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Sean Kaufman
''The Summer I Turned Pretty'' is an American Coming-of-age film, coming-of-age Romantic Drama, romantic drama television series created by author Jenny Han for Amazon Prime Video, and it is based on her The Summer I Turned Pretty (trilogy), novel trilogy of the same name. Lola Tung stars as Belly, a teenager involved in a love triangle with brothers Conrad and Jeremiah, played by Christopher Briney and Gavin Casalegno respectively. Production on the series began in 2021. It premiered on June 17, 2022, with the first season consisting of seven episodes. Ahead of the series premiere, it was renewed for a second season which premiered on July 14, 2023, and consists of eight episodes. In August 2023, the series was renewed for a third season. The 11-episode third and final season is scheduled to premiere on July 16, 2025. Synopsis The Summer I Turned Pretty is about Isabel "Belly" Conklin, who is nearly sixteen. She and her family visit Susannah Fisher (Belly's mother's best friend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coming-of-age Film
In genre studies, a coming-of-age story is a genre of literature, theatre, film, and video game that focuses on the growth of a protagonist from childhood to adulthood, or "coming of age". Coming-of-age stories tend to emphasize dialogue or internal monologue over action and are often set in the past. The subjects of coming-of-age stories are typically teenagers. The ''Bildungsroman'' is a specific subgenre of coming-of-age story. The plot points of coming-of-age stories are usually emotional changes within the character(s) in question. Literature ''Bildungsroman'' In literary criticism, coming-of-age novels and ''Bildungsroman'' are sometimes interchangeable, but the former is usually a wider genre. The ''Bildungsroman'' (from the German words ''Bildung'', "education", alternatively "forming" and ''Roman'', "novel") is further characterized by a number of formal, topical, and thematic features. It focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from childho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristen Connolly
Kristen Connolly (born July 12, 1980) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Dana Polk in the 2011 film ''The Cabin in the Woods'', Christina Gallagher on the Netflix series ''House of Cards'' and Jamie Campbell on the CBS series ''Zoo''. Career Connolly began her career with recurring roles on several CollegeHumor digital shorts. She appeared as an extra on the films ''Mona Lisa Smile'', '' Meet Dave'', and '' The Happening''. She has also appeared on two CBS daytime soap operas with recurring roles on ''Guiding Light'' and ''As the World Turns''. She first gained mainstream recognition in 2012, after starring as the main protagonist Dana in the Joss Whedon/Drew Goddard film ''The Cabin in the Woods''. She also starred in the horror film '' The Bay''. In 2013, she had a starring role as Christina Gallagher on the Netflix series ''House of Cards''. On September 1, 2014 the A&E ''Houdini'' miniseries premiered with 3.7 million viewers, Connolly plays Bess Houdini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Ishta
Emma Ishta Douglas-Powell (born 16 November 1990) is an Australian model and actress. She is best known for portraying Kirsten Clark on the Freeform drama series ''Stitchers''. Early life Emma Ishta was born in Brookfield, Queensland, Australia. She has a younger brother, Thomas Douglas-Powell, who is a professional volleyball player. Ishta was educated at St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School in Corinda, Brisbane, Queensland. She was later accepted into the music program at Queensland University of Technology but deferred her studies to pursue modeling. Career Emma Ishta began modeling around age 13. She started working with IMG Models at 15 and relocated to New York in 2009. In 2014, Ishta began to venture into acting, landing guest roles on ''Black Box'', ''Power'', and ''Manhattan Love Story''. She starred in her first film, ''I Smile Back'', in 2015. In May 2014, it was announced that Ishta had been cast in the lead role of Kirsten Clark in the American TV series ''Stitch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoé De Grand Maison
Zoé De Grand Maison (born May 3, 1995), often credited as Zoé De Grand'Maison or Zoé De Grand-Maison, is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles of Gracie Johanssen in the television series ''Orphan Black'' and Ashley in the movie ''Bad Hair Day (2015 film), Bad Hair Day''. She recently played Evelyn Evernever on The CW teen drama series ''Riverdale (2017 TV series), Riverdale''. Acting career 2012-present: ''Orphan Black'' and ''Bad Hair Day'' In 2012, Grand Maison made her first television appearance on ''Saving Hope'' on CTV Television Network and NBC, where she played Tara. That same year, she played Beth Pelway in the movie ''An Officer and a Murderer'' on Lifetime (TV network), Lifetime which premiered on July 21, 2012. In 2013 she played Emily Moreland for four episodes of the Canadian television series Played (TV series), ''Played'' In May 2014 she made a special appearance in the series Motive (TV series), ''Motive'' in which she played Sasha King. In 2014, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Donoghue
Lily Marie Donoghue (born January 19, 1998) is an American actress best known for her roles as Marty Coolidge in the Blumhouse horror film ''Black Christmas'' (2019), and Lisa Crowne in the Amazon Prime series ''Daisy Jones & the Six'' (2023). Early life Donoghue was born in Stamford, Connecticut to Michael and Dawn Ann (née Lally) Donoghue, and was raised in Sarasota, Florida. She has a twin brother, Liam. In her younger years before acting, Donoghue competed as an award-winning national rower for the Sarasota Crew and as a swimmer in the Junior Olympics. Career In 2017, Donoghue guest starred in the AMC network series '' Halt and Catch Fire''. From 2017 to 2019 she made guest appearances in ''Grey's Anatomy'', '' The Goldbergs'' and ''Jane the Virgin''. After filming ''Grey's Anatomy'', Ellen Pompeo became a mentor to Donoghue. It was reported in 2018 that Donoghue had been cast in season 2 of the Netflix streaming series ''Dirty John'' as Tracy Broderick, a character bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Iacono
