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 exec.News of Royal’s exit comes less than a month after Freeform handed Cruel Summer a Season 2 renewal.Created by Royal, Cruel Summer is a psychological thriller that follows two young women: Kate Wallis (Olivia Holt), the popular girl with a charmed life who one day goes missing, and Jeanette Turner (Chiara Aurelia), the nerdy wannabe who is accused of being connected to Kate’s disappearance.
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