Joey King Set to Star in 'The Kissing Booth' as Never-Been-Kissed Teen

Joey King will head to the big screen again in The Kissing Booth.

The Netflix original movie, based on teen author Beth Reekles‘ YA novel, will be directed by Vince Marcello (he directed Teen Beach Movie)!

Joey, alongside The Breakfast Club‘s Molly Ringwald, will travel to South Africa to shoot the film.

The rom-com focuses on “Elle Evans, a 16-year-old girl who’s popular and loves to party but has never been kissed. Things take a turn when she ends up in a kissing booth at Spring Carnival, facing her long-term crush – her best friend’s brother, Noah. The course of love never did run smoothly and the narrative charts the ups and downs of infatuation as Elle is swept up in a romance with the hottest boy in school.” (via Deadline)

We can’t wait to see this story come to life!