Netflix Adds Akerman, Follows to 'This Summer Will Be Different' — SkimNews
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- Netflix cast Malin Akerman as "Aunt Stacy," Megan Follows as "Cheryl," Nadine Bhabha as "Farah," and Matias Lucas as "Carter" in the series "This Summer Will Be Different."
- "This Summer Will Be Different" adapts Carley Fortune's third novel (published May 7, 2024), following Lucy "Bee" Ashby (Sophie Nélisse) across multiple summers as she falls for her best friend's brother Felix (Roby Attal).
- Megan Follows, best known for starring as Anne Shirley in "Anne of Green Gables" — which the source notes directly inspired Fortune's book — joins the cast, creating a deliberate casting echo of her most iconic role.
- Malin Akerman most recently starred as Margo Banks in Netflix's "The Hunting Wives," whose second season premieres November 26.
- Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart created the series and serve as showrunners, with Fortune and Jennifer Kawaja among the executive producers for Sphere Media.
- Filming has wrapped on Prince Edward Island and moved to Toronto, slotting the show into a Netflix Canadian slate that already includes "North of North," "Wayward," "BELOW," and "The Granville Girls."
Why it matters: The Follows casting creates a meta-circularity for Canadian drama fans — the actress who defined Anne Shirley joins an adaptation of a novel the source explicitly says was inspired by her signature role. The show extends Netflix's growing Canadian production slate, joining at least five other region-set series already in the streamer's pipeline.
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