“After We Collided” is the second movie based on the young adult book series “After”.
Let’s find out more about the movie After We Collided, that has gained a lot popularity, especially among young ages.
- The movie is based on the 2014 romance novel of the same name.
- The first book, and movie was named “After”.
- The plot follows the love life of two young adults- Tessa and Hardin.
- Josephine Langford portrays Tessa.
- Hero Fiennes Tiffin portrays Hardin.
- The books are written by Anna Todd.
- At first, the books were published online, and later one they became a huge “hit”.
- On the second movie, we are watching how Tessa and Hardin are dealing with their relationship, after the big secret, that was revealed leading to their breakup.
- In May 2019, it was confirmed that a sequel to the film After was planned with Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin reprising their roles as Tessa Young and Hardin Scott respectively.
- On August 4, it was announced that Roger Kumble would direct the sequel.
- On August 5, it was announced that Dylan Sprouse was cast as Trevor, Tessa’s coworker.
- On August 15, Charlie Weber, Rob Estes, Louise Lombard, Candice King, Karimah Westbrook and Max Ragone were announced to play Christian Vance, Ken Scott, Trish, Kim, Karen, and Smith, respectively.
- Estes and Westbrook replaced Peter Gallagher and Jennifer Beals as Ken and Karen Scott respectively.
- Principal photography began in August 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Roger Kumble directed Cruel Intentions (1999), a film with a plot often compared to the one of Anna Todd’s After.
- Selma Blair, who plays Carol Young, also starred in Cruel Intentions as Cecile Caldwell.
- Author Anna Todd confirmed on her social media accounts that she wrote the script for this movie.
- She promised to the fans of the books that the film’s sequels would stay truer to the books.
- She also confirmed that in her new contract, this film would be rated R.
- Many speculations have surfaced about whether or not the production company would change, as well as the director, who was said to not be returning by a producer of the film(s).
- The office sex and the 9 days were the favourite scenes of Anna Todd.
- The filming ended in September, 2019.
- Charlie Webber and Louise Lombard starred in How To Get Away With Murder, yet never shared a scene.
- Unlike the first movie, After We Collided is rated R.
- That means that you must be at least 17 years old or accompanied by a parent or guardian, to watch the movie. At least in the cinema.
- The Christmas scenes were shot in Atlanta.
- Peter Gallagher, who played the role of Ken Scott in the first movie was replaced by Rob Estes.
- He portrayed Hardin’s father, with whom Hardin has not so good relations.
- During the beginning of the nightclub scene, Anna Todd is the author being asked which books they’ve written.
- When Tessa is given a Kindle as a present, she turns it on and looks through the titles already downloaded. She touches the screen to move through the titles of books on the device, but kindles do not work in this way.
- A touch of the screen advances the page, Tessa is effectively reading a book consisting of the title pages and artwork of the books, not the books themselves.
- This is almost certainly done to make the story easier to follow on screen, than read the small titles as a kindle really presents books.
- There’s a mid-credits scene.
- After We Collided was theatrically released in Italy, Ireland, Portugal and the United Kingdom on September 2, 2020.
- On September 3, 2020, the film was released in Austria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, and Ukraine.
- It was then released in Sweden on September 9, in Australia, Denmark, the Middle East and New Zealand on September 10, and in Canada, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, and Romania on September 11. It was released simultaneously to theaters and on-demand in the United States on October 23, 2020, by Open Road Films.
- The film debuted to $10 million from 16 countries.
- Italy is the largest market with $2.6 million.
- In its second weekend, the film grossed $4.2 million from 21 countries, for a 10-day running total of $21 million.
- In its third weekend the film made $4.1 million from 31 countries, whereas in its fourth weekend, the film earned $3.25 million from 32 countries.
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