TheAfterseries is best known as aOne Direction fan fictionthat gained enough traction on Wattpad to turn into a New York Times-bestselling series, complete with film adaptations. The series follows the story of Tessa Young (Josephine Langford) and Hardin Scott (Hero Fiennes-Tiffin), two college students that are in what can be described as an unhealthy relationship at best.Afterisnot the first Wattpad storyto receive film adaptations, but it is one of the largest franchises to come from the platform today.
InAfter We Fell, we left off with Hardin finding out that Christian Vance, a long-time family friend and substitute parental figure, is actually his biological father. He reunites with Tessa in the street before the camera lets us know this story will be continued. With the final installmentAfter Ever Happyexpected to be released later this year, here is everything you need to know about the film.
Plot: What We Know
The official teaser released on July 11, 2025, gave us a small look into what we could expect. From Tessa’s voiceover, this may be the true breaking point of the couple, with Tessa apologizing for being unable to “fix” Hardin. The film synopsis tells us “a shocking truth about a couple’s families emerges.” While it is expected that the truth revealed about Hardin’s family is his relation to Vance (Stephen Moyer), Tessa’s truth could be more pressing.
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Readers of the book may know what happens with Tessa’s father, but it is unclear if that storyline will be kept in the film adaptation.After We Fellstayed faithful to the source material, so it is expected to happen withAfter Ever Happy. If that is the case, we will see Tessa and Hardin go through their biggest struggles yet, with an ending to their relationship that takes years to see through.
Cast: What We Know
Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes-Tiffin are reprising their roles of Tessa Young and Hardin Scott, respectively. They have portrayed the on-again-off-again pair since the first film in the franchise was released in 2019. Also reprising their roles as Hardin’s parents are Rob Estes (Ken Scott) and Louise Lombard (Trish Daniels). Both began their roles in the franchise with the second film,After We Collided. Chance Perdomo, who replaced Shane Paul McGhie as Landon inAfter We Fell, is also reprising the role inAfter Ever Happy.
To fans' dismay, Dylan Sprouse is not expected to make an appearance inAfter Ever Happyas Trevor, one of Tessa’s coworkers at Vance Publishing who created a temporary love triangle inAfter We Collided. While this is not surprising because Trevor was not featured inAfter We Fell, there was hope he would appear in the franchise again. However, two other love interests introduced inAfter We Fellare expected to return forAfter Ever Happy.
Carter Jenkins plays Robert, a waiter from a restaurant Hardin and Tessa went to that seems to be interested in Tessa, and Kiana Madeira plays Nora, a lover from Hardin’s past. Both appeared inAfter We Fellbut may have more prominent roles in the new film.
Release Date
On Valentine’s Day, theAfterfranchise social media accountsreleased a new promotional posterconfirming the film will be released in the United States on July 17, 2025. This release date was initially given at the end of the official teaser. LikeAfter We Fell, Amazon haspicked up the rightsto debutAfter Ever Happyexclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the United Kingdom and France. That leaves questions as to the release date in other markets.
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After We CollidedandAfter We Felldebuted in foreign markets before the United States release date, andAfter Ever Happyseems to be following that pattern. At the end of the official teaser, additional release dates were announced. Most European markets can expect the film to be released between August 24 and August 26, with Canada and South Africa releasing the movie on August 26. Australian and New Zealand fans can expect the film on September 8, a day after the United States release.
Everything Else We Know
After Ever Happyfilmed back to back withAfter We Fellin Bulgaria in the fall of 2020. TheAfterInstagram account confirmed production for the films wrapped on June 22, 2025. In an exclusive interview with Teen Vogue, director Castille Landon confirmed that anAftersequel and prequel are in development, with her planning to both write and direct them. Landon states the prequel will be loosely based on the bookBefore, the fifth book of theAfterseries that is from Hardin’s point of view.Beforelets readers learn more about Hardin’s life before Tessa and gives new insight into the happenings of theAfterseries.
The planned sequel is meant to follow the next generation of Scotts, specifically Hardin and Tessa’s children and a cousin. This means that while fans expectedAfter Ever Happyto be the franchise’s last film, they can get excited about future installments.
