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 hopefully it won’t be long until we hear the answer to the second.
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.
Plans 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 - a likely nod to Alex and Henry’s hilarious wedding cake incident that awkwardly kicked off their romance in the first book/movie.
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 begun (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 Begun
In January 2026, stars Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine shared a video on social media announcing the start production of Red, White & Royal Wedding, and giving us a glimpse of the set of the movie, including Alex laying in bed on his phone. They also answered a big question, with regards to the title of the film. It’s not Alex and Henry’s wedding!
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 January 2026, 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
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.
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 much as I would’ve loved for it to be Alex and Henry’s wedding, I’m just fine with it being another member of his family… especially if there’s another cake-tastrophe in store. As long as Alex and Henry are still together when this movie kicks off, I’m happy!
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 Collectors 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. It’s entirely possible that the new movie will pick up not long after the events of the first film and go in its own direction.
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.
Speaking of McQuiston, they did an interview with W Magazine in August 2024 to discuss their new novel, The Pairing, and the topic of writing the Red, White and Royal Blue sequel came up. If you’ve read it, you’re likely aware that there are some key differences between the movie and Casey McQuiston’s Red, White and Royal Blue novel. With that in mind, it's interesting to hear what they had to say about writing the characters' stories for the sequel to the movie, while also factoring in elements from the book:
It’s also fun to play in a different world than the book. I see them as a version of Alex and Henry who had different circumstances that set them up on their paths toward each other, and so that’s gonna ripple along to the storytelling for them. It’s been interesting to sit down with Matthew to figure out how we bring in things from the book, while still allowing these two characters in this version of their story to find their way.
For more context, this response came from a question that followed a discussion about comparing the central pairings in McQuiston’s books, which led to the author suggesting a hypothetical scenario where Theo and Kit from The Pairing could somehow cross paths with Alex and Henry.
From the way this discussion was phrased, I don’t know that I’d go so far as to say they’re hinting that a crossover might happen between the characters of these two otherwise unrelated books. It seems more like the possibility exists because there’s a lot of room for creativity in developing Alex and Henry’s future. (If you want the full context and/or a fan of The Pairing, be sure to check out that W Magazine interview.)
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 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
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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