{"id":32484,"date":"2026-08-08T12:56:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32484"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:56:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:56:34","slug":"bella-thorne-says-shes-writing-directing-starring-in-spring-breakers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32484","title":{"rendered":"Bella Thorne Says She&#8217;s Writing, Directing &#038; Starring In &#8216;Spring Breakers 2&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After wrapping on her directorial debut last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/bella-thorne\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bella-thorne\" data-tag=\"bella-thorne\">Bella Thorne<\/a> revealed that <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/spring-breakers\/\" id=\"auto-tag_spring-breakers\" data-tag=\"spring-breakers\">Spring Breakers<\/a> 2<\/em> will be her sophomore feature in the director\u2019s chair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the announcement that she\u2019ll star in the sequel to Harmony Korine\u2019s 2012 cult crime drama, the actress said that producers asked her to write and direct the film as well, having seen an early cut of her debut <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/color-your-hurt\/\" id=\"auto-tag_color-your-hurt\" data-tag=\"color-your-hurt\">Color Your Hurt<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe producers watched <em>Color Your Hurt<\/em>, which is the movie that I just wrapped, an early cut of it. And they asked me to write something to see if they would like it,\u201d she recalled on the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nlJCJGXEuH0&amp;t=1591s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Call Her Daddy<\/a><\/em> podcast. \u201cAnd they loved it. And now I\u2019m writing and directing <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/spring-breakers-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_spring-breakers-2\" data-tag=\"spring-breakers-2\">Spring Breakers 2<\/a><\/em>. Spring Break forever, bitch, let\u2019s go!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thorne added, \u201cWe\u2019re working with the original team\u2014is back. So, we\u2019re really excited about that. Um, I don\u2019t want to get in trouble. But what I can say is, it is so litty, litty McTitties. I mean, from start to finish, it\u2019s lit as fuck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked if anyone from the original movie\u2019s cast\u2014which included James Franco, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, Vanessa Hudgens and Rachel Korine\u2014would return for the sequel, Thorne took a sip of her drink.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bella Thorne: Disney, Dating, &amp; Reclaiming Her Story\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nlJCJGXEuH0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are having fun. If you wanted to go to the theater and have fun, you\u2019re going to have fun with this movie. That\u2019s for sure. Yeah, it\u2019s balls to the wall. That\u2019s what everyone says when they read the script, balls to the wall,\u201d said Thorne.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before Thorne <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/10\/bella-thorne-color-your-hurt-sets-cast-1236566580\/\">wrapped <em>Color Your Hurt<\/em><\/a> in October 2025, she was <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/global\/spring-breakers-2-bella-thorne-sequel-1236397224\/\">cast that May in <em>Spring Breakers: Salvation Mountain<\/em><\/a>, which was to be helmed by Matthew Bright. 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