The director of the next two After movies, Castille Landon, is giving fans a little update to start the year.
The After movies Instagram account shared a video message from the director on After We Fell and After Ever Happy.
“Hi guys, I’m Castille Landon, and I’m the director of After three and four. I started working on the project last July, developing the script with [author] Anna [Todd] and [producer] Jen [Gibgot], and really focusing on keeping it faithful to the books and bringing book Hessa to life,” she says.
“We shot the films in Bulgaria, and thanks to Hero and Jo, and the amazing cast and crew, and producers, the films look SO great,” Castille continued. “I cannot wait to bring you the next installment of After in 2021. Happy New Year!”
If you missed it, see what Hero said after they wrapped filming last month!
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The top posts were revealed when looking back at pageviews of what JJJ readers were most interested in seeing, from movie news to name changes, to even family coincidences!
Kiana Madeira is looking back at her last few months!
The 28-year-old Trinkets actress joined the third and fourth After movies as the character Nora, and they just wrapped filming last week.
“We are all officially wrapped on the @aftermovie 3 & 4 and I am so grateful for the journey,” Kiana wrote on Instagram story.
“What a beautiful group of people to have worked with,” she continued. “This was the experience that I never knew I needed. Thanking God for every step of the way 💜”
Don’t forget – the After We Collided film and the cast are nominated for multiple 2020 Just Jared Jr Fan Awards – Favorite Young Actress, Favorite Young Actor, Favorite Drama Movie and Favorite Movie Cast. Be sure to vote for them!
“Thank you guys SO much. It’s thanks to you that we were able to do this, so we hope you love the movie. It’s been an absolute pleasure,” Hero says. “Thank you to everyone behind the camera who you can’t see, let’s have a round of applause for them. Thank you. It’s not just us, it’s everyone else who made this possible.”
“Such a pleasure, honestly,” he added with a hug to Josephine. “We hope you enjoy After three and four, and that’s a wrap!”
The upcoming two movies in the franchise will star quite a few new faces, as some cast members were replaced with different actors in order to film them when they did.
If you missed it, Hero, Josephine and After We Collided are all nominated for multiple 2020 Just Jared Jr Fan Awards, as well as their new co-star Chance Perdomo. The categories they are nominated in include Favorite Actor, Favorite Actress, Favorite Drama Movie and Favorite Movie Cast. Be sure to vote for them in all of their categories!
Here’s a synopsis: Hardin will always be… Hardin. But is he really the deep, thoughtful guy Tessa fell madly in love with— or has he been a stranger all along? She wishes she could walk away. It’s just not that easy. Not with the memory of the passionate nights they spent together.
Still, Tessa’s not sure she can endure one more broken promise. She’s focused on her studies and just starting an exciting new internship at Vance Publishing. She’s also being pursued by Trevor, a handsome new co-worker who is exactly the kind of guy she should be with.
Hardin knows he made a mistake, possibly the biggest one of his life. He wants to right his wrongs and overcome his demons. He’s not going to lose Tessa without a fight. But can he change? Will he change… for love? AFTER WE COLLIDED… Life will never be the same.
After We Collided will land on Netflix on December 22nd.
If you didn’t know, After We Collided was supposed to have two love triangles!
In the book by Anna Todd, there was a love triangle between Tessa, Hardin and Trevor, and another one between Tessa Hardin and Zed.
For the sequel, the director, Roger Kumble, chose to only have one due to a limited amount of time in the movie.
“The initial conversations with Trevor were more like going back to the book and knowing that she had two different love triangles going on in the second book. She had Trevor and she had Zed,” he told ET. “I said to Anna, ‘I can’t do both in a 95-minute film. It’ll short-trip everybody. I think we should pick Trevor because he was opposite of Hardin.’ And she agreed with that.”
“When you don’t have a lot of screen time to devote to this, he better be charming right off the gate. And that’s where I was leaning into some of those rom-com moments because it pushes the story along a lot quicker. And it’s fun to watch,” Roger continued. “In terms of why we didn’t continue that story through, that’s more trying to stay true to the other books. Knowing that Trevor character isn’t really a pivotal character in future books, it’s like, well, we should close this out.”
It’s here! After We Collided is OUT NOW in the US and many other parts of the world!
Hero Fiennes-Tiffin recently opened up about the main characters’ toxic relationship and people criticizing it.
“People criticize it for advocating, like, a toxic relationship, and we need to stress that this is entertainment,” Hero told EW. “It’s not a rulebook for people to follow and take into their lives. But I think it is super entertaining to watch people try and get through that because Hardin and Tessa don’t want it to be toxic, they’re trying to fight through it, and it is for whatever reason.”
“A lot of the time, other scripts may have shied away from that because of the scrutiny that you may get for people saying you’re promoting a toxic relationship,” he added. “It’s the realness behind the fact that this is the case sometimes, unfortunately, and hopefully you can make it work and if it’s not good, it shouldn’t be. It’s super complex topic but that’s what is so interesting about it.”
“Ultimately you want to find out if they can make it work and if they do, how they do, and if they don’t, why it didn’t work,” Hero shared.
