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The Summer I Turned Pretty: Jenny Han Series Adapt Arrives This June
Prime Video's The Summer I Turned Pretty, a series originating from the best-selling novel of the same name by Jenny Han has a premiere date and new key art. It'll be a summer to remember with this newest adaptation of one of her novels.
"The Summer I Turned Pretty" is a multigenerational drama that hinges on a love triangle between one girl and two brothers, the ever-evolving relationship between mothers and their children, and the enduring power of strong female friendship. It is a coming-of-age story about first love, first heartbreak, and the magic of that one perfect summer.
The Prime Video series is led by showrunners Han (who also penned the pilot) and Gabrielle Stanton. Han, Stanton, and Karen Rosenfelt serve as executive producers, along with Hope Hartman, Mads Hansen, and Nne Ebong for wiip. The series is a co-production of Amazon Studios and wiip. The Summer I Turned Pretty is set to premiere on June 17th, 2022.
The Summer I Turned Pretty stars Lola Tung, Jackie Chung, Rachel Blanchard, Christopher Briney, Gavin Casalegno, Sean Kaufman, Alfredo Narciso, and Minnie Mills, with Colin Ferguson and Tom Everett Scott. Han is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the To All the Boys I've Loved Before and The Summer I Turned Pretty series. Her books have been published in more than 30 languages. For television, she has created two new series based on these books—Prime Video's forthcoming The Summer I Turned Pretty, which she executive produces and serves as co-showrunner on, and the recently announced Netflix series XO, Kitty, a spinoff of the To All The Boys universe, which she will also executive produce and co-showrun. On the film side, she executive produced all three films in Netflix's global hit To All The Boys trilogy. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.