A Box Office: ‘The Kissing Booth’ sequel to hit the screens soon
A Box Office: ‘The Kissing Booth’ sequel to hit the screens soon
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A Box Office: ‘The Kissing Booth’ sequel to hit the screens soon

For those who loved ‘The Kissing Booth’ a sequel reuniting original cast including Joel Courtney, Joey King and Jacob Elordi is set to hit the screens soon.

Breaking the news, Courtney took to her twitter handle and wrote, “Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! It’s official! The Kissing Booth 2 announcement!”

For those who loved ‘The Kissing Booth’ a sequel reuniting original cast including Joel Courtney, Joey King and Jacob Elordi is set to hit the screens soon.

Breaking the news, Courtney took to her twitter handle and wrote, “Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! It’s official! The Kissing Booth 2 announcement!”

The first part of the film, which was released on Netflix in 2018, managed to attract many viewers and praise. According to Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s content chief, speaking about the success of the first edition of the film said at one point it was  “one of the most-watched movies in the country, and maybe in the world”.

The 2018 film was an adaptation of Beth Reekles novel, which, according to variety, was originally self-published on a digital platform.

The sequel will be produced by Marcello and Michele Weisler who also helmed the first film.

The media-services provider is likely to release the film in 2020.

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MTV: Watch The Kissing Booth Stars Playfully Announce The Sequel To The Hit Movie
MTV: Watch The Kissing Booth Stars Playfully Announce The Sequel To The Hit Movie

MTV: Watch The Kissing Booth Stars Playfully Announce The Sequel To The Hit Movie

The Kissing Booth is coming back for round two! A sequel to last May's beloved YA rom-com about love, friendship, and loyalty is officially in the works.

Much like their To All The Boys sequel announcement, Netflix enlisted the movie's stars Joey King and Joel Courtney for a video confirming the continuation of Elle and Lee's saga. In the video — which dropped on Valentine's Day — the duo's lifelong friendship is on full display as they playfully build another kissing booth. Check it out below.

King and Courtney will be back for the sequel, as will Jacob Elordi, who played Elle's love interest and Lee's cool older brother, Noah. Also returning is director Vince Marcello, who will be writing the screenplay along with Jay Arnold.

Marcello adapted the first movie from Beth Reekles's self-published novel of the same name. There is no published sequel, so at this point, we can only imagine how the story continues. Where we last left off, Elle and Lee were back to being best friends after Lee had accepted that Elle and Noah's feelings for each other weren't going to magically disappear. But time wasn't on the couple's side — they only had a few short weeks left together before Noah was off to college.

The Kissing Booth 2 is currently in production at Netflix.

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Newslocker: Kissing Booth 2 Teaser Reunites Joey King & Joel Courtney for More Netflix Fun
Newslocker: Kissing Booth 2 Teaser Reunites Joey King & Joel Courtney for More Netflix Fun

Newslocker: Kissing Booth 2 Teaser Reunites Joey King & Joel Courtney for More Netflix Fun

Netflix has announced that The Kissing Booth 2 is officially happening. The streaming platform released a teaser video to get fans excited for the sequel, and it appears to have worked. Last year's adaptation of Beth Reekles was a huge success for Netflix, though it was panned by critics and currently holds a 13% Fresh Rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The streaming giant's CCO Ted Sarandos called the first installment "one of the most-watched movies in the country, and maybe in the world."

Netflix claims that one in three viewers has re-watched The Kissing Booth, which is 30% higher than their normal average of repeat viewings. With that kind of success, it seems like a no-brainer to have the original cast return for The Kissing Booth 2. Vince Marcello (Teen Beach Movie) returns to direct the sequel from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jay Arnold. The project is being produced by Marcello, Michele Weisler, Andrew Cole-Bulgina, and Edward Glauser.

At this point in time, no story details have been announced as of this writing, bit it is imagined that The Kissing Booth 2 will have a similar premise to the original. The first movie focuses on two best friends, Elle Evans (Joey King) and Lee Flynn (Joel Courtney) who have a lot of rules about their friendship. Elle starts dating Lee's older brother Noah (Jacob Elordi), which is a violation of rule number 9: relatives totally off limits. The romantic teen comedy unravels from there and gets even more complicated when the duo decides to start a kissing booth for a school carnival.

Beth Reekles' 2011 young adult novel The Kissing Booth was originally published on Wattpad, which is an online community for readers and writers to publish user-generated stories in different genres. The story won the Watty Award for Most Popular Teen Fiction in Wattpad's annual writing contest and by 2012, the story had amassed over 19 million views. In 2013, the story was published by Penguin Random House and became a big seller, which is how Netflix came on board to adapt her original story. It isn't clear if Reekles will be involved with The Kissing Booth 2 at this time.

While Netflix touts The Kissing Booth as a great streaming success, the movie was torched by critics, with many calling it sexist and a few noting that it is a "regressive look at relationships that highlights the worst impulses of the genre." The movie and book have been criticized for being too cliché and too predictable, but the streaming platform saw huge numbers when they released it back in May 2018. There is no release date set for The Kissing Booth 2, but Netflix is confident that it will be just as big, if not bigger, than the first installment. You can watch The Kissing Booth 2 teaser trailer below, thanks to the Netflix YouTube channel.

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