Canadian star Sophie Nélisse (Yellowjackets, Heated Rivalry) will lead Netflix’s series adaption of Carley Fortune’s romance novel This Summer Will be Different, about a young woman’s idyllic summers spent on Prince Edward Island.
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Lucy (Sophie Nélisse) is vacationing one summer on Prince Edward Island, and meets Felix in an electric, chemistry-filled night. Only one problem: Felix is her best friend Bridget’s younger brother. On her annual return trips to P.E.I., Lucy vows to avoid Felix and his bed — easier said than done. When Bridget rushes home to P.E.I. in crisis a week before her wedding, Lucy can only follow and remind herself to protect her heart, but wonders if she really wants to do that after all.
This Summer Will be Different will spend a month filming on t the sandy beaches and red cliffs of Prince Edward Island and two-and-a-half months filming in Toronto.
I fell in love with Prince Edward Island first in the pages of L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables and again when I visited with my best friend in my early 20s. That vacation, the beauty of the island, the warmth of its people, and the friendships that sustain us are the foundation of This Summer Will Be Different. I’m thrilled to bring this sweeping love story to the screen with Netflix and to transport audiences to the glittering shores and windswept beaches of PEI. — Carley Fortune to Tudum.
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This Summer Will Be Different:
Episodes: 10
Prince Edward Island filming dates: July 29 2026 – August 26 2026.
Toronto filming dates: August 31 2026 – October 16 2026.
Showrunners: Dane Clark, Linsey Stewart.
Cast: Sophie Nélisse
Producers: Carley Fortune, Sphere, Netflix.