Jenny Han’s ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Sets Summer Release Date (TV News Roundup)
29.04.2022 - 02:13
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Jenny Han’s other best-selling YA trilogy is heading to Amazon Prime Video this June.“The Summer I Turned Pretty,” a new teen drama series based on Han’s novel of the same name, will premiere on Prime Video June 17, it announced Thursday. The news comes days following the news that Han has inked an exclusive development deal with the streamer.The series stars Lola Tung as Isabel “Belly” Conklin, an ordinary teenage girl who spends the summer in Cousin’s Beach with her mother Laurel (Jackie Chung) and older brother Steven (Sean Kaufman).
During her vacation, she reunites with her childhood friend Conrad (Christopher Briney), only to become tangled up in a love triangle between him and his brother Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno). In addition to following the lives of the teenagers, the show also heavily focuses on her relationship with her mother Laurel, who navigates her friendship with Conrad and Jeremiah’s mother Susannah (Rachel Blanchard).
Alfredo Narciso, Minnie Mills, Colin Ferguson and Tom Everett Scott round out the main cast of the show. Han will serve as showrunner of the series with Gabrielle Stanton.
The two executive produce with Karen Rosenfelt, Hope Hartman, Mads Hansen and Nne Ebong for Wiip Productions. The series is a co-production of Amazon Studios and Wiip.Also in today’s TV news:Former Destiny’s Child member LeToya Luckett is getting her own digital series, titled “Leave it to LeToya,” debuting on May 24.
Produced by Kin, the show will debut across the company’s channels on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, giving an inside look to the life of the Grammy winner. On “Leave it to LeToya,” Luckett will invite viewers to join her on her journey to find happiness after her divorce, as well as facing the daily
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