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Blake Lively has found her next big movie role in the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover's book It Ends With Us, alongside Justin Baldoni.

[For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! Colleen released the sequel It Starts with Us in October 2022, which landed on BookTok's top 10 trending searches of the year. Some TikTokers said Blake reminded them more of the titular character from Colleen's book Verity. "She's come a long way from the small town where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. As for the behind-the-scenes team, both actors and the author will have creative say as executive producers on It Ends With Us. The actress, 35, will star in the movie adaptation of the best-selling romance novel It Ends With Us, E!

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni will star in the movie adaptation of 'It Ends With Us,' the BookTok favorite by Colleen Hoover. Baldoni will also direct the ...

I’m so excited, y’all.” [Per Deadline](https://deadline.com/2023/01/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-sony-wayfarer-studios-adaptation-colleen-hoover-it-ends-with-us-1235242008/#recipient_hashed=a4ce6a4ce333e9d2f45073423f0d0bd9ddd1e881cc1eeb61edd6c222586d0922&recipient_salt=3e6bf6f513c42d850dc794ebe658e7e74e327980ad88a59be1f21c27f8daad37), [I Am Not Okay With This](https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/i-am-not-okay-with-this-finale-review.html) writer Christy Hall is adapting the script for the screen. [met an early end](https://www.vulture.com/2023/01/no-more-colleen-hoover-it-end-with-us-coloring-book.html), but the It Ends With Us movie is just beginning. The It Ends With Us movie is currently in development with Wayfarer Studios and Sony Pictures. [Blake Lively](https://www.vulture.com/2022/05/paul-feig-blake-lively-anna-kendrick-make-a-simple-favor-2.html) and [Justin Baldoni](https://www.vulture.com/2017/12/jane-the-virgin-star-alleges-sexual-harassment-by-producer.html) will respectively star as Lily and Ryle, whose romance devolves into domestic violence. According to Hoover, the original book is “loosely inspired” by her mom, who “got us out of a scary situation” when she was young. [Colleen Hoover](https://www.vulture.com/article/colleen-hoover-best-books-most-romantic-riskiest.html) confirmed today that the film adaptation of her bestselling [BookTok favorite](https://www.vulture.com/article/colleen-hoover-fans-booktok.html) has found its lead actors.

The actors are also set to executive produce the project, with the 'Jane the Virgin' alum directing the film based on Colleen Hoover's best-selling novel.

Baldoni, known for acting in CW’s Jane the Virgin and who last directed the music-centric Disney+ feature Clouds, is repped by WME and Jonesworks. Since then, he’s been working closely with the author, who is consulting on the film. The novel was released in 2016 but became a “BookTok” phenomenon in 2021, with more than two billion views on its TikTok hashtag. Baldoni is set to direct and executive produce the film through his Wayfarer Studios banner, alongside his partner, Andrew Calof. Lily then meets a guy named Ryle and she falls for him. As she is developing feelings for Ryle, Atlas, her first love, reappears and challenges the relationship between Lily and Ryle.” [I Am Not Oka](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/i-am-not-review-1280905/) [y](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/i-am-not-review-1280905/) [ With This](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/i-am-not-review-1280905/), penned the screenplay and will also produce. [A Simple Favor](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/a-simple-favor-sequel-movie-blake-lively-anna-kendrick-1235144744/), is represented by WME, Entertainment 360 and Sloane Offer. Lively, who is also set to star in the sequel to the Paul Feig-directed Baldoni’s interest in the book dates back to 2019 when he and Wayfarer Studios optioned the rights to adapt it for the big screen. According to the book’s synopsis, It Ends With Us “follows a girl named Lily who has just moved and is ready to start her life after college. [Share this article on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us-sony-adaptation-1235311038/&title=Blake%20Lively%20and%20Justin%20Baldoni%20Set%20to%20Star%20in%20Sony’s%20‘It%20Ends%20With%20Us’%20Adaptation&sdk=joey&display=popup&ref=plugin&src=share_button&app_id=1153511048447777) [Share this article on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us-sony-adaptation-1235311038/&text=Blake%20Lively%20and%20Justin%20Baldoni%20Set%20to%20Star%20in%20Sony%E2%80%99s%20%E2%80%98It%20Ends%20With%20Us%E2%80%99%20Adaptation&via=thr) [Share this article on Email](mailto:?subject=thr%20:%20Blake%20Lively%20and%20Justin%20Baldoni%20Set%20to%20Star%20in%20Sony’s%20‘It%20Ends%20With%20Us’%20Adaptation&body=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us-sony-adaptation-1235311038/%20-%20Blake%20Lively%20and%20Justin%20Baldoni%20Set%20to%20Star%20in%20Sony’s%20‘It%20Ends%20With%20Us’%20Adaptation) [Show additional share options](#) [Share this article on Print]() [Share this article on Comment](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us-sony-adaptation-1235311038/#respond) [Share this article on Whatsapp](whatsapp://send?text=Blake%20Lively%20and%20Justin%20Baldoni%20Set%20to%20Star%20in%20Sony’s%20‘It%20Ends%20With%20Us’%20Adaptation%20-%20https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us-sony-adaptation-1235311038/) [Share this article on Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=1&url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us-sony-adaptation-1235311038/&title=Blake%20Lively%20and%20Justin%20Baldoni%20Set%20to%20Star%20in%20Sony’s%20‘It%20Ends%20With%20Us’%20Adaptation&summary&source=thr) [Share this article on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us-sony-adaptation-1235311038/&title=Blake%20Lively%20and%20Justin%20Baldoni%20Set%20to%20Star%20in%20Sony’s%20‘It%20Ends%20With%20Us’%20Adaptation) [Share this article on Pinit](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us-sony-adaptation-1235311038/&description=Blake%20Lively%20and%20Justin%20Baldoni%20Set%20to%20Star%20in%20Sony’s%20‘It%20Ends%20With%20Us’%20Adaptation) [Share this article on Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool/preview?shareSource=legacy&canonicalUrl&url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us-sony-adaptation-1235311038/&posttype=link&title=Blake%20Lively%20and%20Justin%20Baldoni%20Set%20to%20Star%20in%20Sony’s%20‘It%20Ends%20With%20Us’%20Adaptation) [Blake Lively](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/blake-lively/) and [Justin Baldoni](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/justin-baldoni/) will star opposite each other in Sony’s adaptation of It Ends With Us, based on Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Blake Lively is getting back to work, landing her first movie role in three years with an adaptation of It Ends With Us.

