There are finally news for Heart Fans who have patiently await learning the fate of their show for more than six months. It may not be exactly what they hoped (season 4), but it is nevertheless good news: more Heart is on the way, and the story of Nick and Charlie will obtain an appropriate end.
Netflix has a slight Heart Film, with and executive produced by the series “Leads Joe Locke and Kit Connor and directed by Wash Westmoreland (Alice, Colette), which will serve as a standard final. The announcement was made on the occasion of the third anniversary of Heart‘S Premiere of the series April 22, 2002.
Heart The designer Alice Oseman, on the graphic books of the romantic series from adulthood, is back as a writer of the feature film, which will draw from the next volume and last volume of the graphic novel. (Season 1 covered vol. 1-2, season 2 was based on the flight. 3 and season 4 followed the flights. 4 and 5.)
There is not yet a date of publication for the flight. 6, which is still being written. Oseman said that, ideally, the last book was going to pass before the conclusion of the television series.
In the Heart heel The final, Nick (Connor) and Charlie (Locke) are inseparable, but with Nick preparing to leave for the university and Charlie finding new independence in school, the reality of a long distance relationship begins to weigh them. Doubts settle down and their relationship faces its greatest challenge to date. Meanwhile, their friends are also sailing in the ups and downs of love and friendship, confronted with sweet challenges to grow and move on. Can First Amore really last last?
Westmoreland, who has a large functionality experience, succeeds euros Lyn, who directed the first two seasons of Heartsopper, And Andy Newbery, who directed season 3.
Locke and Connor join the ranks of executive producers from the film alongside Oneman, Lyn, Patrick Walters, Iain Canning and Emile Sherman who were all executive producers during the first three seasons. See-Saw Films is back as a production company. The shooting should start in the summer of 2025.
“I am completely delighted that we can say the end of Heart story, “said Oseman.” I am so grateful to all those who worked hard to make it possible and incredible fans Heart For your patience and your passion. I can’t wait to bring this story to a magical conclusion. »»
Although rare, a final in the series of films is not unprecedented – in 2017, Netflix ordered a Meaning8 Film followed fans’ reactions when the streamer canceled the Wachowskis science fiction drama after two seasons on a cliffhanger. Other programs given a film conclusion by their networks include Timeless (Nbc), CSI (CBS) and Dead wood (HBO).
Like most of them, Heart found itself on the bubble after its third season attracted 10.9 million views of its release from October 3 until the end of 2024, down approximately 30% compared to views, season 2 had collected during the same period. Season 3 spent two weeks in the world’s top 10 Netflix, culminating in n ° 4, against three weeks each for seasons 1 and 2, the latter culminating in n ° 2.
However, in the last six months of 2024, the first two seasons of Heart Addition of combined views of 8.8 million, showing continuous interest in the title on the platform.
In addition, season 3 has been examined as well as the previous ones, which reached another 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, and continued to maintain the culturally relevant series by attacking significant problems, in this case mental health.
Above all, it was HeartThe disproportionate impact through television, social media, music and books and its heritage of the LGBTQ + performance which argued that the program obtains an appropriate end even if the audience of season 3 has not entirely supported a fourth and last full -fledged season.
(LR) Kit Connor and Joe Locke Star in “Heartstopper”
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The film Greenlight follows the tireless efforts of the creative team of the series.
“I work very hard behind the scenes to renew us Heart… There are so many people behind the scenes who work very hard to get there, “said Oseman in February.” We feel optimistic, we feel full of hope. “”
A month later, Walters said that “there are a lot of mobile pieces” on a potential renewal and “we work hard”.
One of the many mobile parts has probably made new agreements with Connor and Locke, which would no longer have options. Little known when they were thrown away Heartsopper, Duo are now on demand actors with busy schedules who want to play roles in the film War (Connor) and Disney + Agatha from the start (Locke).
But just like the cast of Euphoria Recently received for a last season, Connor and Locke were ready to return to the series that made them stars.
“I would certainly like to do it as long as it is well done,” Connor said recently. “I just want to make sure we keep my heart there. So we are working on something, and I hope we will get there. ”
