Everything to Know About "After Ever Happy," the Fourth After Movie

Updated on Aug 24, 2022 at 5:55 PM

The After movie series, based on the Harry Styles fan fiction turned novels by Anna Todd, is soon coming to a close with the release of "After Ever Happy," the fourth movie in the series.

The stories about Tessa (Josephine Langford) and Hardin (Hero Fiennes Tiffin), two college students who fall in love but also into a majorly toxic relationship, have drawn in legions of fans who can't wait to see them get their happily ever after. The new trailer, which released on July 14, shows that the next chapter for Tessa and Hardin is actually just the beginning for them.

While this is the fourth movie in the main series, the After universe will soon introduce spinoff stories for fans who aren't quite ready to say goodbye.

Fiennes Tiffin spoke to POPSUGAR in June about his decision to keep doing romance films. That month, he starred in "First Love," about high school sweethearts. He said, "I was slightly worried about doing so many romances, because I'd be putting myself in a bit of a box, but I think I did the opposite of that by taking on another romance with such a different style."

For everything we know about "After Ever Happy," including the premiere date and cast, keep reading ahead.

"After Ever Happy" Trailer 2

"After Ever Happy" Trailer 1

"After Ever Happy" Release Date

The fourth installment of the After series, "After Ever Happy," will be released in theaters on Sept. 7.

"After Ever Happy" Streaming Date

The After series has historically streamed on Netflix, but there's no confirmed date for when the fourth installment will hit the streamer. The movies typically hit Netflix 90 days after they become available on VOD, and the third movie, "After We Fell," went to VOD just one month after the movie's release on Sept. 1, 2021 — ultimately streaming on Netflix by mid-January.

Assuming the release schedule for "Ever After Happy" will follow the same timeline, you can expect the movie to hit Netflix in mid-January 2023.

What Is "After Ever Happy" About?

Though the film may differ from the books, we can definitely predict "After Ever Happy" will see Tessa and Hardin's caustic relationship come to a head. They've had such a tumultuous relationship throughout the series, and it only intensifies.

At the end of "After We Fell," Hardin finds out that his mom is having an affair with an old flame, who just so happens to be Christian Vance, aka Tessa's boss and the man married to Kimberly, who's pregnant with their child. If that's not enough, Christian reveals he's Hardin's real father.

There's no doubt "After Ever Happy" will see those storylines through. The fourth book in the series also finds Hardin and Tessa becoming parents, so be prepared for that.

"After Ever Happy" Cast

Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin will reprise their roles as Tessa and Hardin, of course. This movie will also likely include Louise Lombard as Trish Daniels, Chance Perdomo as Landon Gibson, Rob Estes as Ken Scott, Frances Turner as Karen Scott, Kiana Madeira as Nora, Stephen Moyer as Christian Vance, and Arielle Kebbel as Kimberly Vance. The third and fourth films were shot back to back, so the cast will stay pretty consistent from "After We Fell" to "After Ever Happy."