will also be joined by Madelyn Cline, Sarah Pidgeon, Tyriq Withers, Jonah Hauer-King, Chase Sui Wonders, Billy Campbell, Lola Tung, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, and Austin Nichols. It will be released in the US on July 18 and marks the fourth entry into the franchise. It is directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing and produced by Columbia Pictures. Production for the highly-anticipated film started in October 2024 and filming wrapped up last month. The synopsis reads: 'When five friends inadvertently cause a deadly car accident, they cover up their involvement and make a pact to keep it a secret rather than face the consequences. 'A year later, their past comes back to haunt them and they're forced to confront a horrifying truth: someone knows what they did last is hell-bent on revenge. 'As one by one the friends are stalked by a killer, they discover this has happened before, and they turn to two survivors of the legendary Southport Massacre of 1997 for help.' I Still Know What You Did Last Summer was released in 1998, followed by I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer in 2006. Fans of the franchise are beyond excited and can't wait to see it. One wrote on X: Welive in the age of leaks and yet now that we want one nobody has anything. Need that I Know What You Did Last Summer trailer. I don't want to have to wait until the end of this month.' Another added: 'I Know What You Did Last Summer Is Going To Be Incredible And Exciting That Is The One I Am Looking Forward Too.' 'Someone please leak that I Know What You Did Last Summer trailer,' a third said. A fourth tweeted: 'I'm so excited for the new I Know What You Did Last Summer movie.'
