Red, White & Royal Blue Sequel Set at Amazon — Who’s Returning?

Prime Video’s love affair with Red, White & Royal Blue will continue, now that Amazon has greenlit a sequel to its breakout film.

Our sister site Deadline reports that Amazon MGM Studios has given the go-ahead to a second movie, with stars Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zakhar Perez set to return. Matthew López, who wrote the first film, will return to write the sequel alongside book author Casey McQuiston.

For the uninitiated: Red, White & Royal Blue is based on McQuiston’s best-selling novel, and takes place in a hypothetical world where the first female president (played by Uma Thurman) is inaugurated in 2016, and her son, Alex Claremont-Diaz (The Kissing Booth 2′s Perez), begins a forbidden enemies-to-lovers relationship with Prince Henry of Wales (The Idea of You’s Galitzine).

Alex and Henry “have a lot in common: stunning good looks, undeniable charisma, international popularity…and a total disdain for each other,” according to the official synopsis. “Separated by an ocean, their long-running feud hasn’t really been an issue, until a disastrous — and very public —altercation at a royal event becomes tabloid fodder driving a potential wedge in U.S./British relations at the worst possible time.

“Going into damage control mode, their powerful families and respective handlers force the two rivals into a staged ‘truce,'” the synopsis continues. “But as Alex and Henry’s icy relationship unexpectedly begins to thaw into a tentative friendship, the friction that existed between them sparks something deeper than they ever expected.”

The first movie, which was released in August 2023, also starred Rachel Hilson (Love, Victor), Thomas Flynn (Bridgerton) and Stephen Fry (Bones). TVLine readers gave the adaptation an average grade of “A-.” (Read our post-mortem with López here.)

A timetable for Red, White & Royal Blue 2′s release has not yet been disclosed. Check out the announcement below, then hit the comments with your hopes for the sequel!