Joel attended the Brooks Brothers Holiday Celebration on Saturday night (December 7) at the West Hollywood Edition in West Hollywood, Calif. The annual event helped benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Via Just Jared Jr.
Joel and Logan at the 2019 St. Jude at Brooks Brothers Holiday Celebration
From The Cinemaholic:
‘The Kissing Booth’ is a romantic comedy in its truest essence. And just like most of the movies of this genre, it disregarded the critics’ feelings and went straight for the heart. Based on the book of Beth Reekles, ‘The Kissing Booth’ came out on Netflix last year. The story revolves around two teenage best friends Elle Evans and Lee Flynn, and Lee’s older brother Noah. Elle and Lee are best friends right from their birth, quite literally. They have strong rules in their friendship but teenage hormones threaten to put emotions before clauses.
‘The Kissing Booth’ featured a vibrant and young cast. Joey King, Joel Courtney, and Jacob Elordi starred as the young peeps conflicted with changing sparks. The movie received a fair share of negative responses from the critics but the audience was more kinder to it. It currently has a 17% rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes. ‘The Kissing Booth’ was termed as a shallow attempt at good old high school romance and a step back as a misogynistic movie.
But these things don’t matter to Netflix as it was one of the most viewed movies of 2018 for the streaming behemoth. Apart from ‘To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before’ which was a grand winner for both the audience and critics, ‘The Kissing Booth’ charmed the masses only. It was also the most re-watched movie in 2018 on Netflix. Its incredible viewership record prompted Netflix to announce the sequel to the movie in early 2019.
‘The Kissing Booth 2’ will also be based on a Beth Reekles book. For the sequel, the movie will follow the book, ‘The Kissing Booth 2: Going the Distance’.
Since sequel is definitely happening and it will come out very soon, let’s talk about everything we know so far about ‘The Kissing Booth 2’. But for that, we need to rehash our knowledge of the first movie. The sequel directly follows the events of ‘The Kissing Booth’ so let’s look at what happened in ‘The Kissing Booth’.
From Teen Vogue: Jacob Elordi Is Officially Returning for "The Kissing Booth 2"
If you’re a fan of The Kissing Booth, hold on to your seat because Jacob Elordi is officially coming back for the upcoming sequel.
On October 18 and following intense fan speculation, Netflix US confirmed the news with a short video on Instagram. “I’m returning as Noah Flynn in The Kissing Booth sequel,” the actor can be heard saying in his native Australian accent.
Even though the Euphoria star deemed Noah as “kind of awful” back in June, Jacob seems ecstatic to be returning to the film in the promotional clip, which finds him clad in what looks like an orange kart racing jumpsuit.
Apart from confirming Jacob’s return and reintroducing stars like Joey King and Joel Courtney, the small teaser gave us our first glimpse at some of the new characters in the franchise. In the clip, the streaming giant also announced the second installment of the series has officially wrapped filming.
The Kissing Booth 2 does not have a premiere date as of yet but fans expect it to drop sometime in 2020. And while plot details remain under wraps, the new book sequel, which will come out in January, could reveal some clues — so you can bet we'll be reading it cover to cover.
From NetflixLife: The Kissing Booth 2: Everything We Know So Far
Everything we know so far about Netflix’s The Kissing Booth 2 starring Joey King, Jacob Elordi and Joel Courtney!
The Netflix original film The Kissing Booth premiered on Netflix during Netflix’s “summer of love” in 2018 and was a massive success. The film is easily one of the most popular Netflix romantic comedies to date, and because of that, the film is getting a sequel!
That’s right; Netflix is making The Kissing Booth 2. The streaming network announced a sequel was in the works on Valentine’s Day earlier this year.
Fans are obviously desperate for any news about the film, so we have share everything we know about the series so far.
Check out the official announcement below!
This is the most important thing fans want to know: When is The Kissing Booth 2 coming to Netflix?
Well, we don’t know the exact release date yet because Netflix has not announced it. But, don’t worry. We have a pretty good idea when to expect The Kissing Booth 2.
The Kissing Booth 2 started filming earlier this summer, and it usually takes about one year to film, edit and promote the film before it hits Netflix. Right now, we’re thinking The Kissing Booth 2 will be released in the late spring (May or June) or summer of 2020.
At the time of publishing, I’d expect the film later in the summer, but because of the subject matter and school tie-ins, I could see Netflix pushing this out at the end of the school year and beginning of summer if they can.
Stay tuned for the official release date!
