Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest are giving Netflix viewers a new love story for the (Oxford) books.
The streaming service unveiled the trailer Monday for its upcoming film My Oxford Year, based on a novel of the same name by Julia Whelan.
The story centers on Anna (Carson), a young American woman who sets out for the U.K. and the University of Oxford to fulfill a childhood dream. But things change when she meets “a charming and clever local” (Mylchreest) who “alters both of their lives,” according to the Netflix synopsis.
Throughout the trailer, Anna and Jamie have an attraction that builds to them having a “fun” fling. The two may share a love of poetry, but when feelings seemingly grow, obstacles begin to put a stop to their relationship.
“Don’t waste the short time you have left in Oxford on me,” Mylchreest’s Jamie tells Carson’s Anna. However Anna begins to suspect there’s something he’s not telling her. “You don’t need to fix my life. Some things are just broken,” he says.
“A succession of moments is really all we have, and I want mine to be with you,” Carson’s Anna says.
Iain Morris directs from a screenplay by Allison Burnett and Melissa Osborne with Carson executive producing. In addition to Carson, Caroline Levy, Christopher Simon, Maggie Monteith, Pete Harris and Carson’s mother, Laura Char Carson, exec produce the film. Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Laura Quicksilver and Isaac Klausner (for Temple Hill Entertainment) produce and George Berman co-produces.
My Oxford Year releases on Netflix on Aug. 1.
