Gay TV shows, no matter their cuteness level, all apparently meet the same fate: canceled with a movie. Or at least that’s what happened to HBO’s Looking and, now, Netflix’s Heartstopper, the two most notable gay-romance TV shows of the Obergefell era. Netflix confirmed on April 22 that Heartstopper, the teen romance that launched both Kit Connor and Joe Locke’s careers, would not get a fourth season, instead ending with a movie. That means the series will meet the exact same fate as its much more mature predecessor, which wrapped up in a 2016 TV movie. “I am completely overjoyed that we will get to tell the end of the Heartstopper story,” creator Alice Oseman said in a statement. “I’m so grateful to everyone who has worked hard to make this possible and to the incredible fans of Heartstopper for your patience and passion.”
Oseman will write the movie, which is an adaptation of her sixth Heartstopper graphic novel. Connor and Locke will return to star in the movie, and Wash Westmoreland (Still Alice) directs. Production is set to start this summer, though no release date yet. Maybe it will follow Looking in another way and someone will open up a peri-peri restaurant.
