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Jacob Elordi grew up performing in school plays in Australia before making it big in Hollywood, and his best movies and television shows demonstrate that he has what it takes to carry a project on his shoulders. He only recently made his professional acting debut, in 2018, with movies in both Australia and the United States, so his filmography is not as extensive as some of his costars.

He might not have very many acting credits to his name, but he does have a good variety of credits. Elordi has appeared in teen comedies, biographical dramas, satires, and tear-jerking dramas. Not all of his movies have been the most successful, but they have provided stepping stones for his career, and his best movie and TV roles provide a showcase for the kind of performer he is growing into.

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How To Date Billy Walsh is a teen romantic comedy directed by Alex Pillai. The Prime Video film follows the story of two high schoolers Amelia and Archie who have been friends since childhood. Archie is harboring secret feelings for Amelia but hasn’t told her and when he decides to do so, Amelia falls for the new transfer student Billy. Will Amelia end up choosing Billy or Archie? How To Date Billy Walsh stars Sebastian Croft, Charithra Chandran, and Tanner Buchanan in the lead roles with Daisy Jelley, Kunal Nayyar, Nick Frost, Lucy Punch, Guz Khan, and Charles Camrose starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the love triangle in How To Date Billy Walsh here are some similar films you should check out next.

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The Kissing Booth is the first film in a trilogy directed by Vince Marcello. Based on a...

Jacob Elordi started his acting career as an extra and has quickly become a rising talent in young Hollywood. Elordi gained prominence for his role in the TV series Euphoria and has started to star in a variety of films across different genres. While The Kissing Booth 3 may be the weakest installment in the trilogy, it still holds a place in Elordi's top projects and showcases his breakout role.

One of the best talents to come out of young Hollywood in the past five years, Jacob Elordi has locked in some stellar onscreen performances across film and television already. The Australian native started acting professionally in his 20s as an extra on film sets. He did a few short films before making his feature film debut in the Australian comedy Swinging Safari in 2018, also starring Kylie Minogue and Guy Pierce. That same year, Elordi landed his breakout role in...

Exclusive: iGeneration Studios, producers of Netflix’s My Life with the Walter Boys, based on Ali Novak’s popular YA book, is reteaming with the author to develop a new drama series based on Novak’s Heartbreakers books. Titled The Heartbreakers Chronicles, iGen will be shopping the project.

My Life with the Walter Boys was just renewed by Netflix for a second season, after only ten days on the streamer. In its first full week on Netflix, the first season tallied more than 12M views, putting it at the top of the English-language TV charts. Following its December 7 premiere, the series shot to No. 2 on Netflix’s Top 10 list with 7.5M views in just a few days of availability.

The Heartbreakers Chronicles follows the exploits of the world’s #1 “boy band,” told from the perspective of the love interests of each of the band’s members.

Ed Glauser, iGeneration Studios founder and CEO,...

Joey King is speaking out about her “Kissing Booth” co-star Jacob Elordi’s criticism of their hit Netflix rom-com franchise.

“I think it’s unfortunate anyone would feel that way,” King told me Saturday at the Balenciaga fashion show in Los Angeles. “I had a great time making those movies no matter what anyone says.”

Elordi disappointed the casts of the three “The Kissing Booth” films as well as their fans when he slammed the film in his GQ Men of the Year cover story. “I didn’t want to make those movies before I made those movies,” he told the magazine. “Those movies are ridiculous. They’re not universal. They’re an escape.”

At the Men of the Year party last month, “Kissing Booth” actor Taylor Zakhar Perez told me, “I thought it was a shame because to my knowledge, everybody else had such a wonderful experience.”

Perez continued,...

“The Kissing Booth” actor Taylor Zakhar Perez says he was surprised by co-star Jacob Elordi’s criticism of the rom-com franchise.

“I thought it was a shame because to my knowledge, everybody else had such a wonderful experience,” Perez told me Thursday at the GQ Men of the Year party at Bar Marmont in West Hollywood.

“It’s a shame that was his experience on the set. Especially when those movies came out, it was a time when we really needed something like that,” he said, alluding to the Covid pandemic. “I know from our fan interactions, getting stopped everywhere I go, what ‘Kissing Booth’ means to people and what it brought them during such a dark time. I guess the silver lining is he still made people laugh and feel good.”

Elordi sparked headlines earlier this week by bashing the franchise in his GQ Men of the Year cover story.

