The end of Heartstopper is drawing closer – but Nick and Charlie are looking more loved up than ever in new pictures of the upcoming movie, Heartstopper Forever.
The series, based on the graphic novels by Alice Oseman, is ending on a high with a feature-length special on 17 July, and now we’ve got a first look at what lies ahead for our central couple as they take on their biggest challenge yet: being separated.
Picking up after the end of season 3, the latest pictures of Nick (Kit Connor) and Charlie (Joe Locke) see them embracing the time they have left together, dancing at a party now out as a couple, and staring at each other lovingly in the school halls.
But Nick is getting ready to head off to university, and with Charlie still needing to finish school, he needs to find his own independence away from his confident and popular boyfriend.
A long-distance relationship is a lot for anyone to handle, particularly if you’re still in your teens and you’re in love for the first time.
At least they have their friendship group rooting for them – though they all also have their own problems they need to face as adulthood looms.
With some ups and downs on the horizon for all of them, Heartstopper Forever deals with the bittersweet road you travel as you grow up and move on from home.
Will the pair manage to stay together, and are first loves able to last forever?
Speaking to Netflix’s TUDUM ahead of the film’s release, Oseman, who also penned the script for Heartstopper Forever, teased the story will explore “an exploration of time, memory, love, pain, the changing of the seasons, endings and beginnings, and the core element of Heartstopper: the ordinary magic of our everyday lives”.
On top of starring in the film, Connor and Locke have both been given new roles as executive producers as well.
“These characters have meant a lot to us over the years,” Connor said.
“As EPs, it feels like we can really say goodbye to them in a way that feels the most right. It is bittersweet, but it is also a really nice way of ending it.”
Heartstopper Forever launches on 17 July on Netflix.
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