The series is based on Ann M. Martin’s best-selling books and follows the friendship and babysitting adventures of five best friends – Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, Stacey McGill, and Dawn Schafer – in Stoneybrook, Connecticut.

Payton Hobart (Ben Platt) is a wealthy student from Santa Barbara, California whose known since age seven that he’s going to be President of the United States.

The film is based on Jenny Han’s popular book trilogy and will be directed by Michael Fimognari, who served as the Director of Photography on the first film.

The story revolves around the inhabitants of Edda, who are perhaps not all who they claim to be. With them, we experience a drastically changing world: melting poles, warm winters, violent downpours.