Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni To Star In Film Based On Colleen Hoover's ‘It Ends With Us’
WRITTEN BY NAVEENA PRASAD M
Yes, finally Hoover’s bestselling novel ‘It Ends With Us’, is being made into a movie. Soon every Colleen Hoover fan will get a chance to see Lily and Atlas unfurl onscreen.
And it will be Blake Lively will portray the character in the movie adaptation. While ‘Jane the Virgin‘ fame Justin Baldoni will also be starring alongside Lively.
Hoover has sold more than 20 million books and is one of the best-selling authors in the country. ‘It Ends With Us‘ was published in 43 languages and was the top-selling print book of 2022.
The romance novel was optioned by James Baldoni and the Wayfarer Studios back in 2019. It is currently in development at Sony Pictures.
Baldoni will be directing the movie. While the script is adapted by Christy Hall. Jamey Heath will produce on behalf of Wayfarer Studios and Alex Saks will produce for Saks Picture Company.
Lively and Hoover along with other members including Steve Sarowitz, Andrew Calof, and Baldoni will be the executive producers, co-financing the movie.
The book was published back in 2016 and gained fame through bookToks. The book was also on the New York Times bestseller list for 90 weeks.
The former ‘Jane the Virgin’ star Justin Baldoni is the co-founder of Wayfarer Studios. In addition, he has also directed two films for the banner-‘Five Feet Apart’ and ‘Clouds’.