Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel It Ends With Us has a film adaptation in the works. It’s a deeply personal story loosely based on the relationship between her mother and father, and it follows a woman named Lily who finds love when she moves to a new city after college graduation. However, her world is turned upside down when an ex-lover comes back into her life. Which Hollywood A-lister will take on this starring role? The author just shared that news with fans on social media.
Colleen Hoover and the cover of ‘It Ends With Us’ | via Instagram and Amazon Colleen Hoover’s novel was optioned in 2019
A film adaptation of It Ends With Us went into development more than three years ago when the novel was optioned in the summer 2019. Filmmaker and actor Justin Baldoni — best known for playing Rafael Solano on Jane the Virgin — revealed on social...
Colleen Hoover and the cover of ‘It Ends With Us’ | via Instagram and Amazon Colleen Hoover’s novel was optioned in 2019
A film adaptation of It Ends With Us went into development more than three years ago when the novel was optioned in the summer 2019. Filmmaker and actor Justin Baldoni — best known for playing Rafael Solano on Jane the Virgin — revealed on social...
- 2/2/2023
- by Perry Carpenter
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
It was announced in 2019 that American author Colleen Hoover's "It Ends With Us" would be getting a movie adaptation after the novel was optioned by Justin Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios, with the author serving as a consultant on the film. Today, Variety reported that Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni ("Jane the Virgin") would be starring in the movie. The best-selling book was 2022's top-selling print, has been published and translated into over 40 languages, and has been on the New York Times Best Seller List for 90 weeks and counting.
The casting news has arrived shortly after much online debate pointing out the controversial themes of "It Ends With Us," the novel's problematic portrayal of abusive relationships, and a recent endeavor to publish a coloring book inspired by the title has been met with backlash from critics of Hoover. Certain readers also worry about the book's one-dimensional male protagonist, his shallow employment of toxic masculinity,...
The casting news has arrived shortly after much online debate pointing out the controversial themes of "It Ends With Us," the novel's problematic portrayal of abusive relationships, and a recent endeavor to publish a coloring book inspired by the title has been met with backlash from critics of Hoover. Certain readers also worry about the book's one-dimensional male protagonist, his shallow employment of toxic masculinity,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Fatemeh Mirjalili
- Slash Film
Actress Blake Lively and actor Justin Baldoni (“Jane the Virgin”) have been attached to star in Sony and Wayfarer Studios’ movie adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s “It Ends With Us,” TheWrap has confirmed.
Baldoni will direct with a script adapted by Christy Hall. Deadline first reported the news.
“It Ends With Us” is one of many Colleen Hoover novels that swept through Booktok with over 2 billion views on her TikTok hashtag. Other works like Hoover’s “Verity” received the same treatment, making Hoover the current best-selling novelist in the United States. Five of the 10 best-selling print books of 2022 were Hoover’s.
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“It Ends With Us” was the top selling print book of 2022, has been on the New York Times Best Seller List for over 90 weeks. A prequel novel titled “It Starts With Us” arrived in October 2022.
Hoover is consulting on the film.
Baldoni will direct with a script adapted by Christy Hall. Deadline first reported the news.
“It Ends With Us” is one of many Colleen Hoover novels that swept through Booktok with over 2 billion views on her TikTok hashtag. Other works like Hoover’s “Verity” received the same treatment, making Hoover the current best-selling novelist in the United States. Five of the 10 best-selling print books of 2022 were Hoover’s.
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Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively to Return for ‘A Simple Favor 2’
“It Ends With Us” was the top selling print book of 2022, has been on the New York Times Best Seller List for over 90 weeks. A prequel novel titled “It Starts With Us” arrived in October 2022.
Hoover is consulting on the film.
- 1/27/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
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