This Summer Will Be Different is an upcoming Canadian romantic drama television series created by Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart for Netflix. It is based on the 2024 novel of the same name by Carley Fortune.
Premise The series follows Lucy Ashby, a young woman navigating her 20s and her first real love with her best friend’s brother.
Cast Main Sophie Nélisse as Lucy Ashby Francesca Reale as Bridget Clark Roby Attal as Felix "Wolf" Clark
Recurring Jordan Rodrigues as Miles Lam Jude Wilson as Zach Natalie Brown as Christine James Tupper as Ken Tom Barnett as Peter Celia Owen as Joy Malin Akerman as Aunt Stacy Megan Follows as Cheryl Nadine Bhabha as Farah Matias Lucas as Carter
Production Development In March 2026, it was announced that Netflix had ordered a 10-episode series adaptation of Carley Fortune's This Summer Will Be Different with Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart as co-creators and co-showrunners. Clark and Stewart would also executive produce the series alongside Fortune, Jennifer Kawaja, Elise Cousineau, and Samantha Levine for Sphere Media. In August 2026, it was announced that Karen Maine had joined the series as an executive producer and would direct the pilot episode. Other directors of the series include Jasmin Mozaffari and Fab Filippo.
Casting In July 2026, Sophie Nélisse, Francesca Reale, and Roby Attal were cast as the leads. The following month, Jordan Rodrigues, Jude Wilson, Natalie Brown, James Tupper, Tom Barnett, and Celia Owen joined the cast in supporting roles. In September 2026, Malin Akerman, Megan Follows, Nadine Bhabha, and Matias Lucas rounded out the cast.
Filming Principal photography began on July 29, 2026, and is expected to end on October 16, 2026. Filming took place on Prince Edward Island, with locations including Basin Head, Belfast, Charlottetown, Kensington, North Rustico, and Victoria. Filming also took place in Toronto.
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