French Canadian actress Sophie Nélisse (Heated Rivalry, Yellowjackets) "has booked the first major role" in the upcoming book-to-TV adaptation of This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune for Netflix, Deadline reported. Production will begin in Prince Edward Island and Toronto later this summer.
From creators and showrunner Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart, the series, "is 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," Deadline noted.
The series is executive produced by Dane Clark, Linsey Stewart, Fortune, and Jennifer Kawaja (Sort Of, Wayward) and Elise Cousineau (Cardinal, Small Achievable Goals), and Samantha Levine for Sphere Media.