We’re loving the resurgence of book to movie or television adaptations. It feels like what we’re being given is a gift. A gift of words dancing off the page and coming to life. We’re getting a gift today, especially. Netflix announced the 10 episode series, This Sumer Will Be Different. It’s an adaptation of the book from Carley Fortune.
No one does summers like Fortune does.
This Summer Will Be Different, based on the beloved novel by Carley Fortune, is a simmering, sun-soaked romance set across multiple summers on Prince Edward Island about Lucy, a young woman navigating her 20s and her first real love with her best friend’s brother, the one person she was never supposed to fall for.
“When Carley first entrusted us with her captivating book, we knew we had to find the right team to deliver to her passionate fanbase. Developing this project with Dane, Linsey and Sphere has been a dream and we couldn’t have found better partners to bring this love letter to both Toronto and Prince Edward Island to the screen,” Danielle Woodrow and Tara Woodbury, Directors of Content at Netflix in Canada said in a statement.
The book was optioned by Sphere Media and is created by Dane Clark (Suze, One More Time) and Linsey Stewart (Workin’ Moms, North of North). Clark and Stewart will also be the show runners on the series. Netflix and Sphere previously partnered on the limited series thriller, Wayward, which spent five weeks on the global top 10 and reached number one in 35 countries.
In a statement Fortune said, “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 twenties. 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.”
Executive producers will include Dane Clark, Linsey Stewart, Carley Fortune (Every Summer After, Our Perfect Storm), and Jennifer Kawaja (Sort Of, Wayward) and Elise Cousineau (Cardinal, Small Achievable Goals) for Sphere Media.
Since Netflix launched its Canadian slate in 2025, domestic viewing of Canadian content on the service has grown by nearly 20%. Globally, nearly 65% of Netflix members watched Canadian content in 2025. This Summer Will Be Different joins Netflix’s growing Canadian slate including North of North (S2 now in production), Wayward, Who Killed the Montreal Expos?, Unt. Newfoundland Project and The Granville Girls.
Does this sound like a show you will watch?
