Sunlight (TV Series)



Sunlight is a coming-of-age drama television series created by Rick McFields set to be aired on Netflix by August 4th 2022.

Plot Summary
St Tropez, 2003, unpopular and bullied asthmatic teenager Patrick John "PJ" Pumpkin was raised by his grand father until the latter's death because of the European Heat Wave.

P.J has no friends, until he meets a girl of his age named Sunlight...

Cast

 * Cole Sprousse as Patrick John "PJ" Pumpkin, an asthmatic teenager and the main protagonist of the series.
 * Skyler Samuels as Sunlight, a blonde girl who is new in town that sympathises with PJ
 * Elsa Pataky as Midnight Pumpkin, Monty Pumpkin's girlfriend and PJ's mother figure
 * John Cleese as Monty Pumpkin, PJ's late grandfather
 * Ian McDiarmid as DJ Grouin, a disc jockey/pimp and Midnight Pumpkin's lover

Reccuring/Guest Cast

 * Jean Reno as Jeffrey Montmirail, the school's psychologist
 * Sean Astin as Sam Walsh, a rookie inspector and Midnight's love interest (episode 2)
 * Djimon Hounsou as Tony Parker lookalike and undercover cop at nighthouse (episode 4)
 * Jack Quaid as Buck Peddleton, local bully and PJ's archenemy (episode 1, 3, 5 & 6)
 * Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo as themselves (uncredited cameo) (episode 5)

Main Theme

 * Sunlight by DJ Sammy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VnSZSd0Scc)

Trivia

 * Cole Sprousse and Skyler Samuels already started together on the 2nd episode of "Suite Life of Zack and Cody" seventeen years ago
 * Jean Reno's character's name is a nod to the character he portrays in french comedy film "The Visitors" and Sean Astin's character's name is a nod to his characters in "The Goonies" and "Lord of The Rings"
 * https://villainsfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Sunlight_(Sunlight) (Snulight's page on Villains Fanon Wikia (Spoiler Alert))