It's HappeningEverything You Need to Know About the ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’ Sequel

When will the sequel come out?

So although they haven’t dropped a release date yet, Lana recently revealed that they’ve officially chosen a date to start filming the sequel!

“We have a start date, but I can’t tell you,” she told Entertainment Tonight. “But we are going to start shooting hopefully pretty soon, which will be awesome!”

The cast BETTER post some snaps from on set once they start. Or there will be some serious problems.

Who from the original movie will be in the sequel?

So far, we’ve gotten confirmation from Noah and Lana, of course, as well as Anna Cathcart — who played Kitty Covey in the original movie. Not to mention that the movie’s director, Susan Johnson, will also be coming back to direct the second flick.

What will the sequel be about?

There are three books in author Jenny Han’s series that the film is based on, so there’s obviously plenty of source material to go off of.  In the first movie, J-14 readers know that Lara Jean wrote five letters to boys she used to love — one which was returned to her house since it was addressed to her camp, and three that got delivered to the boys in her school. But what about that fifth letter? In the film, Lara explained that the final boy she wrote a love note to was John Ambrose McClaren, who she met at Model UN, so he didn’t live in her town. But the Netflix rom-com ended with him showing up at her door, flowers in hand, ready to stir up some drama. And considering Lana’s mystery phone call in the announcement vid, we can all agree that the second movie will most likely focus on what happens when John returns.

Not to mention that both Lana and Noah have hinted that the second movie is going to have a love triangle between Lara Jean, Peter and John.

“There’s going to be a major new love interest,” Lana told Elle. “The first one was with Josh and Peter, but in the second movie it’s going to be a major new character that’s going to challenge Peter quite a bit and fight over me, which is not a bad thing.”

And although Lana admitted that she’s a bit nervous about how fans will react to her new love interest, Noah is all for it. “I want people to get behind John, I want people to get behind Josh, I want people to get behind all the characters,” the actor told the Entertainment Weekly. “I would like to see fans bicker about it and have it be like the whole Edward Cullen-Jacob thing [from Twilight]. I love that.”

SCREAMING. How epic would that be? We all love a good ship war, although, it may be hard for us to get behind any one else dating Lara Jean Covey since her relationship with Peter is so freaking cute. “There’s nothing more fun than a love triangle,” Lana added to Entertainment Tonight. “The drama? I live for the drama!”

How does the cast feel about the sequel?

Even before the sequel was announced, the cast was all about the idea of coming back for round two.

“All I know is that every single person involved in the making of that film wants a sequel,” Noah said to Variety before the announcement. “We’ve all talked about it in depth. I’ll do as many as they want me!”

And Lana totally agreed with Noah, telling People, “I know I can speak for the whole cast, we all want a sequel very badly. I think it would be crazy to not have a sequel.” Lana did admit though that she personally was getting worried that making a follow-up might not be as easy simply because the cast is all getting busy with various movie and TV roles.

“I’ve heard stuff, but I think there’s a very high chance we’ll get a sequel,” the actress said to Entertainment Tonight. “But they better hop on it pretty soon because Noah and I — I’m on the show [Deadly Class]. I’m doing a movie in Romania. He’s doing Charlie’s Angels. He’s doing another movie that he just booked. It comes down to availability and I hope they lock us in soon. What if we get a Season 2 [of Deadly Class]? Some shows get picked up for Seasons 2 and 3, and shoot back to back. I think they’re trying to be strategic but hopefully they’ll lock it in. Janel’s on [Pretty Little Liars] The Perfectionists, so like, they really gotta lock it down, I’m telling ya! We all want a sequel.”

Well, it looks like this really is happening after all, so time for the cast to free up some time! As for Anna, she gushed to Teen Vogue about how excited she was for the second movie. “I was screaming when I found out the news, it still hasn’t sunk in,” she said. Same girl, same.

Who will play John Ambrose?

