Netflix Starts Production on Carley Fortune’s This Summer Will Be — SkimNews
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- Netflix has started production on the TV adaptation of Carley Fortune’s This Summer Will Be Different, filming on Prince Edward Island and now moving to Toronto.
- Sophie Nélisse stars as Lucy Ashby, leading the cast alongside Roby Attal as Felix 'Wolf' Clark and Francesca Reale as Bridget Clark, reuniting a close-knit friend group entangled with romantic tension.
- Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart serve as creators, showrunners, and executive producers, with Carley Fortune, Jennifer Kawaja, Elise Cousineau, and Sam Levine also executive producing for Sphere Media.
- Karen Maine, Jasmin Mozaffari, and Fab Filippo are directing episodes, bringing their experience from series like Nobody Wants This, Ginny & Georgia, and Sort Of to the project.
- Malin Akerman, Megan Follows, and Natalie Brown join in recurring roles, expanding the ensemble cast with established actors in key supporting parts.
Why it matters: With Prime Video renewing its adaptation of Fortune’s *Every Summer After* for Season 2, Netflix’s push on *This Summer Will Be Different* accelerates the rivalry between streamers for dominance in romantic book-to-screen content—this timing positions Fortune as a defining voice in the genre’s current wave.
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