Netflix’s new series XO, Kitty delves into the life of To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before‘s Lara Jean’s younger sister. The streaming service just unveiled the first clip from the upcoming young adult romantic comedy spinoff, along with a batch of photos featuring Kitty Song Covey, played by Anna Cathcart.
“We all fell so deeply in love with Lara Jean and her story. So it felt like the greatest gift to give to Kitty was to let her as a character kind of set off on her own two feet and not put her in the shadow of either of her sisters,” explained series creator and co-showrunner Jenny Han.
Although the series is a spinoff, co-showrunners Han and Sascha Rothchild say you don’t have to watch To All the Boys to understand XO, Kitty.
“XO, Kitty takes place in the same universe as To All the Boys, but it’s very much its own world. So fresh audiences can love it and then go back and watch the movies and read the books if they want,” said Rothchild in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum.
In addition Cathcart, the spinoff stars Minyeong Choi as Dae, Gia Kim as Yuri, Sang Heon Lee as Min Ho, Anthony Keyvan as Q, and Peter Thurnwald as Alex. Yunjin Kim plays Jina, Sarayu Blue is Trina, John Corbett is Dan Covey, Michael K Lee is Professor Lee, Jocelyn Shelfo is Madison, and Regan Aliyah is Juliana.
Han, Rothchild, and ACE Entertainment’s Matt Kaplan executive produce. Directors include Jennifer Arnold, Jeff Chan, Pamela Romanowsky, and Katina Medina Mora.
The 10-episode series premieres on Netflix on May 18, 2023.
The Plot: Teen matchmaker Kitty Song Covey thinks she knows everything there is to know about love. But when she moves halfway across the world to reunite with her long-distance boyfriend, she’ll soon realize that relationships are a lot more complicated when it’s your own heart on the line.