As many people know, The Kissing Booth is based on the book of the same name by Beth Reekles. There is no sequel yet, but Reekles is working on that sequel! Reekles announced the news on Twitter earlier this year that The Kissing Booth 2: Going the Distance is in the works.
Reekles also added that the film will be based on the book, as well. The Kissing Booth 2: Going the Distance will be released on Jan. 2, 2020.
So, yes, The Kissing Booth 2 will be based on Reekles’ new book, which, again, will be released in January 2020. You can pre-order the book now on Amazon and other book stores.
That’s the other good question at this point. Things were in a relatively good place for Elle, Lee and Noah at the end of the first film.
Of course, Noah was going off to college, though, so there’s bound to be some big-time drama. According to a report from Deadline, Noah might have a new girlfriend or new love interest, which means Elle and Noah are probably not together or things are on the rocks.
The Deadline report shared the news that Maisie Richardson-Sellars will play a “seemingly perfect college girl.” That’s not a good sign for Noah and Elle.
To make the long-distance relationship even more complicated, there’s a new guy that might’ve caught Elle’s eye. According to the Deadline report, Taylor Perez stars as Marco, who appears to be a possible love interest for Elle.
We’ll see if Elle and Noah’s relationship will survive!
It looks like most of the cast is back for the sequel, according to the deadline report. Of course, Joey King, Jacob Elordi and Joel Courtney will be back, but Molly Ringwald, Meganne Young, and Carson White will also return, according to Deadline.
I’m sure there will be even more new cast members for the film, as well.
That’s all we know about The Kissing Booth 2 so far! Stay tuned for more news about the sure-to-be hit Netflix original film!
From The Digital Weekly:
If you haven’t seen The Kissing Booth now, what are you doing?! The initial film of Netflix is essentially the 10 Things I hate about you in 2018 and the most revised film on the 2018 streaming website! The Kissing Booth 2 will quickly be coming into the streaming platform with the wildly famous returning casters in tow on February 14, Netflix announced.
It’s Joey King, whom Ramona and Beezus and Joel Courtney can acknowledge. They’re playing BFFs Elle and Lee, who’re complete friend objectives until they’re playing for Lee’s elder sister Noah, Joey’s ex-boyfriend of the IRL, Jacob Elordi. However, if you have watched the film, I must ask a very significant question.
Joey King disclosed that while we were still expecting Netflix release dates, the film was formally wrapped up in South Africa. Joey went back into her hotel room with a selfie of herself. She pointed out that for her birthday, the cast and crew gave her some balloons and other nice gifts.
Jacob shares a very distinct view on Noah when he talks in an interview on his experiences in shooting The Kissing Booth and his fresh show Euphoria.
“There are two distinct experiences, the Kissing Booth was the first movie I ever created. It was kind of a Hollywood ticket so I was very thankful,” he said. “It is almost like remedying my mistakes a little too because the Kissing Booth personality is terrible and it is never really explained. It’s kind of idolized and created, so I think this show show show show show shows why.”
The Kissing Booth sequence isn’t too new, but it’s about to change because Netflix has just announced that two fresh characters will join the film!
Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Taylor Perez join the cast as Chloe and Marco, and they “are love interests, but not mutually” according to Netflix.
From Screen Rant:
J.J. Abrams has had an incredible career in Hollywood, known for creating Alias, co-creating Lost, and producing dozens of movies and TV shows. Abrams has also directed two of the sequel trilogy’s Star Wars films, two Star Trek films, and the third Mission Impossible.
In 2011, he directed the only film of his career that isn’t a sequel to an ongoing franchise: Super 8. This film pays homage to Sci-Fi flicks of the ‘70s, while also telling a heartwarming tale about a group of kids with a passion for filmmaking. Super 8 came out eight years ago, but there are some things you may not know about the monster flick. Here are 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Super 8.
You’ll want to read the entire article. It’s excellent.
10 SEVERAL OF THE CREW MEMBERS MADE SUPER 8 FILMS
9 THEY INTERVIEWED 5,000 KIDS
8 JOEL COURTNEY EVEN HAD TO AUDITION 14 TIMES
7 THEY GOT TO KEEP THEIR BIKES
6 CITIZENS OF WEIRTON ACTUALLY APPEARED IN THE TOWN MEETING SCENE
5 NEVILLE PAGE CREATED THE MONSTER
4 THE FILMMAKERS PAID TRIBUTE TO WEIRTON OHIO’S LEGACY
3 THE CINEMATOGRAPHER DOUBLED AS AN ON-SET MAGICIAN
2 THERE WAS AN ARG FOR THE FILM
1 THERE’S A MEANING BEHIND OPERATION WALKING DISTANCE
