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This article contains spoilers for the Season 3 finale of \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty.\u201d <\/i><\/p>\n
Isabel “Belly” Conklin and Conrad Fisher had a tr\u00e8s romantique<\/i> reunion in Paris in the highly anticipated series finale of \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty\u201d this week \u2014 but that\u2019s not the end of their love story.<\/p>\n
Hours after Prime Video dropped the series finale of the hit show on Wednesday, the streamer announced a feature film continuation to be written and directed by author, creator and co-showrunner Jenny Han<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is another big milestone left in Belly\u2019s journey, and I thought only a movie could give it its proper due,\u201d Han said in a press release. The surprise announcement was made during the red carpet finale premiere in the City of Love, with Han and the stars of the series, including Lola Tung, Christopher Briney and Gavin Casalegno<\/a>, in attendance.<\/p>\n Many fans are hoping that the surprise movie has either already been secretly filmed or started production. A draft is finished, Han revealed Thursday on Today<\/a>, appearing alongside Tung, Briney and Casalegno. But don’t hold your breath for an end-of-year release.<\/p>\n “We don\u2019t know when it\u2019s coming out, but not next year,” Han said. “We still have to make it.”<\/p>\n While further details for the movie remain under wraps, fans of Han\u2019s bestselling book series of the same name have already guessed which major milestone a \u201cSummer\u201d movie is likely to reveal: Belly\u2019s wedding to Conrad.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/b> Jenny Han on ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ series finale and why Belly had to go to Paris<\/a><\/p>\n The wedding, an ultimate happy ending for the couple after their tumultuous three-season journey of first love and heartbreak, was originally revealed in the epilogue of Han\u2019s third \u201cSummer\u201d novel, \u201cWe\u2019ll Always Have Summer.\u201d Curiously for the series, in which Han has shown meticulous creative control with well-curated book moments, music and visual details, Belly and Conrad\u2019s onscreen love story comes to an open-ended conclusion when they return together to the Cousins summer house, with Belly narrating an ambiguous forward jump in time.<\/p>\n Additionally, a credits montage titled \u201cChristmas in Paris\u201d shows snapshots of them spending the holiday together and an onscreen letter from Han thanking fans that appears to open the door to more of Belly and Conrad\u2019s story: \u201cMaybe we\u2019ll meet again one summer in Cousins.\u201d<\/p>\n The final three episodes of the global hit series expand on the book\u2019s epilogue, switching the setting from Spain to Paris, where Belly (Tung) finishes college abroad after a love confession from Conrad (Briney) upends her would-be nuptials to his brother, Jeremiah (Casalegno). The penultimate episode included the handwritten letters from the book that Conrad begins sending Belly during their time apart, leading to their eventual romantic reconnection.<\/p>\n In the 79-minute series finale, written by Han and co-showrunner Sarah Kucserka and directed by Jesse Peretz, Conrad arrives in Paris a year later to surprise Belly on her birthday. They clear the air and rekindle their spark during a \u201cBefore Sunrise\u201d-esque day together. A passionate night is followed by a tearful goodbye, an emotional revelation, a dramatic dash to the train station, and the return of the infinity necklace that has symbolized their love since Season 1.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/b> ‘Summer I Turned Pretty’ launched its cast to stardom. Like their characters, they’ve evolved<\/a><\/p>\n The episode also checks in on the folks back home in Cousins, including Steven (Sean Kaufman) and Taylor (Rain Spencer), who are navigating the next steps of their own relationship, and Jeremiah, now an up-and-coming chef, who has moved on from his breakup with Belly and is forging a romantic connection with former co-worker Denise (Isabella Briggs).<\/p>\n After watching the finale, some fans on social media felt that Belly and Conrad\u2019s love story was incomplete, wanting to see more of the couple together, and that it missed book moments like their wedding, closure for other characters, and a reunion of the whole Cousins crew.<\/p>\n Avid fans had already begun poring over the episode for hints of more \u201cSummer\u201d to come. Eagle-eyed viewers like TikTok creator @bookbeedani noted<\/a> that the numbers \u201c12\u201d and \u201c14\u201d appearing throughout the episodes and holiday hints, including a red and green dress worn by Han in a promo revealing the finale title, would support speculation that a Dec. 14 Christmas special might be in the works, though no date has been officially set.<\/p>\n Those details could hint at what\u2019s to come in a \u201cSummer\u201d feature film, including what we didn\u2019t see in the series finale, like the letter Susannah wrote to Belly before her death, a \u201cBonrad\u201d wedding \u2014 and first dance to \u201cStay\u201d by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs \u2014 and a final scene with the pair on the beach that has been witness to several of their important moments together.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m definitely open to doing more stories in the universe,\u201d Han told The Times in an interview ahead of the finale. The film, which will mark Han\u2019s feature directorial debut after making her first foray into directing with a Season 3 episode told from Conrad\u2019s perspective, could also tie up loose ends or tee up spin-off potential for other beloved characters, including Steven and Taylor in California; Laurel, John and Adam on that singles cruise; or Jeremiah and Denise in \u2026 love?<\/p>\n Sign up for Screen Gab, a free newsletter about the TV and movies everyone\u2019s talking about from the L.A. Times. <\/a><\/p>\n This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n