Joey King reveals the July release date for The Kissing Booth 2

Joey King reveals the July release date for The Kissing Booth 2 during a live stream video with co-star Joel Courtney

Just over two years after The Kissing Booth debuted on Netflix, stars Joey King and Joel Courtney revealed the sequel will be arriving on July 24.

King, 20, and Courtney, 24, took part in a live-stream event on the Netflix YouTube page on Friday afternoon, where they revealed the date to their fans. 

They did so by putting a puzzle together that revealed the new poster and the release date, while revealing other behind-the-scenes tidbits. 

Release date: Just over two years after The Kissing Booth debuted on Netflix, stars Joey King and Joel Courtney revealed the sequel will be arriving on July 24

The puzzle pieces came in a group of lockboxes, which she opened with the help of some of her co-stars like Courtney. 

When it came time to reveal the last piece, they were both extremely excited that it revealed the date of July 24, which King added is close to her birthday.

‘That’s like six days before my birthday, what a wonderful birthday present,’ King said after revealing the release date. 

Sequel date: When it came time to reveal the last piece, they were both extremely excited that it revealed the date of July 24, which King added is close to her birthday

Sequel date: When it came time to reveal the last piece, they were both extremely excited that it revealed the date of July 24, which King added is close to her birthday

After finishing the puzzle, King added, ‘I’m very emotional right now and I don’t know why but I’m very excited.’

Courtney added, ‘I’m so excited, this is the best’ after the date was revealed.

Earlier in the call, King brought on her co-stars Taylor Zakhar Perez (Marco Pena) and Maisie Richardson-Sellers (Chloe Winthrop), who are new characters in the sequel. 

So excited: Courtney added, 'I'm so excited, this is the best' after the date was revealed

So excited: Courtney added, ‘I’m so excited, this is the best’ after the date was revealed

Richardson-Sellers revealed that her character Chloe Winthrop is quite ‘worldly’ who has ‘traveled all around the globe.’

She added that Chloe becomes ‘best friends’ with Noah (Jacob Elordi) at Harvard, the older brother of Courtney’s Lee and Elle’s love interest.

Perez plays Marco, ‘Elle and Lee’s musical and charismatic new classmate’ who Elle spends a lot more time with her while Noah is away at college.

Worldly: Richardson-Sellers revealed that her character Chloe Winthrop is quite 'worldly' who has 'traveled all around the globe'

Worldly: Richardson-Sellers revealed that her character Chloe Winthrop is quite ‘worldly’ who has ‘traveled all around the globe’

Jacob Elordi also sent along a video message to fans, hoping they’re ‘staying safe and healthy inside’ amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Elordi also debuted a deleted scene from the first film, where Elle tries to flirt with Noah after he comes out of a bathroom.

Writer-director Vince Marcello, who wrote and directed both movies, also debuted another scene, that is the first time Elle ‘lied to Lee’ about seeing Noah.

Safe: Jacob Elordi also sent along a video message to fans, hoping they're 'staying safe and healthy inside' amid the COVID-19 outbreak

Safe: Jacob Elordi also sent along a video message to fans, hoping they’re ‘staying safe and healthy inside’ amid the COVID-19 outbreak