Choose Love is a rom-com interactive film directed by Stuart McDonald with a screenplay by Josann McGibbon. The Netflix film follows Cami, a young woman who starts to doubt her relationship with her partner Paul when two other men enter her life. Choose Love stars Laura Marano, Avan Jogia, Scott Michael Foster, and Jordi Webber. While Choose Love is an interactive film we are only able to recommend romantic comedies as there are not many rom-com interactive films in existence. So, if you loved Choose Love here are some similar movies you could watch next.

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Synopsis: On the eve of her college graduation, Natalie’s [Lili Reinhart] life diverges into parallel realities: one in which she becomes pregnant and remains in her hometown, and another in which she does not and moves to Los Angeles. In both journeys, Natalie experiences life-changing love, pursues her dream career as an artist,...

The “After” movie series is an American romantic teen drama based on Anna Todd’s authored After novels. The series has captivated viewers worldwide and has become a global phenomenon.

In this series, Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin team up to tell the story of an inexperienced young woman who embarks on a passionate romance with a mysterious student in her first semester at college. The series was popular among viewers for its gripping story and romantic tension.

If you enjoyed “After,” you might want to check out these romance movies with a similar tone and focus.

Great Movies Like “After” for Young People “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” (2018) “Love, Simon” (2018) “The Kissing Booth” (2018) “Crazy, Stupid, Love” (2011) “The Notebook” (2004) “Endless Love” (2014) “Blue Lagoon: The Awakening” (2012) “Alex Strangelove” (2018) “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” (2018)

Susan Johnson helms this delightful 2018 American teen romantic comedy, with Sofia Alvarez providing the clever script.

Exclusive: The Handmaid’s Tale EP Matthew Hastings is to showrun a medical drama set in the Spanish Civil War from Netflix’s Kissing Booth producer iGeneration Studios, which is being shopped at Mipcom Cannes.

Hastings is also directing Villa Paz, which is inspired by real life events and follows a team of idealistic medics who convert a royal palace into a field hospital. Set in Spain in 1937, an international team of volunteers toil tirelessly at the hospital, as rivalries and relationships imperil their battle to save lives.

iGeneration’s Max Benitz – who starred opposite Russell Crowe in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – is lead writer, while iGeneration Studios’ CEO Ed Glauser and UK Managing Director Michael Shyjka will executive produce with Hastings and Benitz.

“Having been fortunate enough to build my career in this ‘New Adult’ space, Max’s fresh and deeply authentic perspective rings true...

Exclusive: Vince Marcello (The Kissing Booth trilogy) is set to showrun and executive produce Diva, a new drama series inspired by the exploits of real-life French heroine Julie d’Aubigny, from iGeneration Studios. Marcello co-created the series with Max Benitz — who will serve as its head writer — and will also direct a portion of its episodes.

Billed as a period adventure-drama told through a very contemporary lens, Diva chronicles D’Aubigny’s rise from an impoverished servant in 1680s France to battle rogues and royalty alike, in her quest to conquer the stage as the opera singer otherwise known as La Maupin. The show set amidst some of Europe’s most iconic settings, including Louis Xiv’s Palace of Versailles, the backstreets of Paris and Marseille, and the lavender-filled hillsides of Provence, will then watch as La Maupin finds fame, fortune and love – with both men and women – along the way.

Exclusive: The production company behind Netflix’s The Kissing Booth franchise is developing a TV drama series inspired by the real life exploits of notorious French opera singer Julie Maupin.

Master and Commander and Mara actor Max Benitz is attached to write Diva from London indie iGeneration Studios. iGeneration has started conversations with potential showrunners and Ed Glauser and Michael Shyjka will executive produce through iGeneration. No broadcaster is yet attached.

Set around Louis Xiv’s Palace of Versailles, Diva tells of an impoverished servant in 1680s France who battles rogues and royalty in her quest to conquer the stage, finding fame, fortune and love along the way.

Maupin, who was known as Mademoiselle Maupin, was a mysterious real-life figure who has had numerous works of fiction written about her.

“Julie was a rock star and a celebrity before those terms existed,” said Benitz. “A young woman determined to escape...

How many movies does it take to tell a story about high school senior Elle Evans (Joey King) trying to decide whether to honor her friendship to lifelong bestie Lee (Joel Courtney) or break the “rules” by dating his smoking-hot older brother, Noah (Jacob Elordi)? If you’re Netflix — the content factory that milked “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” for its full trilogy potential — then the answer is three, obviously. Except the makers of “The Kissing Booth” didn’t have a solid book series to fall back on, nor a compelling romantic rivalry to stretch across multiple movies.

