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EXCLUSIVE: Nile Bullock, Jenna Lamb and Braeden De La Garza have joined the cast of Freeform’s Cruel Summer and will recur in the series’ sophomore season. The will join Lexi Underwood, Sadie Stanley, Griffin Gluck and KaDee Strickland, Lisa Yamada and Sean Blakemore. Set in an idyllic waterfront town in the Pacific…

There is a change in the Season 2 cast Freeform’s Cruel Summer unveiled last week. Lexi Underwood has been tapped for a role in the second installment of the anthology series, which features a new cast, a new mystery and a new showrunner. Set in an idyllic waterfront town in the Pacific Northwest, the second chapter…

Cruel Summer is returning to Freeform as an anthology series. The second season will feature a whole new cast, a new mystery and the show's third showrunner. Set in an idyllic waterfront town in the Pacific Northwest, the second chapter follows the rise and fall of an intense teenage friendship. Approaching the story…

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: Olivia Holt, who currently stars in Freeform's hit series Cruel Summer, has signed with WME for representation. The agency plans to expand the actress-singer’s interests across film, TV, music, branding, fashion, digital, philanthropy and more. Holt, whose acting credits include Freeform’s Marvel series Cloa…

Cruel Summer, which is the most-watched series ever for Freeform, has been renewed for a second season. The "easy" decision comes ahead of the season one finale, tonight, Tuesday June 15. However, how the Jessica Biel-exec produced series returns is still up in the air; the mystery could return with a new story with…

Cruel Summer has posted Freeform's most-watched overall series debut ever, averaging 3.81 million average multi-platform viewers in its first week. The Jessica Biel-produced drama also ranks as the network's best-ever series debut among Adults 18-49 (2.65 million) and Adults 18-34 (1.33 million). Only a sliver of Cruel…

Like so many people, Cruel Summer showrunner and executive producer Tia Napolitano is a fan of true crime (remember the Saturday Night Live sketch?) which was only one of the reasons why she was reeled into boarding the popular-girl-goes-missing psychological thriller that will premiere at SXSW today before its…

EXCLUSIVE: Cobra Kai‘s Barrett Carnahan, Andrea Anders (Ted Lasso), Benjamin J. Cain Jr. (Mixed-ish) and Nicole Bilderback (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and are set for recurring roles on Freeform's upcoming thriller drama series Cruel Summer (fka Last Summer), from Bert V. Royal, executive producer Jessica Biel, eOne, and…

Freeform has released a first look at the upcoming series, Cruel Summer, which is set to debut on April 20. It takes place over three years in 90s and follows two young women: Kate Wallis, the popular girl with a charmed life who one day goes missing, and Jeanette Turner, the nerdy wannabe who is accused of being…

Amazon Prime Video has taken the worldwide rights to Freeform's upcoming thriller drama series Cruel Summer (formerly known as Last Summer), from Bert V. Royal, Jessica Biel, eOne, and Iron Ocean Productions. Amazon will premiere the series outside of U.S., Canada, and China after its launch on Freeform. Cruel Summer…

EXCLUSIVE: Grey’s Anatomy alumna Sarah Drew is set for a season-long arc in Freeform’s upcoming thriller drama series Cruel Summer (fka Last Summer), from Bert V. Royal, Jessica Biel and eOne. Cruel Summer takes place over three summers — 1993-95 — in a small Texas town when a beautiful popular teen, Kate (Olivia…