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Following its historic three-season run, The Summer I Turned Pretty <\/em>is getting a movie to wrap up Belly (Lola Tung) and Conrad’s (Christopher Briney) love story<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n\n
Jenny Han, who will write and direct the feature film, teases the “gift” she’s going to give fans in the movie during an interview with PEOPLE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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She also reveals it was “always my vision” to continue the story past season 3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Jenny Han<\/a> never wanted to rush Belly and Conrad’s story.<\/p>\nThe author of The Summer I Turned Pretty<\/em><\/a> book trilogy and showrunner of the beloved Prime Video series made an exciting announcement on the heels of the series finale: a movie is coming<\/a> that will see Lola Tung<\/a> and Christopher Briney<\/a> return as their characters to truly conclude the story.<\/p>\nHours after that news broke the internet, Han tells PEOPLE she crafted season 3 of the show with the idea for a continuation of the story in mind.<\/p>\n
“I knew that’s what I wanted to do, and I knew that it was going to take a beat to put everything into place, but that was always my vision,” she says.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\nThe Summer I Turned Pretty\/Twitter<\/p>\n
Lola Tung and Chris Briney announce ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ movie<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Explaining why she feels a movie is needed to properly send off these characters, Han says, “I feel like there [are] still some more things that the audience wants to see, and I wanted to deliver that to them in a bigger way than [just] wrapping up at the end of the season.”<\/p>\n
“I’m really excited to direct it, and I’m excited to make a movie,” she continues.<\/p>\n
Following its historic three-season run, The Summer I Turned Pretty <\/em>is getting a movie to wrap up Belly (Lola Tung) and Conrad’s (Christopher Briney) love story<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Jenny Han, who will write and direct the feature film, teases the “gift” she’s going to give fans in the movie during an interview with PEOPLE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n She also reveals it was “always my vision” to continue the story past season 3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Jenny Han<\/a> never wanted to rush Belly and Conrad’s story.<\/p>\n The author of The Summer I Turned Pretty<\/em><\/a> book trilogy and showrunner of the beloved Prime Video series made an exciting announcement on the heels of the series finale: a movie is coming<\/a> that will see Lola Tung<\/a> and Christopher Briney<\/a> return as their characters to truly conclude the story.<\/p>\n Hours after that news broke the internet, Han tells PEOPLE she crafted season 3 of the show with the idea for a continuation of the story in mind.<\/p>\n “I knew that’s what I wanted to do, and I knew that it was going to take a beat to put everything into place, but that was always my vision,” she says.<\/p>\n The Summer I Turned Pretty\/Twitter<\/p>\n Lola Tung and Chris Briney announce ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ movie<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Explaining why she feels a movie is needed to properly send off these characters, Han says, “I feel like there [are] still some more things that the audience wants to see, and I wanted to deliver that to them in a bigger way than [just] wrapping up at the end of the season.”<\/p>\n “I’m really excited to direct it, and I’m excited to make a movie,” she continues.<\/p>\n