By QUINCI LEGARDYE - published
Photo: ERIKA DOSS/PRIME VIDEO
The Summer I Turned Pretty will return for a third year at Cousins Beach.
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Based on creator and author Jenny Han’s book series, the teen romance premiered in summer 2022 on Prime Video, with a faithful and quickly beloved adaptation of Belly’s (Lola Tung) complex love triangle with brothers Conrad (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno). In the currently-airing second season, everything has changed in the wake of a personal tragedy, as Belly, Conrad, and Jeremiah reunite for what seems like their last summer in Cousins. Of course, book fans know that the Conklin and Fisher families have a third eventful summer together, and the show's now set to follow the same course.
Read on for what we know about the show's forthcoming third season so far.
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Has The Summer I Turned Pretty been renewed for a third season?
On August 3, Prime Video confirmed that the series will return for a third instalment with a video montage of moments from season 2, which has become one of the streamer's most-watched shows. Per the announcement, season 3 was greenlit ahead of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes and production will not begin until after negotiations are resolve.
Han wrote on Instagram, "We’ll Always Have Summer 🤍 So excited to finally share that we’re coming back to Cousins for Season 3, and this time we’ll have 10 whole episodes. It’s been hard not being able to work on the show because of the ongoing strikes, but we can’t wait to get going on Season 3 as soon as we’re able."
What would season three of The Summer I Turned Pretty be about?
The teen dramedy has followed the arc of the trilogy of books so far, with season 1 following the first book The Summer I Turned Pretty, and season two adapting the sequel, It's Not Summer Without You. Book three, We'll Always Have Summer, takes place two years later, and brings the series to a close as Belly makes a final choice between Conrad and Jeremiah. However, the Prime Video series has been known to make changes to the source material (including the addition of new season 2 character Skye), so the creative team could have some new twists in store for season 3.
When would season three come out?
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Though the series has customary summer release dates, it's difficult to say whether fans will see new episodes by summer 2024. The WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes are still ongoing, and how long they'll continue is anyone's guess.
This article originally appeared in Harper’s BAZAAR US.