The film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestseller It Ends With Us has officially cast its leads with Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.
For anyone not keeping up with recent popular literature, Colleen Hoover is one of the best-selling authors on the market right now, especially since a surge in viewership in 2022 made her a BookTok sensation along with her groundbreaking novel. It ends with us. The film was chosen for film in 2019, and production details have since been largely kept under wraps. However, according to a report by ColliderHoover grabbed her TikTok and made the official casting announcement for the film’s two leads. Blake Vivid (Age of Adaline) joins the cast as Lily, and Justin Baldoni (Jane the Virgin) will take on the role of Ryle.
As she reveals in her video post above, Hoover first provides some background on her book on the site It ends with us, standing outside the actual, now empty house in which she grew up with her mother for most of her childhood. She has commented that as well as being the hardest thing she’s ever written, the book is loosely based on her mother, who rescued them from a “scary situation” when she was young and she moved into that house behind her, leaving a “space” was created. of love and joy” that changed their lives. After reflecting on the impact of her main work becoming a film, Hoover shifts gears and addresses the announcement of the film’s two protagonists. cites Blake Lively as her “dream lily” and John Baldoni as a very good match for Ryle. Baldoni will direct the production, while Hoover will serve as an advisor. Hoover closes the video with her excitement about the adaptation, and her 1.3 million followers no doubt share the same feeling.
The premise of It ends with us revolves around a young woman named Lily who has just moved from Maine to Boston to start her life after college. She perseveres through all the struggles life throws her way, no matter how hard, and eventually meets a man named Ryle, for whom she develops feelings. She soon realizes that Ryle, a neurosurgeon and otherwise too good to be true, is hesitant in any relationship, making the quest to win his heart a real challenge. However, over time, she begins to break through his barriers and gets to know him. Unfortunately, just as things begin to take a hopeful turn, Lily’s ex-boyfriend Atlas Corrigan abruptly appears, jeopardizing her budding relationship with Ryle.
The film is currently in development at Wayfarer Studios and Sony Pictures. No release date has been set yet.
Colleen Hoover’s online phenomenon
It ends with us was first published in 2016 and gained immense popularity in the years to come thanks to TikTok’s thriving literature sub-community nicknamed ‘BookTok’. Per deadlinewith over 2 billion views on her profile and over 20 million books sold to date, Hoover became a unique phenomenon and is now the best-selling novelist in the US. She wrote five of the 10 best-selling print books of any genre in 2022 , and It ends with us has since been published in 43 languages, topping the New York Times bestseller list for 90 weeks. In addition, there is a sequel to the seminal romantic novel titled It starts with us appeared in 2022.