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7-episode, multigenerational drama based on the best-selling novel will premiere June 17
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“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 Jenny Han, who also wrote 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” stars Lola Tung, Jackie Chung, Rachel Blanchard, Christopher Briney, Gavin Casalegno, Sean Kaufman, Alfredo Narciso, Minnie Mills, with Colin Ferguson and Tom Everett Scott.
Han is the No. 1 New York Times best-selling author of the “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” and “The Summer I Turned Pretty” novel series. Her books have been published in more than 30 languages. For television, she has co-created two new series based on these books – the forthcoming Prime Video series “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” which she executive produces and co-showruns; 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. For film, she executive-produced all three films in Netflix's global hit “To All The Boys” trilogy.
A former librarian, Jenny earned her MFA in creative writing at the New School. She lives in Brooklyn.
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