''Turnt'' is an American

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series created by Rachel Stern that premiered on August 1, 2018 on

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Premise

''Turnt'' follows "an ensemble cast of characters as they navigate high school."

Cast and characters

* Madeleine Byrne as Kat * Jared Scott as Forrest * Elsie Hewitt as Victoria * Cristian Oliveras as Danny *

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as Hot Seth * Isabella Roland as Jess * Donald Clark as Gabe

Episodes

Production

Development

On August 21, 2017, it was announced that digital production company

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was developing a new series, entitled ''Turnt'', to be written by Rachel Stern and directed by Will Slocombe. Brat was set to collaborate with talent manager Matt Dugan and digital production company One Push Digital Creative on the series. The series was expected to take place in the fictional "Attaway High" universe where several series produced by Brat would be set in the same high school, exist in the same fictional universe, and feature characters that appear across multiple series. On July 20, 2018, it was reported that Brat had sold the series to Facebook, making ''Turnt'' one of a small handful of series that Brat was producing in order to sell to other platforms. A week later, it was announced that the series would premiere on August 1, 2018 with the release of the first four episodes. The series is expected to release three episodes per week for every week thereafter.

Casting

Alongside the initial series announcement, it was confirmed that Madeleine Byrne, Cristian Oliveras, Elsie Hewitt, and Nate Wyatt would star in the series.

Filming

Principal photography for the series took place in

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at a nearby high school which was also used for filming of the other "Attaway High" series.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Turnt 2010s American high school television series 2010s American teen drama television series 2018 American television series debuts English-language television shows Facebook Watch original programming American teen drama web series Television series about teenagers