FILMS
2:25 PM PDT 07/26/2020
by
Lexy Perez
The announcement of a third movie comes just days after Netflix’s romantic comedy sequel debuted on the streaming service.
The kissing booth It is slated to return once again for a third installment, Netflix announced Sunday.
Stars Joey King, Joel Courtney, Jacob Elordi, Taylor Zakhar Pérez, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Meganne Young and Molly Ringwald will return for the new installment. The announcement of a third movie comes just days after Netflix’s romantic comedy sequel debuted on the streaming service.
During a live YouTube event with the cast, they shared the happy news and revealed that they completed pre-pandemic filming. “We filmed two and three at the same time,” Courtney shared.
“It was the most difficult secret to keep,” King said, adding that filming was difficult because “in one day we would be filming both of them.”
The cast thanked fans for supporting the movies and expressed their enthusiasm for continuing their story with a new movie. “The explosion of love has been so real,” said King.
The original romantic comedy was based on the coming of age novel published by Beth Reekles. After the original was released, the movie became Netflix’s most watched movie in 2018. The kissing booth It was directed and adapted into a film by Vince Marcello for the British film and television film Komixx Entertainment, with the support of Random House Children’s Screen Entertainment.
The kissing booth The sequel focused on Noah, played by Elordi, who was heading to college at Harvard, when his girlfriend Elle (King) is about to start his senior year of high school in Los Angeles. As the couple endures a long-distance relationship, things get more challenging as their future is jeopardized with the introduction of two new characters, Marco and Chloe, played by Pérez and Richardson-Sellers, respectively.
The kissing booth 3 will launch on Netflix in 2021. See the announcement below.
It’s official! Kissing Booth 3 will arrive in 2021. pic.twitter.com/e5O4iGofAQ
– Netflix (@netflix) July 26, 2020
