“Cruel Summer” is officially kicking off a new mystery for season 2. The Freeform drama, which starred Olivia Holt and Chiara Aurelia in the first season, has revealed its cast for the next chapter in the newly billed anthology series.
Sadie Stanley (“The Goldbergs”), newcomer Eloise Payet and Griffin Gluck (“Locke & Key”) will lead the ensemble in season 2, which will premiere later this year, the network announced Thursday.
Kadee Strickland “(Private Practice”), Lisa Yamada (“Little Fires Everywhere”), Sean Blakemore (“Greenleaf”) and Paul Adelstein (“True Story”) also star in the latest installment.
The new season will be set in an “idyllic waterfront town in the Pacific Northwest,” according to the official synopsis, and follows “the rise and fall of an intense teenage friendship.” Continuing with the series’ signature storytelling featuring various viewpoints, season 2 will approach the mystery from three timelines set around the time of Y2K.
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