What they did have was the data to suggest audiences wanted more. I too wanted more — less of the same, but a little substance for a change. How great would it be if Elle found enough self-respect to pursue her own dreams, rather than deciding her future according to which...

Netflix’s “The Kissing Booth” franchise began with sexist and retrograde attitudes toward its high school-age lead characters, then evolved into a collection of romantic tropes and tricks that give the genre a bad name. Now we are left with the final insult: Three films in, this series still doesn’t get its leading lady. In the face of icky writing, limp directing, awful pacing, horrific green screen, and terrible jokes, star Joey King spent three film adaptations of Beth Reeckles’ YA novels injecting heart and humor into her Elle Evans. Still,

Where last summer’s “The Kissing Booth 2” improved upon the series’ ostensible comedic bent and allowed King to shine, the franchise’s conclusion doubles down on its worst elements. At least it’s over, but series filmmaker Vince Marcello won’t let it stop without another overstuffed, 113-minute entry, complete with a bizarre postscript meant to leave...

Aside from a conveyor belt of romcoms, the popular platform has struggled to find any big new names. Can it learn anything from old-fashioned cinema?

Ahead of the Cannes film festival earlier this month, its artistic director, Thierry Frémaux, asked a good question: “What directors have been discovered by [streaming] platforms?” He called on journalists to name one. Nobody shouted out, “What about Vince Marcello, who gave us The Kissing Booth?” Nobody could name any at all, in fact. Cannes and Netflix have been engaged in their own saga over the soul of cinema in recent years but Frémaux raised an important point: streaming services have transformed the landscape to the point they threaten the very survival of theatrical cinema. But what are they building in its place?

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Prepare to kiss another beloved Netflix franchise goodbye. The streamer has released the official trailer The Kissing Booth 3, which brings the rom-com trilogy to a dramatic conclusion when it drops on Wednesday, Aug. 11.

“It’s the summer before Elle heads to college, and she’s facing the hardest decision of her life: whether to move across the country with her dreamy boyfriend Noah or fulfill her lifelong promise to go to college with her Bff Lee,” reads the official synopsis. “Whose heart will Elle break as The Kissing Booth trilogy comes to an end?”

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Netflix created one of the most popular franchises with The Kissing Booth series, about the character of Elle, and her complicated relationship with off-again, on-again boyfriend Noah. But despite the franchise's young, female audience demographic swooning over the story's various love triangles and quadrilaterals, filmmaker Vince Marcello, who has written and directed all three installments in The Kissing Booth trilogy, describes the series as a "coming-of-age" tale, with the upcoming The Kissing Booth 3 being the culmination of that arc.

The Kissing Booth 3 synopsis reads, "It's the summer before Elle heads to college, and she's facing the hardest decision of her life: whether to move across the country with her dreamy boyfriend Noah or fulfill her lifelong promise to go to college with her Bff Lee. Whose heart will Elle break?"

Director Vince Marcello says of the final installment, "Although The Kissing Booth is a romantic comedy, the heart...

Netflix has released a trailer for its upcoming film, The Kissing Booth 3, which will wrap up the teen romance trilogy. The movie will debut on Netflix on August 11th.

In the dramatic clip, Joey King’s Elle is back and faced with a big decision about where to go to college. She can move across the country with her boyfriend Noah (Jacob Elordi) or fulfill her promise of going to college with her Bff Lee (Joel Courtney). The film, directed by Vince Marcello, also stars Molly Ringwald.

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Netflix knows what the people want and is ready to give it to us! Well, in due time. A mere two days after the premiere of The Kissing Booth 2 in July 2020, cast members Joey King, Joel Courtney, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Taylor Zakhar Perez, and Meganne Young announced that a third film was not only coming, but had already been filmed! Nearly a year later, we finally have a release date: Aug. 11.

While the cast have been hush-hush on what exactly the film will focus on, we already have a good idea. A special first look at the film shows Elle (King), Noah (Jacob Elordi), Lee (Courtney), and Rachel (Young) at the Flynn house the summer after graduation. Elle is dodging calls from Harvard admission, which means she still hasn't decided where she wants to go for college and hasn't told anyone about having been accepted to both Harvard and Berkeley.

“He’s All That” is a twist on the 1999 teen comedy “She’s All That”

Netflix has a lot going on this summer. A new preview trailer gives quick glimpses of the streaming service’s upcoming slate — including the first look at TikTok star Addison Rae in “He’s All That” and a release date for “The Kissing Booth 3.”

