Prime Video‘s Sterling Point brings a new story to the streaming service’s ever-growing YA catalog.
As the streamer outlines in the show’s description, the series centers on 17-year-old twins Annie (Ella Rubin) and Connor Jacobson (Keen Ruffalo), who live in New York City with their adoptive father (Jay Duplass). However, after Annie and Connor inherit their late, estranged grandfather’s island in Canada, she visits to find out what — or rather, who — has been hidden from her.
As shown in the Sterling Point trailer (which you can watch above), Annie is stunned to find another girl (Amélie Hoeferle), who bares an uncanny resemblance to her mom, and who she learns is actually her adoptive mother’s biological daughter. The Sterling Point trailer also teases romance, more drama, and serene, summer-set Canadian views.
While chatting with DECIDER ahead of the series’ launch, Megan Park — who created, directed, and wrote Sterling Point — hailed the “incredible team” behind her on the project, which included executive producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage (The OC, Gossip Girl), as well as Margot Robbie‘s production company, LuckyChap.
“When we wanted to send the script to showrunners, they were the first names that came up, obviously,” Park said of Schwartz and Savage. “And I was like, okay, yes, like they’re the geniuses behind the best of the best. We just sent them the script and they read it so fast, within a day. And then they were like, ‘They want to take a meeting.’ And I was so nervous. I met with them, and they were just so wonderful and obviously know this world inside and out, and were like the best people to teach me how to do it and also to really lead the way.”
Park said she was “so grateful” for their leadership, noting that she “learned so much from them, from the writer’s room, to how to be on set and how they run a set, to the post-production process.”
“They’re just masters at this. And so, it was an incredible opportunity and an incredible gift to the show. That was so helpful every step of the way. They’re the best of the best,” she added.
As for LuckyChap, Park highlighted how she previously worked with the production company on her 2024 dramedy film My Old Ass, lauding them for being “so artist-friendly” and “so great at protecting the creative vision of the show every step of the way as well.”
With Sterling Point streaming later this week on Prime Video, which is home to a slew of book-to-TV adaptations, you might be wondering: is Sterling Point based on a book? Keep reading to find out, and for more of Park’s insights on her inspiration for the new series.
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Is Sterling Point Based On A Book?
Nope! Unlike fellow Prime Video titles We Were Liars and Off Campus, Sterling Point is an original series, and is not based on a book.
“I know, it’s so funny. I saw so many comments people were sending me. They’re like, ‘What book is this based on?’” Park recalled while speaking with DECIDER about the inspiration for the series, which is joining Prime Video’s collection of YA content, many of its titles being inspired by books.
Park explained that the idea of “exploring sisterhood through the lens of nature versus nurture and grief, and how it affects these two young women in very different ways” was a “really exciting” concept for her to craft in a YA series. She also was drawn to having sisterhood “be the real love story of the show and not just like a romantic thing,” noting that oftentimes YA titles tend to center romance as “the real core of the story” as opposed to platonic or familial love.
“But to have it be about family and sisterhood while still having like all the juicy romance that you want out of a YA show, that was a really fun challenge to take on,” she shared.
All eight episodes of Sterling Point will be released on Prime Video on Wednesday, Aug. 5
