Alex and Henry’s story isn’t over! A sequel to Red, White and Royal Blue is on the way, and based on the latest updates, it sounds like things are moving right along for the highly anticipated movie.
Before Shane and Ilya were heating up our screens with the spicy enemies-to-lovers hockey romance, Heated Rivalry, there were Henry and Alex, a prince and the son of a U.S. president who fell for one another in secret. Their romance undoubtedly had us all smitten when the book-to-screen adaptation of Casey McQuiston’s Red, White and Royal Blue arrived a few years back. When can we expect the movie to make its way to our Prime Video subscription, and what will this upcoming new movie be called? Well, we know the answer to one of those questions, and with filming getting started and now complete, more bits of information have been shared, so let’s get into it!
What Is The Red, White & Royal Wedding Release Date?
Sadly, there’s still no word on the release date for Red, White & Royal Wedding just yet, but as you may have noticed, we do have a title! In October 2025, Amazon MGM Studios announced that the sequel to Red, White & Royal Blue would be Red, White & Royal Wedding, and that Jamie Babbit was on board to direct.
Article continues belowPlans for the sequel were originally announced in May 2024 during a screening event for the 2023 movie. Amazon MGM Studios also released an announcement poster (above) at that time, which teases a “2” candle set between UK and USA flags. And of course, those flags are perched atop a very messed-up looking cake, likely a nod to Alex and Henry’s hilarious wedding cake incident that awkwardly kicked off their romance in the first book/movie, as well as a tease of a wedding to come.
Is there cause to hope that Red, White & Royal Wedding will arrive on the 2026 movie schedule? It’s not out of the question, considering production has wrapped (more on that in a moment). Plus, 2026 happens to be a big birthday for the U.S., as we’ll be celebrating the 250th Independence Day this July. So maybe the movie will be timed for that (the first film was streaming on Amazon in August 2023).
How Will We Be Able To Watch Red, White & Royal Blue 2?
The first Red, White & Royal Blue movie was made available streaming on Prime Video in 2023, and that's still where you can watch the movie right now. The closest thing we have to confirmation that Red, White & Royal Wedding will also make its debut on the streaming platform is the Prime logo at the bottom of the announcement poster. That seems like a pretty strong indication that the sequel will be available to watch on one of the best streaming services out there at some point.
Whether or not it will be showing in theaters before it's available streaming (or at all) is unknown.
Production On Red, White & Royal Wedding Has Wrapped
In January 2026, stars Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine shared a video on social media announcing the start of production of Red, White & Royal Wedding, and giving us a glimpse of the set of the movie, including Alex lying in bed on his phone. They also answered a big question with regard to the title of the film. It’s not Alex and Henry’s wedding!
And then in late February, the RW&RB Instagram shared this clip of Casey McQuiston talking about the movie. The video also gives us a few glimpses of the set and the stars:
On March 6, a new Instagram post from Taylor Zakhar Perez revealed that filming had wrapped on the movie!
Who's In The Red, White & Royal Wedding Cast?
Amazon MGM Studios has graciously confirmed several cast members of the film. We’ve known for a while that Galitzine and Zakhar Perez would be back for the sequel, but up until this year, we didn’t know for sure who else we’d see. Here are the confirmed cast members for Red, White & Royal Wedding:
- Taylor Zakhar Perez (Alex)
- Nicholas Galitzine (Henry)
- Uma Thurman (President Ellen Claremont)
- Sarah Shahi (Zahra)
- Rachel Hilson (Nora)
- Ellie Bamber (Princess Beatrice/”Bea”)
- Clifton Collins Jr. (Congressman Oscar Diaz)
- Stephen Fry (King James III)
- Thomas Flynn (Prince Phillip)
- Aneesh Sheth (Amy)
- Malcolm Atobrah (Percy)
- Henry Ashton
- Alex Høgh Andersen
- Lena Headey (Princess Catherine)
- Chloe Fineman
I’m so glad that so many of the original actors are returning to their roles for the sequel! It also looks like there are two newcomers to the cast, though their roles haven’t been announced. The most recent additions announced were Lena Headey and Chloe Fineman, according to Deadline. Talk about talent!
