Skip to main content

Francesca Reale, Roby Attal join ‘This Summer Will Be Different’ Netflix series adaptation

A photo of Francesca Reale. (Ian Lipton) | A photo of Roby Attal. (Chris Labadie)

This Summer Will Be Different has gained a couple more cast members.

Netflix has announced that Francesca Reale and Roby Attal have joined the cast of the upcoming TV adaptation of author Carley Fortune’s bestselling romance novel.

Reale is set to play Bridget in the show, while Attal will take on the role of Felix, who also goes by the nickname Wolf. They join the previously announced star Sophie Nélisse, who is set to play Lucy.

This Summer Will Be Different will be “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,” according to the show’s logline.

Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart serve as the adaptation’s creators and showrunners. They also both executive produce the show alongside Fortune.

This Summer Will Be Different will film on location in Prince Edward Island and in Toronto. It will span 10 episodes.

“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 20s,” Fortune told Netflix. “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.”

Reale is known for her appearance in the third season of Stranger Things. Attal was most recently seen in recurring roles in Dexter: Original Sin and The Sex Lives of College Girls.

Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Woman, 5-month-old baby die after vessel overturns in New York Harbor

▶ Watch Video: 2 dead, 12 hurt after boat capsizes near Liberty Island A woman and a 5-month-old baby died after a vessel carrying 14 people overturned in New York Harbor on Saturday night, according to police. The boat's captain has been arrested for reckless endangerment, and authorities are investigating whether the vessel was operating illegally as a charter, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Sunday.The New York Police Department said it was called to an overturned vessel near Liberty Island, home to the Statue of Liberty, at 10:55 p.m. on Saturday. The authority deployed a harbor unit, as well as a scuba and an aviation team, to the scene where 12 people had already been rescued from the water.A 27-year-old woman and a 5-month-old baby girl were located and taken to NYU Langone Hospital, where they were declared deceased on arrival, according to authorities.Law enforcement sources identified to CBS News the 27-year-old woman as Sara Sanchez and the baby as Antonella Garcia.A Sea the City boat initially saw the capsized boat and people in the water and helped 11 people out of the water, according to the company's founder Adam Schwartz. The remaining survivors were taken to a local hospital and are reported to be in stable condition with minor injuries."We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life last night, and our thoughts are with the victims' family and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time," Captain Doreen McCarthy, the Coast Guard Sector New York commander, said in a statement. "We are extremely grateful for the heroic, swift actions of our partner agencies and Good Samaritan vessel who assisted in rescuing survivors from the water."Police said they are investigating the cause of the deadly incident.The NYPD's deputy commissioner of public information confirmed to CBS News that Manuel Hernandez, 46, of New York, was arrested Sunday on 13 counts of reckless endangerment.An illegal charter is any passenger-for-hire vessel operation that lacks Coast Guard credentials, safety equipment and inspection certificates, the Coast Guard said.
Read Next Story