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Netflix's “This Summer” gets $5M PEI boost, stars Sophie Nélisse

7/17/2026

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Sophie Nélisse Stars

Sophie Nélisse will star as Lucy “Bee” Ashby in Netflix adaptation of Carley Fortune’s 2024 novel *This Summer Will Be Different*.
Prince Edward Island is providing a $5 million rebate, the province’s largest TV-production investment.
Production will take place in Prince Edward Island and Toronto later this summer.
Linsey Stewart and Dane Clark will serve as showrunners for the series.
Carley Fortune will act as executive producer.

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Netflix Promotes Series

Netflix is promoting “This Summer Will Be Different” as a series in its Canadian-origin slate.
The series adds three executive producers—producer Jennifer Kawaja, producer Elise Cousineau and Sphere Media producer Samantha Levine.
Actress Sophie Nélisse is represented by Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Creative Artists Agency.
Author Carley Fortune’s novel “Every Summer After,” which opens with Lucy shucking Malpeque oysters, will get a second-season adaptation on Prime Video.

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Sophie Nélisse Wins

Sophie Nélisse earned a Canadian Screen Award in May for playing Rose in the hockey romance series Heated Rivalry.
She reprises Shauna in Showtime’s Yellowjackets, whose fourth and final season arrives later this year.
Carley Fortune said Danielle Woodrow and Tara Woodbury of Netflix Canada share her vision.
Netflix Canada’s domestic slate, launched in 2025, adds Heated Rivalry to other Canadian titles such as an untitled Newfoundland project.

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Netflix Adapts

Netflix is producing a ten-episode adaptation of the novel *This Summer Will Be Different*, which has sold more than four million copies and been translated into thirty languages.
The series will follow the book’s portrayal of Lucy because producers lack a formal character description.
Co-showrunners Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart aim to capture the novel’s simmering tone while expanding its visual scope.

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Sophie Nélisse Stars

Sophie Nélisse will star as Lucy “Bee” Ashby in Netflix adaptation of Carley Fortune’s 2024 novel *This Summer Will Be Different*.
Prince Edward Island is providing a $5 million rebate, the province’s largest TV-production investment.
Production will take place in Prince Edward Island and Toronto later this summer.
Linsey Stewart and Dane Clark will serve as showrunners for the series.
Carley Fortune will act as executive producer.

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