Overview
- Multiple outlets reported on Thursday, July 16, that Sophie Nélisse has been cast as Lucy in Netflix’s 10-episode adaptation of This Summer Will Be Different.
- Netflix and Sphere Media have set production to shoot on Prince Edward Island and in Toronto this summer to capture the book’s coastal setting.
- Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart are attached as co‑showrunners and executive producers with Carley Fortune, Jennifer Kawaja, and Elise Cousineau listed as additional executive producers for Sphere Media.
- Key supporting casting, including the role of Felix, has not yet been announced and Netflix has not set a release date for the series.
- The project builds on Fortune’s commercial success — her novel was a 2024 New York Times bestseller with multi‑million sales — and signals Netflix’s continued investment in Canadian-made series.