After much ado, a sequel to To All the Boys I've Loved Before is officially in the works at Netflix.
The first film was one of the more uplifting things to come out of 2018, and since the Jenny Han book the movie is based on was followed by two sequels -- titled P.S. I Still Love You and Always and Forever, Lara Jean -- it's a no-brainer that Netflix would want another chapter in this breezy, heart-swelling love story.
As details about the TATBILB sequel start trickling in, here's what we know about the movie so far.
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Lana Condor and Noah Centineo will be back. Netflix has confirmed that the actors playing Lara Jean and Peter will be back for the second film. In the announcement video, Condor and Centineo even plan to make a Christmas contract for their real-life friendship.
It's official: @lanacondor & @noahcent will star in a "To All The Boys I've Loved Before" sequel! #ToAllTheBoysSequel pic.twitter.com/DIHN4xVAqs
— Netflix US (@netflix) December 19, 2018Brace for a new face. It's not clear whether Jordan Burtchett, the actor who played John Ambrose McClaren in a mid-credits cameo, will reprise the role in the second film or not. However, Condor's announcement video hints that perhaps a new star will claim the role, as she accepts a call from someone and declares that she thinks they'll be perfect for the part. Burtchett himself added to the confusion online shortly after the video by revealing that he was not yet confirmed for the role.
HEY FAM! Thank you all for your messages and your support today ️ 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 ️'
Truly,
Jordan
A love triangle (or square?) is near. Lara Jean and Peter's newfound bliss is about to face some challenges. For thing, Peter's continued close relationship with ex-girlfriend Gen (Emilija Baranac) -- along with the real reason he was waiting in that hot tub -- throws a major wrench in their relationship in the second story. That complication also coincides with the arrival of John Ambrose McClaren, Lara Jean's old crush from the Model UN who was the recipient of one of her other letters. Condor teased to ELLE, "There's going to be a major new love interest. 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."
It'll start production soon. Probably. We don't yet know when the sequel to TATBILB will begin shooting, but Condor told W Magazine in February that it'd be "really, really soon," although at the time she hadn't yet seen the script. Condor previously told Collider that she would be starting work on the sequel just after her press tour for Syfy's Deadly Class ended in January.
The director of the first movie has ideas. Though her return hasn't officially been confirmed, director Susan Johnson previously told ET Online that she was would likely return to direct a sequel, and she was interested in exploring the love triangle among Lara Jean, Peter and John Ambrose. In addition, the first film's screenwriter Sofia Alvarez has reportedly been tapped to pen the sequel, per Variety.
It may borrow from the third book, too. Certain plot points from Han's second story, P.S. I Still Love You, have already come to fruition in the first film -- like the fact that Lara Jean and Peter were videotaped in the hot tub and Lara Jean's make-up letter at the end. Similarly, Susan Johnson has hinted that the second film may bring in portions of book three.
Will Josh factor in more? Susan Johnson has also indicated that the character Josh (Israel Broussard) may factor into the sequel more than he did in the first movie. As she told ET Online, "I do feel like the character of Josh sort of got the short end of the stick a little bit, but there's room to tell part of his story in the next movie even though he's not so much in the second book. There needs to be some resolution with that."
To All the Boys I've Loved Before is currently streaming on Netflix.
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