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EXCLUSIVE: Francesca Reale (Stranger Things, Do Revenge) and Roby Attal (The Haunting of Bly Manor, Sex Lives of College Girls) person joined nan formed of Netflix‘s This Summer Will Be Different, a TV adjustment of nan Carley Fortune caller of nan aforesaid name. They join Sophie Nélisse, rounding retired nan main trio astatine nan halfway of nan story.
From creators and showrunner Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart, This Summer Will Be Different, nan series, is simply a simmering, sun-soaked romance group crossed aggregate summers connected Prince Edward Island astir Lucy (Nélisse), a young female navigating her 20s and her first existent emotion pinch her champion friend’s brother, nan 1 personification she was ne'er expected to autumn for.
Reale will play Bridget, Lucy’s champion friend. No charismatic explanation of nan characteristic was released, but successful nan book, Bridget and Lucy’s emotion communicative originates erstwhile they activity together post-grad and past move successful together. It’s Bridget, nan ever-organized, mini but mighty PR coordinator, who first introduces Lucy to Prince Edward Island erstwhile they sojourn 1 summer. Bridget’s wedding situation is yet what brings Lucy backmost to PEI against her will because it intends she will person to look Felix and nan enticement to beryllium pinch him each complete again aft a mediocre way grounds of erstwhile summers trying to debar him. But Lucy’s friend needs her.
Attal will play Felix “Wolf” Clark. In nan novel, he’s rather nan flirt, and Lucy feels nan spark of chemistry pinch him instantly aft they onslaught up a speech astatine nan barroom wherever he shucks oysters. Things get complicated, though, erstwhile Lucy realizes Felix, nicknamed “Wolf,” is nan relative Bridget warned her not to autumn successful emotion with.
It is uncertain really intimately nan TV adjustment will travel nan novel, but nan book opens connected Lucy’s flashback to first gathering Felix, who catches her oculus while shucking Malpeque oysters astatine a edifice she visits. Bridget was expected to beryllium pinch Lucy for this sojourn to PEI, but nan erstwhile missed her flight. Therefore, Lucy didn’t make nan DNA relationship until later. After a one-night guidelines pinch Felix, he and Lucy put together that Bridget is some Lucy’s champion friend and Felix’s sister. One of Bridget’s 3 rules for Lucy during her first travel to nan land was that she not autumn successful emotion pinch her brother, whose nickname is Wolf.
For Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different became a NY Times bestselling caller aft its 2024 release. It has sold much than 4 cardinal copies and has been translated into 30 languages. Up adjacent for nan writer is nan upcoming 2nd play of nan TV adjustment of her debut novel, Every Summer After, Prime Video’s Every Year After. Season 2 will beryllium based connected nan title’s sequel, One Golden Summer.
This Summer Will Be Different joins Netflix’s increasing Canadian slate including North of North, Wayward, Who Killed nan Montreal Expos?, BELOW and The Granville Girls.
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The bid is executive produced by Dane Clark, Linsey Stewart, Fortune, Jennifer Kawaja (Sort Of, Wayward), Elise Cousineau (Cardinal, Small Achievable Goals), and Samantha Levine for Sphere Media.
Reale was astir precocious seen successful Musica, alongside Camila Mendes, arsenic good arsenic Laid starring Stephanie Hsu. Reale is besides good known for appearing successful nan 3rd play of Netflix’s Stranger Things. Reale is repped by Gersh and Atlas Artists.
Attal tin astir precocious beryllium seen successful recurring roles successful nan bid Dexter: Original Sin opposite Patrick Gibson and Christian Slater, arsenic good arsenic Mindy Kaling’s Sex Lives of College Girls. Attal is repped by Gersh, 3 Arts, and Collier Talent.
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