Heartstopper

Heartstopper is an upcoming British YA drama live-action series created by Alice Oseman, directed by Euros Lyn and produced See-Saw Films. It is based on the YA graphic novel Heartstopper. It will be released on Netflix spring 2022.

Heartstopper was originally launched as a web comic via Tumblr and Tapas before subsequently being published by Hachette Children’s Group. The television series will be executive produced by Euros Lyn and See-Saw’s Patrick Walters, Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Iain Canning and Emile Sherman with Zorana Piggott (Fanny Lye Deliver’d) as producer.

Synopsis
Heartstopper tells the story of Nick and Charlie, two British teens at an all-boys grammar school. Charlie, a high-strung, openly gay overthinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, one day are made to sit together. They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn’t think he has a chance. But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is more interested in Charlie than either of them realized. Heartstopper is about love, friendship, loyalty and mental illness. It encompasses all the small stories of Nick and Charlie’s lives that together make up something larger.

Main Cast

 * Joe Locke as Charlie Spring, openly gay over-thinker.
 * Kit Connor as Nick Nelson
 * Kizzy Edgell as Darcy, Tara’s wildly chaotic girlfriend and one of Charlie's friend.
 * Yasmin Finney as Elle, a trans girl, arty, shy, cautious and one of Charlie's friend.
 * William Gao as Tao, King of melodrama, opinionated, loves his friends.
 * Tobie Donovan as Isaac, Charlie & Tao’s bestie, silent but perceptive.
 * Corinna Brown as Tara
 * Sebastian Croft as Ben
 * Cormac Hyde-Corrin as Harry
 * Rhea Norwood as Imogen, very bold, determined personality, and can be little insensitive sometimes.
 * Jenny Walser as Tori Spring
 * Stephen Fry
 * Fisayo Akinade as Mr. Ajayi
 * Chetna Pandya as Coach Singh
 * Olivia Colman

Recurring
TBA

Development
On 20 January 2021, it was announced that Netflix had given the production a series order. The live-action, half-hour series will be written by Alice Oseman and directed by Euros Lyn. The series will be exec produced by Lyn and See-Saw’s Patrick Walters, Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Iain Canning and Emile Sherman with Zorana Piggott as producer.

Casting
On April 22, 2021, it was announced that Kit Connor and Joe Locke had joined the series' main cast. On April 26, 2021, William Gao, Yasmin Finney, Corinna Brown, Kizzy Edgell, Sebastian Croft, Cormac Hyde-Corrin, Tobie Donovan, Rhea Norwood were announced as the rest of the series' main cast. On May 21, 2021, Jenny Walser had joined the series' main cast.

Filming
Shooting started from Spring 2021 near London to June 23, 2021. The series is set in the South East of England. On February 1, 2021, Alice reply to a Twitter user that the series will have time skips, but it will take place while the characters are at school and will end when Nick leaves high school to go to university. On June 15, 2021, Sebastian Croft announced that he wrapped filming his scenes. June 16, 2021, Tobie Donovan and Yasmin Finney announced that they also wrapped filming. On June 17, Kizzy Edgell and Corinna Brown announced that wrapped filming. On June 18, Alice announced that Cormac Hyde-Corrin and Jenny Walser were the first to wrap their scenes. One the same day Rhea Norwood announced that she wrapped filming. On June 24, it was announced that Season 1 wrapped filming.

Trivia

 * The series will be written by Oseman, who previously published YA novels.
 * Heartstopper is being directed by Euros Lyn.
 * The series is being casted by Daniel Edwards with Lucy Allen, Catherine Garlick and Tom Payne.
 * On January 20, 2021, Daniel Edwards announced that he was casting the series, but website crashed immediately due to overcapacity.
 * On January 21, 2021, Alice announced on Twitter that people can also apply for the role of Tori, Harry, or Ben and that they are already far into the casting process with Nick and Tara.
 * On January 25, 2021, Daniel Edwards shared a casting alert for Elle on Twitter to reach as many Trans girls of colour and her role is the only role they are accepting applies for outside the UK.
 * 10,000 people took part in auditioning for the characters part.
 * On January 21, 2020, Netflix announced that the series will be released spring 2022.

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