Rae shows up just shy of 40 seconds into the trailer, dancing at a pool party with her friends. The footage also shows a glimpse of her co-star, Tanner Buchanan, dressed in black tie formal wear. “How fun is this?” Rae asks, before Buchanan pops in with an excited, “Oh, that’s awesome!”

“He’s All That” is set to be a gender-swapped reboot of the 1999 teen comedy “She’s All That.” The original starred Rachel Leigh Cook and Freddie Prinze Jr., as Laney Boggs and Zack Syler respectively, and followed the pair’s unexpected love story.

When To All the Boys I've Loved Before premiered on Netflix in 2018, it was instantly hailed as a romantic comedy sensation. Critics centered much of this acclaim on the film's director, Susan Johnson, for infusing the story with its jubilant tone and lending her eye to smaller touches like the production design of Lara Jean's (Lana Condor) home, which was curated to represent the character's Asian heritage.

When Johnson bowed out of directing the sequel due to prior commitments, the reins were passed off to a male director, Michael Fimognari - a move that arguably resulted in diminishing returns from the franchise's inferior latter chapters. But the To All the Boys series is just one example of a frustrating pattern in the film industry: female directors establish female-focused romance franchises with strong first installments, only to be booted to make space for male successors.

The female directors that inaugurated many...

Exclusive: WME and Anonymous Content have signed young actor Taylor Zakhar Perez, who is coming off of a breakout role on the Vince Marcello-helmed hit Netflix franchise The Kissing Booth.

Based on the YA novel by Beth Reekles, the teen rom-com follows the romantic adventures of Elle, played by Joey King, her bad-boy boyfriend Noah (Jacob Elordi), and her best friend Lee (Joel Courtney). Perez first appeared in last year’s Kissing Booth 2, in the role of Marco, a handsome, charismatic new classmate who complicates Elle’s love journey.

Netflix reported that The Kissing Booth 2 was viewed by more than 65 million people in the first four weeks on the platform.

Perez is set to return for the third installment, which will debut this summer. It picks up where the second one left off. It’s the summer before Elle heads to college, and she has a secret decision to make.

One of the most popular franchises that Netflix created is The Kissing Booth series, about the character of Elle, and her complicated relationship with off-again, on-again boyfriend Noah. But despite the franchise's young, female audience demographic swooning over the story's various love triangles and quadrilaterals, filmmaker Vince Marcello, who has written and directed all three installments in The Kissing Booth trilogy, describes the series as a "coming-of-age" tale, with the upcoming The Kissing Booth 3 being the culmination of that arc.

"Although The Kissing Booth is a romantic comedy, the heart of it is a coming of age story. [The third film] is the culmination of this coming of age story - not just for Elle, but for Noah and Lee, as well. Although their paths are entwined, each has their own journey with a set of challenges that they need to overcome before closing the chapter of their lives that was adolescence and...

Director Vince Marcello knows fans can not get enough of “The Kissing Booth,” and not long after Netflix released the film’s much-anticipated sequel, “The Kissing Booth 2,” it was announced that a third installment had already been shot.

Marcello says, “Although “The Kissing Booth” is a romantic comedy, the heart of it is a coming of age story.” He reveals the third film “is the culmination of this coming of age story — not just for Elle, but for Noah and Lee, as well. Although their paths are entwined, each has their own journey with a set of challenges that they need to overcome before closing the chapter of their lives that was adolescence and beginning their new journey into adulthood.”

The director behind one of Netflix’s most successful franchises and responsible for the rise of stars Joey King, Taylor Zahar Perez and Jacob Elordi, adds, “I’m most...

When “The Kissing Booth 2” premiered on July 24, Taylor Zakhar Perez had about 70,000 followers on Instagram. Within a week, he had three million.

But that should come as no real surprise because Perez is the newest hottie in the “Kissing Booth” franchise. Directed, co-written and produced by Vince Marcello, the sequel to Netflix’s hit 2018 film finds Elle (Joey King) as a senior in high school and caught in a love triangle with the new guy at school (Perez) and boyfriend Noah (Jacob Elordi), now a freshman at Harvard.

“My younger sister and I live together and today when I woke up, she was like, ‘You have three million followers on Instagram,’” Perez told Variety on Friday afternoon.” I was like, ‘Oh, my God.’ She says, ‘How do you feel?’ I go, ‘I don’t know. I guess this is a by-product of just working really hard.’”

