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Bert V. Royal, creator of Freeform’s Cruel Summer, has exited the YA drama. The Disney-owned youth-skewing network has confirmed that Royal is no longer involved in the Jessica Biel-exec produced show. It's understood that he left after the pilot with reports suggesting that it came after disagreements with a network…

EXCLUSIVE: Freeform has given a pilot green light to Last Summer, a one-hour drama thriller from writer Bert V. Royal, director Max Winkler, producer Jessica Biel and Entertainment One Penned by Royal, with Winkler attached to direct, Last Summer is an unconventional thriller that takes place over three summers—'93…