‘This Summer Will Be Different’ Romance Series Set at Netflix (Exclusive)

Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment After Bridgerton and Can This Love Be Translated? , Netflix is betting the Carley Fortune novel This Summer Will Be Different may be its next popular romance TV series adaptation to be stretched for lingering looks and steamy passion between lovers over many seasons. Netlflix in Canada has given a 10-episode series order to Sphere Media, which earlier worked with the streaming giant on the popular limited series thriller, Wayward . The Canadian mystery thriller from Mae Martin made it to Netflix’s global top 10 table and reached number one in 35 countries. Related Stories Movies Hwang Dong-hyuk on Life After 'Squid Game' and Why His Next Project Is Even More Brutal Movies Netflix Execs: No, We Don't Tell Filmmakers to Repeat the Plot The novel adaptation is billed as 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,” according to a logline from the producers. The novel itself has Lucy each summer vacationing at a beach house on Prince Edward Island, on Canada’s east coast, only to fall for Felix each visit. There’s no word on casting, but This Summer Will Be Different will be shot on Prince Edward Island – which provided the tranquil backdrop for the classic Anne of Green Gables novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery adapted by Disney — and in Toronto. “I fell in love with Prince Edward Island first in the pages of L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables and again when I visited with my best friend in my early twenties. That vacation, the beauty of the island, the warmth of its people, and the friendships that sustain us—are the foundation of This Summer Will Be Dif...