A sequel to Netflix’s cute and romantic hit “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” is officially in talks, and represents a major new path forward for the film industry.
Netflix has negotiated a multi-picture deal with Paramount, with Paramount supplying Netflix with original movies in exchange for a part of the revenue stream, according to the “Hollywood Reporter.”
While this is a major shift in strategy on the studio’s part, other studios are keeping their movies off Netflix in an effort to develop their own streaming service. As part of this new deal with Paramount, one of the first movies discussed as part of the deal is a sequel to “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.”
The first installment of the series was not priginally produced by Netflix, but by the production company Awesomeness, which was then acquired by Paramount parent company Viacom this summer.
Netflix distributed the movie as part of its “summer of love” push to revive the rom-com, and it proved successful as the film ended up breaking records, becoming one of Netflix’s “most viewed original films ever with strong repeat viewing.”
“To All The Boys I Loved Before” was adapted from a bestselling book written by Jenny Han. It is a Lara Jean series of young adult romance novels, but the film focused on the first book, which focuses on Lara Jean as a high school junior who writes letters to boys she has crushes on, only to have them all mailed out by her mischievous little sister.
More than likely if a sequel does get the green light, the film will pick up where the first movie left off, about halfway through “P.S. I Still Love You,” which is the second book in the Han’s series.
By: Maytinee Kramer
