‘Boys of Tommen’ TV Series: Everything We Know About the Adaptation
What To Know
- Boys of Tommen, based on Chloe Walsh’s popular romance series, is being adapted into a TV show for Prime Video.
- The first book follows the forbidden romance between Johnny Kavanagh and Shannon Lynch at an Irish private school.
- Poppy Cogan will serve as lead writer and executive producer alongside Walsh.
Prepare to fall in love with — and have your heart broken by — Boys of Tommen. Readers of Chloe Walsh’s series of the same name know what to expect from the adaptation, which will make its way to Prime Video soon. The series centers around a group of friends attending a prestigious Irish private school. While each book focuses on the romance of a different couple, they also delve into the trauma that they’ve experienced in their lives.
Walsh’s romantic dramas have struck a chord with many members of the BookTok community, so the news of the TV show adaptation has been met with a good amount of fanfare since it was announced on February 11, 2026. That same day, Walsh, who serves as an executive producer, shared a photo of the Episode 1 script. Now that we know the production is moving full steam ahead, Swooon has gathered all the latest updates on the series, including the release date, cast, and more below.
What is Boys of Tommen’s premiere date?
When the series was announced, Deadline reported that production is slated to start in 2026. The show could drop sometime in 2027, depending on when filming begins. Presumably, Boys of Tommen will follow Prime Video’s standard rollout for a new show, releasing all eight episodes of Season 1 at once.
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What is Boys of Tommen about?
Season 1 has been confirmed to cover the events of Walsh’s two novels, Binding 13 and Keeping 13. Set in 2005, both books follow Johnny Kavanagh, a star rugby player bound for the pros, and Shannon Lynch, a new student at Tommen College. She’s smart and strong, but severely shy. Despite coming from opposite worlds, they’re drawn to each other. They’re also both keeping secrets: Johnny has a potentially career-ending injury, and Shannon was bullied at her previous school and abused at home.
“It’s just an unbelievable constellation of characters, but it’s also got such a specificity for place and the time,” Prime Video executive Nicole Clemens told Deadline. “It talks about abuse, about bullying, about mental health, and it’s about love. It’s a romance series.”
There are six books total in the series, and Clemens already addressed the possibility of capturing the entire breadth of the story. “Who knows how many we do, but hopefully it goes for a long time,” she told Deadline. “There’s plenty of material and plenty of incredible, rich characters.”
Who is in the Boys of Tommen cast?
No one has been cast yet in the adaptation, but fans have already started speculating. Share your dream cast in the comments at the end of the page!
Who is making Boys of Tommen?
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder‘s Poppy Cogan is Boys of Tommen‘s lead writer and executive producer. Walsh, as mentioned, will executive produce alongside Cogan. Drama Republic, Temple Hill, and wiip are producing with Amazon MGM Studios. The rest of the production team includes wiip’s Paul Lee, Hope Hartman, and Sean Flanagan, Temple Hill’s Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, James Seidman, and Annika Patten, and Drama Republic’s Greg Brenman and Deena Butt.
“The response from readers around the world has been overwhelming and knowing that everyone behind this production and book shares my passion for telling this story authentically means the world to me,” the Boys of Tommen author said.
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