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Stars: Joey King, Joel Courtney, Jacob Elordi, Molly Ringwald, Taylor Zakhar Perez, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Meganne Young, Stephen Jennings, Carson White, Bianca Bosch, Camilla Wolfson, Zandile-Izandi Madliwa, Judd Krok | Written by Vince Marcello, Jay S Arnold | Directed by Vince Marcello

The Kissing Booth landed on Netflix in the Summer of 2018 to fanfare from those it was aimed at, with many enjoying it’s simplistically sweet high-school love story and characters who had a chemistry that pushed it up a touch. I mean… I’m a 30-something guy who tends to veer towards Amelie, Before Sunrise or True Romance for my love stories, so it wasn’t really my bag, but I didn’t expect it to be. I’m not the general demographic for The Kissing Booth. I’m okay with that. So… when the sequel hatched from the egg of uncertainty a week or two back, and my better-half decided...

The Kissing Booth 2 released on Netflix recently, and quickly became the most-watched film on the streaming platform over the weekend, in addition to becoming one of Netflix's most-watched films of all time. A second sequel to the hit teen rom-com would be a no-brainer at this point. Joey King, who plays the lead role and also acts as executive producer, recently revealed that The Kissing Booth 3 has already been shot and is in post-production, to be released next year.

The first movie in the series, The Kissing Booth, told the story of Elle, played by Joey King, who has been best friends with Lee Flynn, played by Joel Courtney, her whole life, with part of the agreement in their relationship being a pact made never to date each other's relatives. Unfortunately, Elle has always nursed a crush on Lee's older brother Noah, played by Jacob Elordi. Over the course of a memorable summer,...

Just a few days after “The Kissing Booth 2” debuted on Netflix, the streaming service announced a third movie in the teen romance franchise is in the works.

And there’s more good news for Elle (Joey King) and Noah (Jacob Elordi) fans: “The Kissing Booth 3” was secretly shot at the same time as the sequel, so filming is already complete. It’s currently in post-production and will premiere on Netflix in 2021. The entire cast — including King, Joel Courtney, Elordi, Taylor Zakhar Perez and Molly Ringwald — will return for the follow-up.

“It was the hardest secret to keep,” Courtney said Sunday during a live YouTube event with the cast .

Despite negative reviews from critics, “The Kissing Booth” series has been wildly popular among teen audiences at Netflix. After the first film was released in 2018, Netflix reported it was one of its most-rewatched original films that year.

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“The Kissing Booth 2,” the second installment in Netflix’s wildly popular franchise, is currently No. 1 on the streamer’s viewing charts. Riding high off the popularity of the new film and the 2018 original, both directed by Vince Marcello, Netflix has given the go-ahead on a third movie. But perhaps the most exciting piece of news, as reported by Deadline, is that “The Kissing Booth 3” has already finished filming after shooting quietly alongside “Kissing Booth 2” last year in South Africa. Marcello is reported to be currently in post-production on the film, which Netflix will launch sometime in 2021. Netflix confirmed the news to IndieWire.

The news was revealed by star and executive producer Joey King during a live-stream fan event hosted on Sunday. The third film will continue to explore the romantic ups and downs of Elle (King), her boyfriend Noah (Jacob Elordi), and her Bff Lee (Joel Courtney). “The Kissing...

Exclusive: Netflix on board for a third installment of The Kissing Booth, the continuing romantic adventures of Elle (Joey King), her hunky hot tempered boyfriend Noah (Jacob Elordi) and her best friend Lee (Joel Courtney). Vince Marcello, who adapted and directed the first two films from the novels that Beth Reekles originally self-published through Wattpad, has already finished shooting the third installment, and is in post-production on it.

King, the star and exec producer, just revealed the news during a livestream fan event. The film was quietly shot in tandem with The Kissing Booth 2 in South Africa, and it will be released in 2021. The third installment picks up where the second one left off. 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.

Elle has a brand new love interest in The Kissing Booth 2, and he's giving Noah a run for his money. In the Netflix sequel, Elle finds herself drawn to the new guy in school named Marco, played by Taylor Zakhar Perez. Not only is he incredibly attractive and charming, but he's also a musician. Swoon! Throughout the movie, Marco shows off his musical skills as he performs at the Halloween party and on the street. Of course, our main thought after watching the movie was: is that really Perez singing and playing guitar?

The short answer is yes! During an interview with Popsugar, Perez confirmed that he's really performing during those scenes. "I practiced my butt off," he said about the musical moments in the film. "I was super, super lucky to have [the film's director Vince Marcello], who has a crazy amazing musical background, being an actor on Broadway. He was...

