Olivia Holt, who starred in Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger, is heading back to Freeform as the lead in the Jessica Biel-produced series Cruel Summer.
Olivia is replacing actress Mika Abdalla, who played the role in the pilot.
Here’s a synopsis of the series, according to Deadline: It takes place over three summers — 1993-95 — in a small Texas town when a beautiful popular teen, Kate (Holt), is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette (Chiara Aurelia), goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by ’95, the most despised person in America.
Rashida Jones keeps it cool and casual while hosting the Project Mc2: Part 6 Netflix Premiere held at The Google Space on Tuesday (November 7) in Venice, Calif.
The 41-year-old actress was joined by Project Mc2 cast members Genneya Walton, Victoria Vida, Mika Abdalla, as well as Google software engineer Kim Swennen and girls from Black Girls Code as she also hosted a Q&A session.
Project Mc² is a group of BFFs using their S.T.E.A.M. skills and talents to go on missions as undercover agents for NOV8 (that’s “innovate”!). NOV8 is a top-secret group of super smart girls and women saving the world one science experiment at a time.
Parts 1-6 of the Netflix original series Project Mc² is available now!