Prime Video has entered the hockey rink for its next big book series adaptation, a TV show based on Elle Kennedy’s Off Campus novels.
The book series operates like Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton with a big ensemble cast of characters, one each taking the lead per book. Season 1 is in production.
For everything we know about Prime Video’s Off Campus show, read on.
When will Prime Video’s Off Campus TV show come out?
No release date has been set yet for Season 1 of the hockey series, but first-look images have been revealed, signaling that progress has been made in production.
What is Off Campus About?
The 5-book series follows an elite ice hockey team and their romantic love interests as the ensemble comes of age in college at Briar University. The story shows ups and downs of on th ice as well as in life as the group navigates love, heartbreak and self discovery. The first four books zooms in on one hockey player and their significant other, with the fifth containing a novella-style format of all four couples’ stories.
The series will start off the same way the quintet of books does. Season 1 chronicles an “opposites attract” romance between quiet songwriter Hannah Wells and all-star hockey player Garrett Graham.
Who is in the cast of Prime Video’s Off Campus adaptation?
Ella Bright (The Crown) and Belmont Cameli (Until Dawn) will star as Season 1’s romantic leads Hannah and Garrett. Josh Heuston (Dune: Prophecy, Heartbreak High) will portray Justin, Hannah’s longtime crush and a college rock band singer, rival love interest to Garrett.
Antonio Cipriano (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin) will portray Logan, whose story is told in Book #2, The Mistake. Stephen Kalyn (Gen V) will play Dean Di Laurentis, who takes lead in Book #3, The Score. Jalen Thomas Brooks (The Pitt) will play Book #4, The Goal’s star Tucker. Mika Abdalla (The Pitt) has been cast as Dean’s future love interest, Allie.
Deadline broke the news that Khobe Clark (Cruel Intentions, Firefly Lane) will star in the recurring role of Briar’s star quarterback Beau Maxwell, who has been best friends with Kalyn’s Dean since high school. Beau’s older sister is the Broadway actor Joanna Maxwell, so he operates in both the sports and artsy social circles at Briar.
Deadline also first reported the casting of Steve Howey (Shameless, High Potential) as Garrett’s dad Phil Graham, former hockey legend who was well known for his temper in the rink. Phil pushes his son (Cameli’s character) to be great on skates. He has a big presence in Kennedy’s first book as well as in the second.
Who else is behind Prime Video’s Off Campus series adaptation?
Louisa Levy created the TV series and serves as co-showrunner alongside Gina Fattore. Levy and Fattore executive produce alongside Temple Hill’s Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen as well as James Seidman, Leanna Billings via her banner Billings Productions, Neal Flaherty and Silver Tree. Temple Hill’s Annika Patton and author Kennedy serve as producers. Deanna Brigidi and Andrea Bunker are the casting directors.
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