Netflix has greenlit a new 10-episode romance, This summer will be different, Based on the best-selling novel by Canadian author Carly Fortune.
2026 is set to be a big year for best-selling Canadian author Carly Fortune. his novel after every year is being adapted into a TV series on Prime Video titled After every summer. And now Netflix has greenlit another of their best-selling titles for television. Topic this summer will be differentThe novel is being adapted for television by husband-wife duo Dane Clark (Suze, one more time) and Lynsey Stewart (Working Mothers, North of North). Carly Fortune Clark, Stewart, Jennifer Kavaja (orderly, free) and Alice Cousineau (Cardinal, small achievable goals) for Sphere Media.
this summer will be different There is a simmering romance that takes place over several summers. We follow Lucy, a young woman in her 20s who finds herself attracted to her best friend’s brother. The 10-episode series will be filmed on Prince Edward Island – the primary location where the novel is set – and also in Toronto.
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This Summer Will Be Different, based on the beloved novel by Carly Fortune, is a thrilling, sun-filled romance set over several summers on Prince Edward Island about Lucy, a young woman in her 20s who finds her first true love with her best friend’s brother, a man she was never supposed to fall in love with.
“I fell in love with Prince Edward Island first in the pages of L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables and then again when I visited with my best friend in my early twenties,” Carly Fortune said in a statement. “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 Different. I’m thrilled to bring this sweeping love story to the screen with Netflix and transport audiences to PEI’s dazzling shores and windswept beaches.”
“When Carly first handed us her adorable book, we knew we had to find the right team to deliver it to her passionate fan base,” said Danielle Woodrow and Tara Woodbury, directors of content in Canada. “Developing this project with Dan, Lynsey and Sphere has been a dream and we couldn’t have found better partners to bring this love letter to both Toronto and Prince Edward Island to the screen.”
There has been no casting for this summer will be different.
The project marks the second collaboration between Netflix and Sphere Media. Their last collaboration was a huge success waywardA mind-bending psychological series that spent five weeks in the streamer’s global top 10.
Carly Fortune’s meet me at the lake May also make its way to Netflix
this summer will be different This is not the only novel by Carly Fortune to be adapted. Of course, there is also after every summerComing to Prime Video. But also, his novel meet me at the lake Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has chosen it with her production company Archewell. Meghan and Harry’s company acquired the rights to the novel in 2023.
News related to the conversion of meet me at the lake Was initially reported by deadline in 2023, but the adaptation has gone quiet since then. The most recent update came from Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria, who said projects with Archewell are still being worked on — but “deals keep coming and going.”
He said during this time, “We still have a relationship with them.” next on netflix Press event. “We have movies in development with them. We have an amazing pipeline with them. They have things in development in the TV and film space. Deals come and go all the time, and we don’t renew as many deals, they don’t get as much pressure for obvious reasons.”
Presently, Carly Fortune’s novel meet me at the lake Is No Has been given the green light by Netflix.
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