Well, it’s official: Thanks to the coronavirus — and the kind of real-world disaster-movie mayhem that even Hollywood couldn’t invent — summer movie season is canceled. Now that “Tenet” and “Mulan” have both scrapped their summer U.S. theatrical release plans, there’s nothing even remotely resembling a blockbuster on the horizon.

The good news — and there is good news — is that we’re deep enough into this pandemic that distributors have figured out how to release their films virtually, and in some cases, to drive-ins and those few hardtop venues safe (or stubborn) enough to remain open. That means moviegoers can see thrillers “The Rental” and “Amulet,” as well as Vinnie Jones starrer “The Big Ugly,” in select theaters this week, while movie-stayers — those living under lockdown, or simply too cautious to return to cinemas — can order the same movies on demand.

Meanwhile, the streaming services continue to thrive.

Netflix’s continued forays into the wide world of romantic comedies — wildly popular with film fans, often overlooked by the studio system — has seen plenty of ups and downs. The streaming giant won acclaim for series like “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” and one-offs like “Set It Up,” but its romcom picks are just as prone to flaming out as setting the world on fire. While Vince Marcello’s 2018 adaptation of Beth Reekles’ Ya novel “The Kissing Booth” scored big in terms of viewership, critical appraisals were not so kind; with a 17 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the film is one of Netflix’s worst-reviewed originals.

Critics aside, the streamer gave the people what they want. Joey King returns to star in a sequel to the high school romcom —and

While the first film was rife with sexist rhetoric, casual slut-shaming, and a “bad boy” lead who never...

From its auspicious beginning as a novel written by then-15-year-old author Beth Reekles on the self-publish site Wattpad, to its wildly popular film debut on Netflix, “The Kissing Booth” has proven itself a hit. It spoke to its target audience without speaking down to them, telling the story of a young woman confronted with the challenge of choosing between a longterm relationship with her male best friend or a budding romance with his hotter older brother. Though its imaginatively named sequel “The Kissing Booth 2” hits similar beats, themes and emotional touchstones, it delivers a few refreshing details by giving the heroine more agency in her quest to find happiness — yet not quite enough to justify its interminable run time.

High school senior Elle Evans (Joey King) has just spent the best summer of her life with her hunky, hot-tempered boyfriend Noah (Jacob Elordi), basking in the California sun,...

Vince Marcello, co-writer and director of “The Kissing Booth 2,” knew he needed an opening scene that quickly updated fans of the original with what Elle (Joey King) did over the summer after high school sweetheart Noah (Jacob Elordi) graduated and left for Harvard. Adding to the degree of difficulty: Marcello had to create visual references to Los Angeles in the sequence, even though the sequel, which hits Netflix on July 24, was shot in South Africa.

“The idea I had was to acquaint you with the character in a really fast way that was fun, energetic and exciting,” explains the director, who used snapshots of time — Elle at the beach, watching TV and working on her college essay — as the couple try to maintain their relationship from afar.

Marcello called on cinematographer Anastas Michos, who framed the first film, to deliver his vision — a flurry of images mixed with music and voiceover.

It has been another rough week for those looking forward to movie theaters becoming a thing again. Tenet was delayed indefinitely. Major chains postponed their reopening plans and we are seemingly further away from a return to the theatrical experience. But fear not, as plenty of new movies are arriving this week to stream from the comfort of home.

This week sees the release of Dave Franco's feature directorial debut, a rom-com sequel on Netflix and a buzzy horror flick. We also have Donnie Yen reprising one of his most iconic roles, a biopic about Marie Curie and even something for the kids to enjoy. Here are this week's streaming selections.

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Actress Joey King sat down in this episode of The First Time to discuss her latest film The Kissing Booth 2, a sequel to the hit Netflix teen rom-com The Kissing Booth. King has been a fan of the project since the very beginning, recalling her first time reading the script for the first film.

“Reading the script made me feel all those awesome feelings that you get when you watch it — all those teen angsty, rom-com-y, beautiful, upsetting, sad, happy emotions,” she says. “I had a FaceTime meeting with...

Netflix has debuted the first trailer for the sequel, ‘The Kissing Booth 2’, can Elle and Noah survive a long-distance relationship?

Elle Evans (Joey King) just had the most romantic summer of her life with her reformed bad-boy boyfriend Noah Flynn (Jacob Elordi). But now Noah is off to Harvard, and Elle heads back to high school for her senior year. She’ll have to juggle a long-distance relationship, getting into her dream college with her best friend Lee (Joel Courtney), and the complications brought on by a close friendship with a handsome, charismatic new classmate named Marco (Taylor Zakhar Perez).

