Movies The Kissing Booth 3 trailer teases Elle's heartbreaking college decision The trilogy's ending hits Netflix on August 11. By Lauren Huff Lauren Huff Lauren Huff is a writer at Entertainment Weekly with over a decade of experience covering all facets of the entertainment industry. After graduating with honors from the University of Texas at Austin (Hook 'em, Horns!), Lauren wrote about film, television, awards season, music, and more for the likes of The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline Hollywood, Us Weekly, Awards Circuit, and others before landing at EW in May 2019. EW's editorial guidelines Published on July 6, 2021 08:42PM EDT Bucket lists, great white shark encounters, and teenage heartbreak — the new trailer for The Kissing Booth 3 truly has it all. The third entry in the popular Netflix romance series takes place the summer before Elle (Joey King) heads to college. She's facing the hardest decision of her life: whether to move across the country with her dreamy boyfriend Noah (Jacob Elordi) or fulfill her lifelong promise to go to college with her BFF Lee (Joel Courtney). Whose heart will Elle break as The Kissing Booth trilogy comes to an end? The Kissing Booth films are based on the self-published Beth Reekles novels that follow high school student Elle Evans, who is forced to confront her secret crush at a (what else?) kissing booth. In the first two installments, she meets, then falls for, and subsequently dates high school jock Noah. The third movie, which hails once again from director Vince Marcello (who co-writes here with Jay S Arnold), was shot in South Africa at the same time as the second film. During a special Netflix fan event last summer, King and Courtney confirmed the surprise new film and revealed that the entire cast — including Taylor Zakhar Perez, Molly Ringwald, Meganne Young, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, and more — would be returning. The Kissing Booth 3 hits Netflix August 11. Check out the full trailer above. Related content: Joey King announces The Kissing Booth 3 is coming in 2021 with original cast The teen E L James: Beth Reekles talks 'The Kissing Booth,' sex in YA, and French homework Why you're going to fall in love with The Kissing Booth