“Ginny & Georgia” Star Sara Waisglass Cast in “Into the Deep Blue” Adaptation Lead Role (Exclusive)

Into the Deep Blue‘s film adaptation has found its Fiona – and Ginny & Georgia star Sara Waisglass will take on the role.

Into the Deep Blue, a romantic drama written by author and screenwriter Jennifer E. Archer, follows Nick and Fiona, two longtime friends who help one another through grieving the losses of their respective mothers, and untangle their own feelings for one another along the way. Maxton Hall star Damian Hartung has been cast as Nick.

The novel was published in September by Marble Press. Archer originally penned the story as a screenplay, and later adapted it for the novel form. Shooting begins in 2026, with Jonathan Wright directing Archer’s script.

Waisglass, 27, currently stars in Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia as the energetic yet insular Maxine Baker, whose twin brother Marcus Baker (Felix Mallard) falls for the new-girl-next-door Ginny Miller (Antonia Gentry), who has just moved to their fictional small Massachusetts town after a life on the run in the south with her family.

Hartung, also 27, stars as wealthy school playboy James Beaufort in Prime Video’s Maxton Hall, which follows a group of students at the fictional elite European high school as they prepare to head to college, and James finds an unexpected connection with classmate Ruby Bell (Harriet Herbig-Matten).

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“Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon’s The Sun is Also a Star and John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, Into the Deep Blue is Fiona and Nick’s achingly moving, wry and hopeful tale about falling apart and coming together, told from two unforgettable points of view,” an official logline for the project promises.

 Laura Taylor Namey, the New York Times bestselling author of A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, called the novel “YA contemporary at its best. Archer’s rich, complicated characters, spitfire pacing and heartfelt interactions intertwine so effortlessly on every page. Nick and Fiona will steal your hearts in this layered expression of grief and hope, heartache and healing. A true gem.”

Together We Caught Fire  author Eva V. Gibson called the story “A poignant, witty, raw nerve of a debut that explores the many ways a heart can break, and the endless journey to piece it back together.”  

Into the Deep Blue is now available everywhere books are sold.