The young-adult series The Summer I Turned Pretty season three will be back on Amazon, as a third series will be created by the media behemoth, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
Season three of Summer was greenlit ahead of both the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Production on the new season will not begin until after both the writers and performers strikes have been resolved.
Background
The coming-of-age drama centres around the changing relationships for Isabel ‘Belly’ Conklin (Lola Tung) with her childhood friends, brothers Jeremiah and Conrad Fisher (Dalíland‘s Christopher Briney and The Vampire Diaries’ Gavin Casalegno), as they become teenagers and deal with the changes in their lives and relationships.
How many episodes?
The show will be back for ten episodes overall.
Cast
Tung and the rest of the main cast expected to return.
Comment
“We’ve been delighted to see the passion with which fans have embraced The Summer I Turned Pretty, making Summer Fridays an entertainment phenomenon,” says Vernon Sanders, head of television at Amazon and MGM Studios.
“This charming, deeply heartfelt series has shown the breadth of our customer base, appealing to a young, diverse set of viewers. Jenny Han is a gifted storyteller, whose fans have been clamoring for the third chapter of this story. We’re excited today to share the news that they have a lot more Summer to look forward to. Thank you to Jenny, Sarah Kucserka, and Karen Rosenfelt and our friends at Wiip for their remarkable work and partnership.”
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