Breaking It DownEverything You Need to Know About ‘The Kissing Booth’ Sequel

When will ‘The Kissing Booth 2’ come out?

Mark your calendars, people, because the movie will hit screens on July 24, 2020! That means we’re just a few months away now, and we can’t wait!

What will the sequel be rated?

Although Netflix hasn’t announced the official rating yet, sources have reported that the sequel will be rated TV-MA (which means it’s intended for mature audiences).

Has filming for the movie started yet?

Yep, get this, you guys — not only has it already started, but it’s actually already finished! Joey shared this selfie to her Instagram Stories on August 17, 2019, and she revealed that they had officially wrapped filming of the sequel.

“My last day as Elle Evans,” she wrote.

The actress previously shared a video from on set, and it made us even more excited for the flick.

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Just gonna leave this here @thekissingboothnetflix Video cred: @joel_courtney Bottle cred: @jacobelordi

A post shared by Joey King (@joeyking) on Jul 12, 2019 at 3:22pm PDT

She also posted a clip of her and her costar goofing off in between takes, and it was everything.

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What can I say. @teddysphotos brings out my inner fuqqqboiii. @joel_courtney

A post shared by Joey King (@joeyking) on Jul 14, 2019 at 12:32pm PDT

Yeah, now that filming has officially come to an end, it’s all starting to feel SO real!

Who’s returning for the sequel?

If you’re just as obsessed with the first movie as we are, we have great news! The original director, Vince Marcello, will be back to direct the sequel, and it’s so good to know the second movie is in good hands!

But what about the stars, you ask? Well, we already know based off of Netflix’s teaser that Joey and Joel will be in the second flick, but what about Jacob? Well guys, everyone can let out a sigh of relief because the actor is indeed returning for the sequel, despite his character leaving for college at the end of the first movie. Phew. Netflix confirmed the exciting news on October 19, 2019.

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And wait, there’s more. Remember Lee’s girlfriend, Rachel? Well, she’ll be back too! Meganne Young, the actress behind the character, shared a photo of the sequel’s script on her Instagram Stories.

“Well, well, well…I guess I’ll be doing a little script reading this weekend,” she wrote.

Carson White, Molly Ringwald, Frances Sholto-Douglas, Michelle Allen, David Morin and Morné Visser have all also been confirmed for the sequel, and we are SO relieved that they’ll all be back.

Will there be any new stars in the movie?

And get this, you guys — according to Deadline, they’ll be two new additions to the cast. Legends of Tomorrow actress Maisie Richardson-Sellers and newcomer Taylor Perez will also star in The Kissing Booth sequel. You guys might want to buckle up because Joey said the new characters will  “make some waves” in the second movie.

What’s going to go down in ‘The Kissing Booth 2?’

According to Netflix, here’s what will go down in the second movie: “Elle Evans just had the most romantic summer of her life with her reformed bad-boy boyfriend Noah Flynn. But now Noah is off to Harvard, and Elle heads back to high school for her senior year. She’ll have to juggle a long-distance relationship, getting into her dream college with her best friend Lee, and the complications brought on by a close friendship with a handsome, charismatic new classmate named Marco (played by Taylor). When Noah grows close to a seemingly-perfect college girl (that’s Maisie!), Elle will have to decide how much she trusts him and to whom her heart truly belongs.”

Uh-oh. That doesn’t sound good for our favorite couple.

What have the cast said about the sequel?

We don’t know about you, but we would be absolutely devastated if Elle and Noah were to break up in the sequel. Turns out, Joey feels the exact same way.

The actress once told Seventeen, “If there was a sequel, my prediction would be hopefully Elle and Noah stay together. Elle goes to visit Noah at college. Of course, there has to be some crazy things that get out of hand, but I don’t know. I really hope that a lot of the original characters, if there was a sequel, like the OMG Girls and Tuppen and all those amazing characters would definitely be in it.”

Unfortunately, that doesn’t necessarily mean that any of that is going to happen, but we’re glad Joey is on the same page as us. The actress also told The Hollywood Reporter that she thinks the sequel is “better than the first movie.”

“We wanted to give fans something to remember, something that is even bigger and better than the movie they fell in love with initially, something that exceeded all expectations,” she explained. “I think we hit it out of the park.”

Joey also told Entertainment Tonight, “Elle’s got a lot going on. She’s got a lot to deal with. She’s got a lot of decisions to make.”

But according to Jacob, expect a love triangle in the sequel!

“They have to face some harsh realities,” he explained, with Joey adding, “Elle’s got a new hottie in his life potentially. There’s a weird struggle going on in her brain of like, ‘This person makes me feel this way, but also, the person that I love and that I’m with is kind of making me feel bad right now.'”

