“Heartstopper” is stopping after its third season with a final movie.
English author and “Heartstopper” writer Alice Oseman took to Instagram on April 22 to confirm the show would return for a last installment after fan speculation that the series would end on a cliffhanger.
“We are making a feature film to conclude the Heartstopper screen adaptation, based on Heartstopper Volume 6 and the ‘Nick and Charlie’ novella. We are getting to tell the end of the story!!!” Oseman wrote.
Oseman continued: “I’m deeply relieved and so excited about this new creative venture. I’ve written the script and we’re hard at work already. I know you’ll have a lot of questions, and I’ll be able to talk about it more very soon, but for now let’s CELEBRATE! Heartstopper is getting its ending!!!!!! 🍂”
Based on the graphic novels by Oseman, who wrote the show, “Heartstopper” premiered in 2022 as a half-hour series about Charlie (Joe Locke) and Nick (Kit Connor), two British teens who fall madly in love over the course of a school year.
Brought to the screen with the help from drawings and doodles from the graphic novels, “Heartstopper” was a buzzy series with a cult following of younger viewers. The final film will end the story of Nick, Charlie and their cast of friends, based on Volume 6 of Oseman’s graphic novels, which has yet to be released.
The series is one of the few teen shows featuring a main storyline centering around LGBTQ+ youth, which includes themes considered more controversial in present day than when it first premiered on Netflix in 2022.
Netflix family-friend rival Disney+ in 2022 canceled “Love, Victor,” a spinoff of the groundbreaking 2018 gay teen movie “Love, Simon,” due to its “adult themes” and moved it to Hulu.
Contributing: Kelly Lawler, Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY
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