When Noah grows close to a seemingly-perfect college girl (Maisie Richardson-Sellers), Elle will have to decide how much she trusts him and to whom her heart truly belongs

Based on the “The Kissing Booth” books by Beth Reekles, director and screenwriter Vince Marcello returns for the sequel.

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Netflix has released the first trailer for The Kissing Booth 2. This serves as a follow-up to the hit 2018 rom-com and sees Joey King return as Elle Evans once again. Director and screenwriter Vince Marcello is also back for the sequel, which is based on The Kissing Booth book series by Beth Reekles. This time around, we can see that Elle is having herself a romantic predicament.

The trailer opens up by raising a big question, with Elle then doing her best to answer that question. We get a recap of what has occurred since the last movie ended, with Elle and Noah happily spending the summer together. But with Noah off at Harvard, things get tricky as she is still stuck finishing out her senior year. The long-distance relationship brings with it complications of various sorts on both sides of the equation. It doesn't look to be shaking up the formula or anything like that,...

Netflix dropped the trailer for “The Kissing Booth 2” on Monday, showing fans of the first movie what Elle (Joey King) has been up to since she and Noah (Jacob Elordi) got together and what her final year of high school will look like with her beau off at Harvard.

For starters, it’s going to be a little complicated, seeing as she doesn’t know where she wants to go to college next year and she’s met a new hottie named Marco (Taylor Zakhar Perez) who might be making her question her feelings about Noah.

Watch the trailer above.

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Here’s the official synopsis for “The Kissing Booth 2,” which launches July 24 on Netflix:

Elle Evans (Joey King) just had the most romantic summer of her life with her reformed bad-boy boyfriend Noah Flynn (Jacob...

Netflix has revealed the release date for The Kissing Booth 2. The sequel to 2018's romcom is coming our way this summer, as revealed by star Joey King in a recent live stream, with other cast members making an appearance in the video. Taylor Zakhar Perez, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and more dropped in on the stream where it was ultimately revealed that the sequel will arrive on July 24. So mark your calendars and plan accordingly.

The video ended up being a far cry from the often short teasers that Netflix releases to announce release dates. Instead,Joey Kingspent more than 40 minutes solving a puzzle that not only gave us the release date for The Kissing Booth 2, but also offered a look at the movie's poster. Director and screenwriter Vince Marcello is returning for the sequel. Both movies are based on Beth Reekles' book series of the same name. The first...

"The Kissing Booth 2" is the new 'teen romantic comedy' feature, directed by Vince Marcello based on the novel "The Kissing Booth 2: Going the Distance", starring Joey King and Joel Courtney, in a sequel to the 2018 film "The Kissing Booth", streaming July 24, 2020 on Netflix:

Cast also includes Jacob Elordi, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Taylor Perez, Molly Ringwald, Meganne Young, Morné Visser, Bianca Bosch, Carson White and Tyler Chaney.

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“The Kissing Booth 2,” the sequel to Netflix’s popular teen rom-com, will debut on the streaming service this summer. The follow-up — again starring Joey King, Joel Courtney and Jacob Elordi — drops on Netflix on July 24.

King shared the news Thursday night during a live event on YouTube, where she was joined by fellow cast members to share secrets about the upcoming movie.

“The Kissing Booth” became a breakout hit among teen audiences when it premiered in 2018. At the time, Netflix reported that it was one of its most-rewatched original films that year. Though Netflix rarely provides statistics in context, the company’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos said “The Kissing Booth” was “one of the most-watched movies in the country, and maybe in the world.”

The original film follows King’s character, a high schooler who runs into trouble when she starts to fall for her best friend’s older brother.

Exclusive: Legends of Tomorrow actress Maisie Richardson-Sellers and newcomer Taylor Perez are joining Joey King Joel Courtney, Jacob Elordi, Meganne Young, Carson White, and Molly Ringwald for Netflix’s The Kissing Booth 2. Vince Marcello is directing the follow-up which is based on smash Ya book by Beth Reekles, who wrote the book at age 15 and self-published it on Wattpad before being snatched up by Random House.

Marcello and Jay Arnold co-wrote the script. King stars as Elle Evans, who just had the most romantic summer of her life with her reformed bad-boy boyfriend Noah Flynn (Elordi). But now Noah is off to Harvard, and Elle heads back to high school for her senior year. She’ll have to juggle a long-distance relationship, getting into her dream college with her best friend Lee (Courtney), and the complications brought on by a close friendship with a handsome, charismatic new classmate named Marco...

