While many remember the 90s movie I Know What You Did Last Summer, with its young and popular cast including Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Prinze Jr., they would be hard pressed to remember it was based on a much older source, the novel of the same name by Lois Duncan. For that reason, while many will cry "not another remake" over the new I Know What You Did Last Summer TV series based on the story, perhaps it should really be seen as another interpretation of the original novel.

While the 1997 movie was popular, it is obviously now a little dated for some younger cinemagoers to bother with, but as we have seen with the Halloween franchise, slashers just keep coming back, and bringing the hook-killer of I Know What You Did Last Summer into the 21st century means giving a whole new generation a chance to experience the story, which can be given a chance to breathe more in a series format than a 100 minute movie.

"I think it's really interesting, because I was a little too young to watch the original movie in theaters, but I know people that did and how important that was for them at that time," star Brianne Tju told ComicBook.com. "It was like it was a real moment in time, and so I think what we're doing with our show is creating something fresh and new ... but still paying homage to the original movie and book, to those source materials, and at the same time, giving something to our generation. Giving them a chance to experience that moment that the older generation got to have by watching it in theaters."

On the series' updated language, Tju added, "I think we got really lucky in that Sara Goodman, our showrunner, has a great ear and she really immersed herself into talking Instagram. And really, even, I was so impressed, picked up on things that are current and in ways that maybe I wouldn't have been able to. Our writers' room is also very diverse and young and in tune with our generation right now, so I had to Urban Dictionary a lot of things."

Having a whole season to tell the story, the cast really had the chance to bring out more character development, which you would expect would enrich the experience overall. However, when it comes to having a personal input on the characters, Ezekial Goodman suggested that everything about the characters came from the script. "I guess I don't really think about it like that, to be perfectly honest," Goodman said. "I think that the minute that I read the script, I'm in a process of discovering who the character is and that process begins by reading the script and continues on through the entirety of production."

Ashley Moore added, "Yeah, same. And then also, I did focus on not portraying her just as like this drug dealer. That was one thing I didn't want to just be known for, is 'the drug dealer' that Riley has so many layers to her, she's more than that."

When it comes to the episodic nature of the Amazon Prime series, both Goodman and Moore suggested that the best is definitely held back until later in the series. "I would say Episode 5 or 6 ... I can't wait for those two, but they're all so good," Moore said. "And they're all going to have you on the edge of your seat, just like 'what's next?'" Goodman added, "It's like every episode offers something so different, so it's hard to pick a favorite. I have so many favorite moments from across the different episodes, even for me as an actor that I got to do. But I would say 6 through 8, things really pick up steam."

I Know What You Did Last Summer is currently streaming on Amazon Prime. This news comes to us from ComicBook.com.