Everything We Know About Netflix's 'This Summer Will Be Different' TV Adaptation So Far

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Another Carley Fortune book adaptation will soon be making a splash onto the small screen.

Netflix 's television adaptation of Fortune's This Summer Will Be Different has found its main cast after receiving the greenlight in March of this year . The project continues in the current of success of Prime Video's Every Year After , based on Fortune's debut novel Every Summer After , which recently received a Season 2 renewal at Prime Video's inaugural Obsessed Fest.

For everything we know about the This Summer Will Be Different show heading to Netflix, read on.

In-Depth Developments & Factual Context

When will Netflix's This Summer Will Be Different come out?

There is no release date yet. The show has wrapped filming on Prince Edward Island and is now filming in Toronto.

Has This Summer Will be Different started production yet?

Industry Impact & Strategic Analysis

Yes, Netflix and author Carley Fortune revealed that the series has started production on Prince Edward Island, home of Anne of Green Gables .

Who is in the cast of Netflix's This Summer Will Be Different ?

Deadline broke the news of the main trio's casting, led by Sophie Nélisse ( Heated Rivalry , The Book Thief , Yellowjackets ) as Lucy Ashby. Next came the announcement of Roby Attal ( The Sex Lives of College Girls, The Haunting of Bly Manor )and Francesca Reale's ( Stranger Things , Do Revenge ) casting as Clark siblings, Felix "Wolf" and Bridget .

Forward Outlook & Market Perspective

When Netflix unveiled the start of production, they also revealed that six actors had been added to round out the cast in recurring roles: Jordan Rodrigues as Miles Lam, Jude Wilson as Zach, Natalie Brown as Christine, James Tupper as Ken, Tom Barnett as Peter and Celia Owen as Joy.

Rounding out the cast are Malin Akerman as Aunt Stacy, Megan Follows as Cheryl, Nadine Bhabha as Farah and Matias Lucas as Carter.

First published in 2024, Fortune's third novel follows Lucy Ashby (Nélisse) as she drops everything at her florist job to come to the aid of her best friend Bridget (Reale), who gets cold feet about her upcoming wedding.

The problem is, Lucy has a history with Bridget's brother Felix (Attal) after a one night stand the night they met on PEI years ago. Bridget has three rules for Lucy's trips to PEI, and the third is that Lucy not fall in love with Felix. Lucy and Bridget have been best friends since they began living together after college.

Netflix's logline calls the adaptation "a simmering, sun-soaked romance set across multiple summers on Prince Edward Island about Lucy, a young woman navigating her 20s and her first real love with her best friend's brother, the one person she was never supposed to fall for."

Who else is behind Netflix's This Summer Will Be Different ?

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