Charles Russell, Samuel Ireland, Melanie Wozniak and Kylah Day in ‘Itch’ (Photo credit – Nic Duncan).

When BBC announcer Simon Mayo wrote a short story for Joe, his then 10-year-old son, he had no agent or publisher and he could not imagine the book turning into a TV series set halfway across the world in Australia.

Mayo’s tome Itch was published in 2012 and optioned the following year by Komixx Entertainment, the film and TV production company with headquarters in London and offices in Los Angeles.

Melanie Halsall, Komixx’s head of development, laboured for years on the project, which chronicles the adventures of Itchingham Lofte, a science-obsessed teenager who pursues the unusual and sometimes dangerous hobby of collecting all the elements on the periodic table.

When he discovers a new element with extraordinary powers he is forced to go on the run to protect it from sinister organisations who want it for their own ends.

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,...

Netflix said it is making a sequel to The Kissing Booth, the original film it released last year on the streaming service based on Beth Reekles’ smash self-published YA book. The Kissing Booth 2 is now in production with stars Joey King, Joel Courtney and Jacob Elordi all back.

Netflix said in December The Kissing Booth was its most-re-watched original movie of 2018, noting half of all viewers who watched it and fellow YA hit To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before re-watched them at least once. To All the Boys is also getting a sequel.

Vince Marcello (Teen Beach Movie) returns to direct Kissing Booth 2 from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jay Arnold. The Komixx Entertainment Inc pic is being produced by Marcello, Michele Weisler, Andrew Cole-Bulgina and Edward Glauser.

Reekles was 15 when she wrote the novel, which she self-published on Wattpad before Random House picked it up. It follows...

Netflix is giving fans of “The Kissing Booth” a very sweet Valentine’s Day present: news of a sequel.

Yes, the “The Kissing Booth 2” is currently in production, with stars Joey King, Joel Courtney and Jacob Elordi all set to return for the follow-up to the streamer’s 2018 rom-com, Netflix announced on Thursday.

Debuting last May, “The Kissing Booth” is based on the Beth Reekles self-published coming-of-age novel that tells the story of a high school girl who is forced to confront her secret crush at a kissing booth.

Also Read: Netflix's 'The Kissing Booth' and 'To All the Boys I Loved Before' Rewatched by Nearly Half of Viewers

“The Kissing Booth 2” will be directed by Vince Marcello with a screenplay by Marcello and Jay Arnold. Producers include Marcello, Michele Weisler, Andrew Cole-Bulgin, Edward Glauser. The film hails from Komixx Entertainment Inc.

The sequel is currently in production...

Pucker up. “The Kissing Booth 2” is happening on Netflix, one of its stars, Joel Courtney, said on Twitter on Thursday. The sequel will reunite many of the team that made the original breakout hit, including Joey King and Jacob Elordi.

“Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! It’s official!,” Courtney told his Twitter followers. “Yup!!! We Are Getting A Sequel!!!,” said his co-star Joey King.

The Ya-skewed movie went big on Netflix with the streamer’s content chief, Ted Sarandos, saying that at one point it was “one of the most-watched movies in the country, and maybe in the world.”

Plot details for “The Kissing Booth 2” are thin on the ground. Indie producer Komixx, which has carved out a niche in the sought-after Ya space, will make the new film.

The first movie was adapted from a Beth Reekles novel, which was originally self-published on the Wattpad digital platform. It was directed by Vince Marcello,...

Joey King, Joel Courtney and Jacob Elordi are headed back to The Kissing Booth for a sequel, Netflix said Thursday.

The original rom-com was based on the Beth Reekles self-published coming-of-age novel and became Netflix's most rewatched movie in 2018. The Kissing Booth was directed and adapted into a film by Vince Marcello for British film and TV banner Komixx Entertainment, with the backing of Random House Children's Screen Entertainment.

Set in the U.S., The Kissing Booth centers on never-been-kissed Shelly Evans (King), who comes face-to-face with her secret crush at a kissing booth. It charts the ups and downs ...

Joey King, Joel Courtney and Jacob Elordi are headed back to The Kissing Booth for a sequel, Netflix said Thursday.

The original rom-com was based on the Beth Reekles self-published coming-of-age novel and became Netflix's most rewatched movie in 2018. The Kissing Booth was directed and adapted into a film by Vince Marcello for British film and TV banner Komixx Entertainment, with the backing of Random House Children's Screen Entertainment.

Set in the U.S., The Kissing Booth centered on never-been-kissed Shelly Evans (King), who comes face to face with her secret crush at a kissing booth. It charts the ups ...