We Have New Updates On The To All The Boys I've Loved Before Sequel

because the musical group gets back with each other to start working on the To All of the Gentlemen I've Loved Before sequel, there will be one key person missing from the set: director Susan Johnson. She plans to as an alternative serve as an executive producer on the project.


Johnson offered a statement confirming the news to The Hollywood Reporter. “Directing To all of the Men I’ve Loved Before has been one of the fantastic experiences of my life, and I am grateful to the fans for their enthusiastic support of the film," she mentioned. "Due to the timing of my other assignments I won’t be directing the sequel, although as an executive producer, I am looking forward to continuing to share Lara Jean’s story and being segment of this franchise."


Jenny Han, who wrote the book series upon which the films are based, added, "I'm so thrilled and thankful we get to keep telling Lara Jean's story. I just know that the audience will fall in love with her all over again."


Netflix replaced their female director — who triumphantly helmed a massively beloved movie with a story written by a woman, adapted for the screen by a woman, and starring a woman — with a male, in a time any time the landscape for female directors is colored by very loud calls to correct gender discrepancies beyond the lens.


On the bright side, the man replacing Johnson is intimately familiar with the initial film in the franchise. Michael Fimognari, who served because the initial flick's director of photography will helm the follow-up to last summer's hit. It will mark his feature directorial debut soon after a long list of cinematography credits, including The Haunting of Hill House and Before I Fall.


In related news, Sofia Alvarez is returning to write the script that will be recited by stars Lana Condor (as Lara Jean) and Noah Centineo (as Peter), alongside returning supporting cast members, Anna Cathcart, Janel Parrish, and John Corbett, who play Lara Jean's two sisters, Kitty and Margot, and their father.


That's all well and good, although the question that's really on everyone's mind still remains unanswered: Who is playing John Ambrose?!