The author tells TheWrap the movie has not yet been filmed but it has been her „vision“ as the finale for the trilogy for some time
Note: This story contains spoilers from “The Summer I Turned Pretty” Season 3, Episode 11.
“The Summer I Turned Pretty” concluded its three-season run with a dramatic series finale, but author and showrunner Jenny Han had another trick up her sleeve that was revealed just hours after the finale dropped: a movie to conclude the Prime Video series.
“It was my vision for quite some time, but now all the pieces have kind of come together,” Han told TheWrap of the movie, which she is set to write alongside Sarah Kucserka as well as direct. “The series was all building towards Belly and Conrad’s reunion, and I just didn’t want to take away from that.”
Han told TheWrap that she has a draft of the script for the movie, but a specific release timeline has not yet been set — they still have to shoot it, of course.
The series finale also finally concluded the love triangle between Lola Tung’s Belly, Christopher Briney’s Conrad and Gavin Casalegno’s Jeremiah with a Parisian reunion for Belly and Conrad, which saw the couple work through their strains and queued up for a romantic declaration of love on a train.
Below, Han breaks down the series ending, teases what viewers can expect from the movie and keeps us guessing on the possibility of a spinoff series.
The secret is now finally out about the movie! How did the movie come together and why did it feel like the right move to separate the series’ conclusion from what we can only anticipate will be Belly and Conrad’s wedding?
The series was all building towards Belly and Conrad’s reunion, and I just didn’t want to take away from that and then short shrift the audience with five minutes of seeing what comes next. I think a movie felt really fitting and lovely, and I was hoping that that’s what we would be able to do. It was my vision for quite some time, but now all the pieces have kind of come together, so I’m really excited and relieved that I can finally say that it’s happening.
With the movie coming out, how did you want to leave off the show in those final moments?
I wanted to see Belly go back home and to her favorite place in the world. I think now that she’s seen a bit more of the world and appreciated it, in some ways, Cousins is all the more dear to her. I thought it would be a lovely and fitting end to the show.