Taylor, who plays her new love interest, added that it’s kind of like a Twilight moment with Jacob and Edward.

“Noah’s away at school and Marco is the new kid who offers new things for Elle,” he explained to THR. “He’s artistic, he dances, he plays guitar, he sings. It’s a whole different kind of guy than she’s used to.”

Joey even revealed that making the sequel helped her get out of a “depression.”

“I was actually going through it after The Act. I had sunken into a weird depression, part of me was so used to being in that dark headspace,” she told Access. “Then when I got there, being on [the set of The Kissing Booth 2] was such a joy to be on and such an amazing experience.”

She added, “Coming back to this movie was such a joy. I’m a fan of the movie, so being able to come back to something that you’re so proud of and something that you love so much… I think it shows that all of us are having a good time.”

Joel also opened up about the sequel while chatting with Elite Daily, and he admitted that he definitely felt the pressure to please fans who loved the first movie so much.

“I’ve never been in the position where I’ve gotten to pick a role back up. I’ve never done like, a Season 1 of a TV show and then gone back for Season 2,” he explained. “I remember actually being a little nervous to fail because there’s so many fans that love this character and this friendship.”

But after reconnecting with Joey, his fears instantly disappeared.

“Day one on the set with Joey for The Kissing Booth 2 [was] like, ‘Oh yeah, we’re back,'” he added. “It was like putting on your favorite jacket. It just like, slips right on and you know how to wear it.”

He also teased some major news for his character!

“Lee is in for a tough year … There’s a lot of growth coming Lee’s way and there’s a lot of hard times that teach good lessons to a young man at that age,” he spilled, adding that his relationship may be tested in the sequel. “It’s a juggling act, you know? You have a best friend who happens to be a girl, and you have a girlfriend and, like… Who do you spend time with? How does that relationship work out? I had some of the most heartbreaking scenes I’ve ever filmed. [It’s] senior year and life is kind of a stepping-off point in terms of like, ‘What do we do from here?’ These characters have huge decisions to make. You’re 18 and everything is entangled with everything else in your life.”

As for his brother, Noah, he explained, “One of my favorite things about The Kissing Booth 2 is how every character grows and has their own personal story. Noah goes through a really hardening experience. He’s a small fish in a big pond at college now.”

But don’t expect Lee and Elle to ever get together! Joel concluded, “Lee is one of those ride-or-die kind of guys and Elle is his person. [They] have a relationship that’s deeper than physical … It’s non-romantic but it’s soulmates. There’s like, no way that I see them crossing those lines. It’s so clear and just so understood on each side.”

What was it like for Joey to work with her ex Jacob?

As fans know, Joey and Jacob actually started dating while filming the first Kissing Booth. But they unfortunately split right before production for the second movie kicked off. And according to Joey, working together with their rocky past was not easy.

“It was crazy,” she admitted on the “Mood with Lauren Elizabeth” podcast, when asked about starring in a movie with her ex. “It was a wild experience, but honestly, it was a really beautiful time because I learned a lot about myself and I grew as an actor, I grew as a person.”

As for having to kiss her ex-boyfriend, the actress added, “It was fine. It was good.”

“I am very much, like, a frickin’ huge fan of The Kissing Booth,” she continued. “I’m a fan of how it resonated with the world and it resonated with me. So going back and doing that and making the sacrifice, obviously, that everyone is thinking about — I’m not outwardly addressing, but what I’m kinda on the sly addressing — making those sacrifices was totally worth it.”

“Getting to work with the whole cast again was so exciting because we genuinely had every single cast member come back from the first movie and that was so special,” she also told Seventeen.

Will the book get a sequel too?

OG fans of The Kissing Booth know that the story was first written and shared by Beth Reekles on the fan faction site Wattpad. Later, her story was made into a real book. However, the author wants you to know that just because the first movie was the product of a book, the second movie might not go along with a book at all.

She told International Business Times, “I think there could be a second movie without me having a second book. But, at the minute, I’m just kind of crossing my fingers and hoping that someone decides that there will be one, because it did pretty well as a movie.”

Will there be a third movie?

Joel spilled on the possibility of a third flick to Elite Daily, explaining, “The second movie came from our first by popular demand. We’ll see if there’s like, a petition, and I will be the first one to sign it for a third movie.”

She also dished to The Today Show, “Well, me and the cast have been talking and we want that so bad and we’re kind of relying on the fans to help us out. They loved the first one so much and they’re the reason that we got a sequel. So if they love this one and they make it known to the world and to Netflix, our fingers are crossed that Netflix will give us a third movie because that’s what we want really badly.”

We cannot wait to see The Kissing Booth 2!