‘Five Feet Apart’ Sequel: The Latest on the Next Chapter

If you’ve already seen the movie Five Feet Apart and fell in love with the romance and love story, chances are you’re looking for a Five Feet Apart sequel. And while the movie’s plot doesn’t exactly make that a possibility, there are plans for a spiritual sequel to Five Feet Apart.

A typical ‘Five Feet Apart’ sequel isn’t possible, but a spiritual sequel is coming

While most automatically think of a sequel to Five Feet Apart, including some major players in the cast, it seems the “sequel” to the romance story will actually take on a whole new story and cast.

If you remember the ending of Five Feet Apart, you would understand that it isn’t actually possible for a sequel. However, the team behind the script has a novel ready to be adapted into a film.

Writers Mikki Daughtry and Rachael Lippincott adapted the Five Feet Apart screenplay into a novel. Now, their young adult book All This Time has been optioned into a film.

In 2021, Lionsgate purchased the rights to the novel. The story follows graduating high school student Kyle in the aftermath of a car crash that killed his girlfriend, Kimberly. When Kyle begins a romance with Marley, he begins to question his life and the strange twists and turns it takes.

There has yet to be any further updates on the status of All This Time. The spiritual sequel to Five Feet Apart does not have a cast, director, or release date.

‘Five Feet Apart’ was a hit in movie theaters

It’s no surprise that Five Feet Apart made such an impression a year later, as we all battled the pandemic and the ‘six-feet-apart’ rule with our friends, family, and potential lovers. In fact, dating after 2020 had many similarities to Will (Cole Sprouse) and Stella’s (Haley Lu Richardson) situation — with respect to the actual disease itself since cystic fibrosis is a serious genetic disorder that has taken many lives.

The story followed young lovers who meet in their hospital hall, both receiving treatments for cystic fibrosis and unable to get any closer than five feet, or they run the risk of spreading or contracting bacteria that could kill them. This remains true for another lovable character, Poe, who has been Stella’s best friend for years — but they were never able to so much as hug. 

The movie was a hit in theaters and received a lot of positive responses. According to Forbes, “The film earned an A+ from Cinemascore among audiences under 18” and earned more than $13.8 million during its debut weekend (much more than the anticipated $10 million open).