David Iacono (born June 20, 2002) is an American actor. On television, he appeared in the Amazon Prime series ''The Summer I Turned Pretty'' (2022–2023) and the Netflix series ''Dead Boy Detectives'' (2024). He has starred in the films ''Cinnamon'' (2023) and ''Jurassic World Rebirth'' (2025). Early life and education Iacono is from Brooklyn, New York. He is of Italian, Mexican and Puerto Rican descent. He attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, alongside fellow ''The Summer I Turned Pretty'' star Lola Tung. In 2020, Iacono mentioned wanting to study Filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts. Career Iacono was a child model for print magazines and commercials. At six years old, he made his feature film debut in the crime horror '' Choose'', which premiered in 2011. He went on to appear in the 2014 comedy-drama film ''St. Vincent''. He made his television debut in 2015 with appearances in the NBC drama '' The Slap'' and the HBO miniseries ''Show Me a Hero''. After a number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Summer I Turned Pretty (trilogy)
''The Summer I Turned Pretty'' is a trilogy of young adult fiction, young adult romance novel, romance novels written by American author Jenny Han, and published by Simon & Schuster. The series includes ''The Summer I Turned Pretty'' (2009), ''It's Not Summer Without You'' (2010), and ''We'll Always Have Summer'' (2011). The novels follow Isabel "Belly" Conklin in the summers she spends at Cousins Beach with her mother, her best friend (Taylor) and older brother (Steven) along with her mother's lifelong best friend and her sons. The book series has been a national best seller; its final installment spent more than a month on The New York Times Best Seller list, ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. A The Summer I Turned Pretty (TV series), television series based on the novels of the trilogy premiered on Amazon Prime Video on June 17, 2022. Books in the series * ''The Summer I Turned Pretty'' (2009) * ''It's Not Summer Without You'' (2010) * ''We’ll Always Have Summer'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Drama
Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey through dating, courtship or marriage, marriage is featured. These films focus on the search for romantic love as the main plot focus. Occasionally, romance lovers face obstacles such as finances, physical illness, various forms of discrimination, psychological restraints, or family resistance. As in all quite strong, deep, and close romantic relationships, the tensions of day-to-day life, temptations (of infidelity), and differences in compatibility enter into the plots of romantic films. Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight, young and mature love, unrequited love, obsession, sentimental love, Spirituality, spiritual love, forbidden love, platonic love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video, known simply as Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming television service owned by Amazon. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced or co-produced by Amazon MGM Studios or licensed to Amazon, as Amazon Originals, with the service also hosting content from other providers, content add-ons, live sporting events, and video rental and purchasing services. Prime Video is offered both as a stand-alone service and as part of Amazon's Prime subscription. Amazon Prime Video is the third most-subscribed video on demand streaming media service in the United States, with 200 million paid memberships. Operating worldwide, the service may require a full Prime subscription to be accessed. In countries like United States, United Kingdom, and Germany, the service can be accessed without a full Prime subscription, whereas in Australia, Canada, France, India, Turkey, and Italy, it can only be access ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon MGM Studios
Amazon MGM Studios is an American film and television production and distribution company owned by Amazon, and headquartered at the Culver Studios complex in Culver City, California. Launched on November 16, 2010, it took its current name on October 4, 2023 after its merger with MGM Holdings, which Amazon had acquired the year prior. Productions from this company, as of September 2023, are primarily distributed through movie theaters under Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and Amazon's own streaming media service, Amazon Prime Video. Alongside Amazon Prime Video, the company constitutes one half of Amazon's membership in the Motion Picture Association (MPA), which it joined on October 1, 2024. History Formation and early success (2010–2021) Scripts for television and films used to be submitted online to Amazon and read by staff; however, the website states they no longer accept submissions. Amazon aimed to review submitted scripts within 90 days (although the process may be longer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alisa Lepselter
Alisa Lepselter (born 1963) is an American film editor who has edited director Woody Allen's films since 1999. Life and career Lepselter received a bachelor's degree from Duke University in 1985 with a major in art history. Lepselter began her editing career as an intern with editor Craig McKay on ''Something Wild'' (directed by Jonathan Demme-1986). She was an apprentice with editor Barry Malkin on Francis Ford Coppola's segment of ''New York Stories'' (1989). She was Thelma Schoonmaker's assistant editor on Martin Scorsese's adaptation of ''The Age of Innocence'' (1993), and was Robert M. Reitano's assistant on three films associated with Nora Ephron ('' My Blue Heaven'' (1990), '' This is My Life'' (1992), and ''Mixed Nuts'' (1994)). Lepselter's first editing credit was for Nicole Holofcener's ''Walking and Talking'' (1996), which was also Holofcener's first film as a director. Since ''Sweet and Lowdown'' (1999), she has edited all of Woody Allen's films; she succeeded Sus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Griffiths
Megan Griffiths (born April 22, 1975) is an American film and television director who resides in Seattle, and is a board member of Northwest Film Forum. Early life and education Megan Griffiths was born in Ohio, lived in Moscow, Idaho in her teens, attended Moscow High School, and was an undergraduate at the University of Idaho where she earned a B.A. in visual communications in 1997. She received an MFA in Film Production from Ohio University School of Film in 2000. Career Film Griffiths wrote and directed her first feature film, ''First Aid For Choking'', which was released in 2003."‘Lucky Them’ brings director Megan Griffiths’ career into focus" Seattle Times, November 3, 2013 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
