There’s more Kissing in Jacob Elordi’s future…
Netflix will release a third installment of the 23-year-old Spanish-Australian actor and Joey King’s teen rom-com The Kissing Booth.
Vince Marcello, who adapted and directed the first two films from the novels Beth Reekles originally self-published through Wattpad, has already finished shooting the third film, and he’s already in post-production on it.
King, an executive producer on the films, revealed the news during a livestream fan event.
The film was quietly shot in tandem withThe Kissing Booth 2 in South Africa, and it’ll be released in 2021.
The third installment will pick up where the second one ended.
The second film’s plot: It’s the summer before Elle heads to college, and she has a secret decision to make. She has been accepted into Harvard, where boyfriend Noah is matriculating, and also Berkeley, where her BFF Lee (Noah’s brother) is headed. Which path should she choose?
The first installment became the most re-watched Netflix film of 2018. Besides King, Elordi and Courtney, also back will be original cast members Taylor Zakhar Perez, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Meganne Young and Molly Ringwald.
Marcello wrote the script with Jay Arnold.
Elordi’s previous credits include Deep Water, Bad Dream and 2 Hearts.