Jordan Burtchett played John in the first movie, and although fans really wanted the OG actor to come back to star as John again, Jordan took to Twitter to revealed that he unfortunately hadn’t been cast for the role.

“Thank you all for your messages and your support today,” he wrote. “I haven’t been responding because I’m actually not confirmed yet for the sequel! But I will let you know as soon as I do.”

After he confirmed that he wasn’t coming back to play John, a ton of rumors quickly spread about who Netflix might cast for the role. Fans even thought it might be Dumplin’ star Luke Benward, after he left a mysterious comment Seventeen Magazine‘s post. The outlet questioned about who might star as John, and he wrote, “Hmmmmmm,” sending fans into a frenzy.

But unfortunately, it turned out to be a false alarm. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, the actor revealed that it’s not happening. Yeah, our hearts are breaking. “Honestly, I’m just messing around,” he told the outlet. “There’s nothing to it right now. I just like playing with people. People were getting excited about it, I thought might as well instigate a little bit. Yeah, I’m an antagonizer. I have been since I’ve been a little kid, so sometimes I can’t resist.”

Lana actually admitted that she’s got someone in mind for the role — her co-star Noah! Um, what? As you all know, he’s already starring as Peter in the movie, and as much as we’d all love some more Noah on the screen, that might make the movie a little confusing. LOL.

“Anyone with a good heart [would be perfect],” she told Buzzfeed. “It doesn’t matter about names or anything like that, just someone who’s a good person — like Noah… if he could play two characters!”

Well, since we have no clue who will be playing John at the moment, we went ahead and made a list of our personal picks for the role, which you can vote on here.

How will the characters change?

Prepare yourself, because Noah wants to see the beloved Peter go down a bit of a darker path in the much-anticipated sequel.

“Maybe Peter can fall from the pedestal? Maybe he can change into not-so-good of a guy? Maybe we can show the dimensions to different people. How we can be heroes in one moment and villains in another?” Noah said to Metro about what he hopes happens in the third movie. Ugh, we can’t even imagine this! But Noah does make some solid points, and it would be interesting to see the many layers to Peter.

“I think Peter could be more vulnerable and jealous,” he also told Entertainment Weekly. “He’s not a super evolved person, so there’s always more to explore and develop.”

As for Lana, she explained that she wants to see Lara Jean become more confident. “It’s in her nature to not be confrontational, so when people are mean to her or things happen to her that aren’t necessarily great, I think sometimes she’s just like ‘Okay well I guess that’s life,’” the actress explained. “What would be exciting for me is for her to stand up for herself a little bit more.”

And her younger sis will be going through some transformations too. As fans of the Netflix rom-com know, Kitty is the one who mailed Lara Jean’s love letters in the first movie. And in the sequel, the actress explained to Teen Vogue that she wants her character to meddle with another person’s love life — their father! “I think it would be so cute that she’s super into her dad’s love life. She’s trying to make him happy, she’s trying to get the family back together because she doesn’t really remember her mom as much as the other sisters do,” Anna explained. Ugh, it keeps sounding better and better.

What does that mean for Peter and Lara Jean?

According to the herself, all these changes could mean major trouble for LJ and Peter.

“The struggle of what that means and not having a contract and trust — all those issues that they talk about on the field at the very last scene,” Susan said to Entertainment Tonight. “Relationships are hard to navigate and they’ll find themselves in one. And they’ll discover what the next person might bring in John Ambrose McClaren. We’re so invested in Peter and Lara Jean, that seeing them go through struggles is going to be hard but also something everybody can relate to.”

Let’s hope whatever happens in this next movie our ship makes it out stronger than ever because we couldn’t survive the downfall of this relationship even though, you know, it’s just between two fictional characters. We need a love story to work out for once! And we have a feeling it’ll be Lara Jean and Peter.

So we don’t have a lot of details, but for now, all we need to know is that a sequel is definitely happening so GET READY.