When “The Summer I Turned Pretty” Cast Is Expected to Return to Cousins Beach (Exclusive)
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'The Summer I Turned Pretty' was renewed for season 3 back in August 2023 and is expecting to start filming later this year
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The stars of The Summer I Turned Pretty are set to head back to Cousins Beach soon!
Following the renewal of the teen romance series in August 2023, an industry source exclusively tells PEOPLE that the show is "eyeing" to begin filming season 3 in Wilmington, North Carolina, in the spring — though "nothing firm" has been set by the studio yet. (Prime Video has not responded to PEOPLE’s request for comment.)
Prime Video previously revealed that season 3 was officially greenlit ahead of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes and that production would not begin until “after labor negotiations with those unions have been resolved." And ever since both the WGA and SAG strikes ended in 2023, the status of filming has been in limbo since.
In December 2023, fans quickly noted that the show was noticeably absent from Prime Video's 2024 teaser trailer, leading many to wonder if the show's release will be pushed to 2025.
During the Mean Girls premiere on Tuesday, actor Christopher Briney — who plays Conrad Fisher in TSITP and Aaron Samuels in Mean Girls' movie musical adaptation — remained tight-lipped about the show’s upcoming season, telling PEOPLE that he had “no clue” about the status of filming.
“We were supposed to do it last year, so it's been a long time coming,” he added.
Still, when asked if he was excited to head back to the series, the 25-year-old actor told PEOPLE: “Yeah, for sure.”
In the meantime, the show’s cast is staying busy. Shortly after Briney gave an update on filming, it was announced that Lola Tung would be joining the cast of Broadway’s Hadestown alongside Jordan Fisher.
She will have a limited run as Eurydice from Feb. 9 to March 17, which would free her up for filming for The Summer I Turned Pretty later this year.
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The third season will likely follow author Jenny Han’s third and final novel in the series, titled We'll Always Have Summer. The book takes place two years after the events of It’s Not Summer Without You as Belly (Tung) once again finds herself questioning whether her heart lies with Conrad (Briney) or his brother Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno). Only in the third book, she finally makes a decision.
Though season 2 strayed from the books in various ways, when PEOPLE spoke with the cast in June 2023, they all reiterated that a third season would likely follow the third book as much as possible.
"I know Jenny is really just strong on staying as true to the books as possible and hitting the main points," Casalegno, 24, told PEOPLE.
Added Tung, 21: "There's so many different ways you could go about it. There's a blueprint of a book, which we've been lucky to have for two seasons now, just such a solid blueprint for us, and to have Jenny on set with us has been incredible."
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Following the season 2 finale last August, Han kept things close to the vest about how everything would play out for Belly and the Fisher brothers — including how it could differ from the book's ending. However, she told PEOPLE that she originally “went into the show with an open mind” about how she could “explore new stories” while still honoring fans of the books.
Though it's unclear if the upcoming third season will be the show's last, Amazon execs teased in September that there could be a spinoff series in the works. Vernon Sanders, head of television, Amazon and MGM Studios teased to Deadline that Amazon was "already hard at work developing complementary pieces.”
When pressed for more information, Sanders replied, "I will say stay tuned, but Jenny’s got some exciting surprises. So we’re thrilled about a season 3, and she’s got a vision for more."
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The first two seasons of The Summer I Turned Pretty can be streamed on Prime Video.
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