{"id":103,"date":"2026-01-08T06:57:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T06:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspulesnews9.com\/?p=103"},"modified":"2026-01-10T10:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T10:04:07","slug":"we-fing-won-red-white-royal-blue-sequel-finally-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspulesnews9.com\/?p=103","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe f***ing won\u201d: Red, White &#038; Royal Blue sequel finally confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"post-meta__title\">\u201cWe f***ing won\u201d: Red, White &amp; Royal Blue sequel finally confirmed<\/h1>\n<p>Red, White &amp; Royal Blue\u00a0fans are breathing a sigh of relief today (as well as sobbing, screaming and throwing up), because a sequel has finally \u2013 we repeat,\u00a0finally!\u00a0\u2013 been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>During a special screening of the acclaimed Prime Video rom-com in Culver City, Calif \u2013\u00a0attended by stars Nicholas Galitzine, Taylor Zakhar Perez, Uma Thurman, Sarah Shahi, Clifton Collins Jr. and Rachel Hilson, and director Matthew Lopez \u2013 a follow-up was officially confirmed to a\u00a0rapturous response from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Galitzine\u00a0and\u00a0Perez\u00a0will return to their iconic roles as Prince Henry and Alex Claremont-Diaz, with Lopez once again\u00a0taking the reigns as director. He will co-write the script with Casey McQuiston, the author of the beloved novel.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Video released a teaser poster to commemorate the news. A picture of a cake, referencing Henry and Alex\u2019s global scandal in the original, can be seen with decorations of a British and American flag, as well as a number \u201c2\u201d candle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=samdamshenas&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1788780132829995267&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaytimes.com%2Fculture%2Fred-white-royal-blue-sequel-confirmed-with-nicholas-galitzine-taylor-zakhar-perez%2F&amp;sessionId=37c4fdee716bb288e450c54bd33ba16df04a2a91&amp;siteScreenName=gaytimes&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1788780132829995267\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104\" src=\"https:\/\/presspulesnews9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/024-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presspulesnews9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/024-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/presspulesnews9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/024.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Plot details are currently scarce, and it\u2019s not known whether additional stars such as Thurman, Collins Jr., Shahi, Hilson, Stephen Fry or Ellie Bamber, will return, but\u2026 it! is! happening! A sequel is coming! Finally!<\/p>\n<p>As expected, the news had a wild reaction from fans on social media. One summed up all our thoughts and emotions as they wrote: \u201cCan\u2019t stop screaming tbh.. totally fine and breathing normally here!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another said: \u201cI had so many months to prepare for this moment but I don\u2019t have the words at all.<\/p>\n<p>In just under a year, Prince Henry and Alex\u00a0have already been hailed as two of the most iconic LGBTQIA+ characters in history.<\/p>\n<p>Based on McQuiston\u2019s championed novel of the same name, the Prime Video rom-com follows the blossoming romance between a British prince (Galitzine) and the son (Zakhar-Perez) of America\u2019s first-ever female president\u00a0(Thurman).<\/p>\n<p>For its faithfulness to the source material and the aforementioned chemistry between the two leads,\u00a0Red, White &amp; Royal Blue\u00a0received universal praise from longtime fans and newcomers.<\/p>\n<p>When\u00a0GAY TIMES\u00a0originally spoke to Lopez\u00a0about the possibility of a sequel, he said \u201ceveryone in the hair and makeup department\u201d for the film pitched their ideas for a follow-up, from \u201cRed, White &amp; Royal Wedding\u201d to \u201cRed, White &amp; Royal Baby\u201d: \u201cI was like, \u2018Can we just get through today first, please?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lopez additionally told\u00a0Teen Vogue\u00a0that he would do a sequel \u201cif we have the right story\u201d. \u201cThere has to be a better reason than simply the desire to make one, there has to be a compelling story reason,\u201d he explained. \u201cI don\u2019t think a sequel is a bad idea, but I don\u2019t think a sequel for the sake of doing a sequel is necessarily sufficient.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe f***ing won\u201d: Red, White &amp; Royal Blue sequel finally confirmed Red, White &amp; Royal Blue\u00a0fans are breathing a sigh of relief today (as well as sobbing, screaming and throwing &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-taylor-zakhar-perez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspulesnews9.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspulesnews9.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspulesnews9.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspulesnews9.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspulesnews9.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/presspulesnews9.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":159,"href":"https:\/\/presspulesnews9.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions\/159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspulesnews9.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspulesnews9.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspulesnews9.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspulesnews9.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}