What Will Red White & Royal Wedding Be About?
At this point, plot details have not been revealed about the new movie, and Amazon's January 2026 update notably mentioned that they're being kept under wraps. Though we might be safe in expecting a wedding to play a major part in the story! In fact, as mentioned earlier, from Galitzine and Zakhar Perez’s production announcement, we know that the titular wedding is Bea’s. Henry’s sister is apparently tying the knot.
As for where Henry and Alex are, we don’t have a lot to go on, but Zakhar Perez did share a few vague tidbits in a recent interview with V Magazine:
This time around, everything’s shifted. Alex is in a committed, real relationship with Henry, he’s graduated from law school, and he’s more self-aware and more settled in his identity. The big questions aren’t about figuring out his sexuality or hiding anymore; they’re about what comes next in life, love, career, and the world around him.
So it sounds like things have moved forward a bit for Alex and Henry. It’s likely there will be more conflict for them to face in this new story, but it sounds like the sequel is aiming to progress the story and their relationship, rather than retreading the same territory as the original.
It’s really hard to speculate on the plot of this new movie, considering it’s not based on a book. Red, White & Royal Blue is a stand-alone romantic comedy novel, which was published in 2019. Casey McQuiston has not published a sequel for it, so at this point, the news that it’s Bea’s wedding is all we really have to go on.
I think it’s worth including what few things we do know about Alex and Henry’s life after the events of the first book, which may be relevant to this new movie.
(Spoiler alert if you haven’t read/seen the Red, White & Royal Blue book/movie)
In 2022, a Collector's Edition of Red, White & Royal Blue was published, which includes a bonus chapter at the end that’s told from Henry’s POV and gives us glimpses into the happily-ever-after of Alex and Henry in the years that follow the events of the book. This includes Alex and Henry living separately and then together in Brooklyn as they pursue their life and career goals. Whether or not any of the specifics mentioned in that bonus chapter factor into the planned story for the sequel is unclear.
The Script Is Written By Casey McQuiston, Matthew López, And Gemma Burgess
That brings us to who’s writing Red, White & Royal Blue 2. While there isn’t a sequel book to base the screenplay on this time around, author Casey McQuiston will be co-writing the film’s script alongside Matthew López. The October 2025 Amazon announcement also included Gemma Burgess as a co-writer on the script.
In a conversation with Deadline in August 2024, in anticipation of the 2024 Emmy Awards, Matthew López spoke a bit about co-writing this new movie alongside Casey McQuiston, and the experience of getting to collaborate with the author this time around:
What we have is Casey’s original thoughts and original ideas. And we have a collaboration that we didn’t have on the first one, only except for me and Casey’s words. And so, that Casey’s actually in the room, now that Casey’s lifting the pen and writing — it’s been so much fun, and it feels like watching a new book be written, except it’s gonna be a screenplay instead.
As a book reader, I kind of wish there was a book to read while we wait for this movie! But at least the story for this new movie will be a surprise.
Jamie Babbit Is Directing Red, White & Royal Wedding
Amazon MGM's October 2025 update was centered largely around two new pieces of information: the title and the director. While the first film was directed by Matthew López (who's still attached to the sequel as a co-writer and producer), Red, White & Royal Wedding will be helmed by Jamie Babbit, whose credits include the 1999 movie But I'm A Cheerleader, and episodes from quite a few beloved TV shows, including Only Murders in the Building, Russian Doll, Gilmore Girls, and Nobody Wants This.
We will don’t know when the movie is coming out, or what’s in store for Alex and Henry in the next chapter of their story, but we’ll be keeping our eyes open and our appetites primed for wedding cake and Cornetto ice cream cones* while we wait.
*It feels greedy to make any kind of request about a sequel I still can't believe is actually happening, but since I love the deleted scene Amazon released showing Henry and Alex not-quite-bonding over Cornettos -- a book-inspired moment -- I do kind of hope the ice cream makes it into the sequel this time!
Stream Red, White & Royal Blue on Amazon Prime Video.
Amazon also has the Collector's Edition of Casey McQuiston's book available to purchase
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