5 First Look Photos from 'Heartstopper' Season 2

Season 2 premieres in August

Netflix has released images from Heartstopper season 2.

The hit queer series features the budding romance between two high school boys. The leads are played by out actors Joe Locke and Kit Connor.

Yasmin Finney, William Gao, Corinna Brown, Kizzy Edgell, Sebastian Croft, Tobie Donovan, Rhea Norwood, Jenny Walser, Cormac Hyde-Corrin, and Oscar-winner Olivia Colman also star.

Heartstopper is based on the graphic novel series by Alice Oseman. The author also created and wrote the Netflix show. The 8-episode second season will be directed by Euros Lyn. Oseman, Lyn, Patrick Walters, Iain Canning, and Emile Sherman serve as executive producers.

"Nick and Charlie navigate their new relationship; Tara and Darcy face unforeseen challenges and Tao and Elle work out if they can ever be more than just friends," a description from Netflix reads. "With exams on the horizon, a school trip to Paris, and a prom to plan, the gang has a lot to juggle as they journey through the next stages of life, love, and friendship."

The first season of Heartstopper has a 100 percent critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes and reached the Netflix Top Ten list in more than 50 countries, according to the streaming platform.

“Season 2 is based on Volume 3,” Oseman told Netflix’s Tudum, referring to Volume 3 of the graphic novels. “So we had a good foundation. But there’s not enough in the book to take a whole season of TV, so there had to be a lot of creation of new stuff.”

Executive producer Patrick Walters said that “it’s really gorgeous because they’re such a bonded gang in the comic and in the scripts that [Alice] wrote. And then you have these actors who are also equally bonded and love each other so much. It’s an energy of friendship on set, whenever the actors are there and a whole big gang. It’s really nice.”

Below, check out first-look images of Season 2 along with some behind-the-scenes action from the second season and the first season's trailer.

Heartstopper Season 2 debuts on August 3.

Heartstopper | Official Trailer | Netflix