Ashanti Reveals She’s Been TextingJohn Tucker Must DieCostar Arielle Kebbel About Potential Sequel: ‘I’m Down’ (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Ashanti in 2025; Arielle Kebbel in 2024.Photo:Phillip Faraone/Getty; Amy Sussman/Getty

Phillip Faraone/Getty; Amy Sussman/Getty

Discussions about a potentialJohn Tucker Must Diesequelare still alive — at least between two cast members of the 2006 teen comedy.

While discussing her new movieNo Address, Ashanti exclusively told PEOPLE that “it’d be hilarious” to make aJohn Tucker Must Diefollow-up film — and she’s even been texting costarArielle Kebbelabout it.

“Arielle, she texts me! We’ve been going back and forth a little bit,” says Ashanti, 44, of Kebbel, 40. “She told me that she had the idea and I was like, ‘Listen, if we can get it together, I’m down.’ ”

Arielle Kebbel, Brittany Snow, Sophia Bush and Ashanti in John Tucker Must Die.Diyah Pera/20th Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock

Diyah Pera/20th Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock

Sophia Bushplays the third woman, who teams up with the other two after he breaks up with all three of them. Together, they recruitBrittany Snow’s character to plot their revenge against John Tucker.

“It would be hilarious to have a part two,” Ashanti adds.

Rumblings of a sequel intensified in 2024 — 18 years after the original came out — during a panel with Metcalfe, Bush, 42, and Kebbel at Epic Cons Chicago. At the time, Metcalfe said he had “heard rumors of this script — there’s a script.” He also said he’d heard that “it’s amazing” and shared that “I’d definitely love to be a part of it.”

Brittany Snow, Ashanti, Jesse Metcalfe and Arielle Kebbel promoting John Tucker Must Die at TRL in 2006.Evan Agostini/Getty

Evan Agostini/Getty

During the panel, Kebbel said the alleged sequel “does involve all of the OG cast” and that John Tucker “may or may not get a chance to change” his womanizing ways, hinting at a redemption arc for the character.

Kebbel told PEOPLE in Octoberthat “there’s a lot of talk about the sequel” and “we’re continuing to do our best to push forward on that.”“I don’t quite know what to say without saying much, but, it’s a special, special project,” she continued, although nothing is set in stone. “And I can say that everyone’s very supportive of a sequel."

Ashanti and Nelly at the No Address premiere.Michael Tullberg/Getty

Michael Tullberg/Getty

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Meanwhile, Ashanti has a new single, “Called You Up,” coming out soon.

Ashanti’sNo Addresspremiered in theaters on Feb. 28.

source: people.com