Optioned: Baldoni (above) optioned It Ends With Us through his Wayfarer Entertainment company in 2019, with author Hoover consulting on the film Baldoni optioned It Ends With Us through his Wayfarer Entertainment company in 2019, with author Hoover consulting on the film. Hoover is the best-selling author in the United States with over 20 million books sold, with her sequel to It Ends With Us, dubbed It Starts With Us, published in October 2022.

Justin Baldoni will play the lead in the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover's book It Ends with Us · Born in Los Angeles, California, Justin was raised in Medford ...

A children’s version of the book Boys Will be Human was released in October 2022. He directed and produced Clouds, a film depicting the life of musician Zach Sobiech with Warner Bros. His mother is from a Jewish family and his father is of Italian ancestry.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni will feature together in the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover's bestselling novel titled 'It Ends With Us'.

Blake Lively, last featured in Taylor Swift’s 2021 music video for ‘I Bet You Think About Me’, as she made her directorial debut with the song. The novel, for the unversed, is a cultural phenomenon of-sorts. As she is developing feelings for Ryle, Atlas, her first love, reappears and challenges the relationship between Lily and Ryle.

Baldoni is also set to direct the romance drama, which is an adaptaion of Colleen Hoover's bestselling novel of the same name.

As she is developing feelings for Ryle, Atlas, her first love, reappears and challenges the relationship between Lily and Ryle. Lively and Hoover are executive producing along with Steve Sarowitz, Andrew Calof and Baldoni. The movie is backed by Wayfarer Studios and Sony Pictures.

Colleen Hoover says Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni "have what it takes to bring these characters to life."

Last year, the book made its way back to USA TODAY's bestsellers list ahead of its sequel, "It Starts With Us," which arrived Oct. Her 2016 book "It Ends With Us," which follows Ryle and Lily's complicated relationship when a man from Lily's past shows up, is one of Hoover's most popular and well-received novels. She thanked her mother whom she said "got us out of a scary situation when I was little." The good news is he's going to be Ryle. "Then when I first met Justin Baldoni, who is directing the film for 'It Ends With Us,' I immediately wanted him to be Ryle," she said. She's my dream Lily,"

BookTok is all abuzz with the news that Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni will be starring in a movie based on the bestselling romance novel, "It Ends With ...

So we have our Ryle and our Lily.” “The good news is he’s gonna be Ryle. “Blake Lively, y’all.

The movie is based on Colleen Hoover's bestselling novel. Author Colleen Hoover has been a BookTok sensation as of late, pushing her ...

She's also well-known for starring in the original Gossip Girl series. She has had an expansive career across genres, starring in films such as The Shallows, The Age of Adaline, and A Simple Favor. [It Ends with Us](https://www.colleenhoover.com/portfolio/it-ends-with-us/) was optioned for film, and she recently revealed the first casting announcements for the movie via [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@colleenhoover/video/7193106107492011310?_r=1&_t=8ZMWG3PTsP0). In the book, Lily is a young woman who moves from small-town Maine to Boston to start her own business. Despite struggles along the way, she's a hard worker who's determined to make the life she wants. She shows viewers her now-vacant childhood home, talking about how her mother got them out of "a scary situation" and created a space "full of love and joy."

The movie is being developed by Sony Pictures and Baldoni's banner Wayfarer Studios. Lively and Hoover are also executive producers along with Steve Sarowitz ...

It Ends With Us was the top-selling print book with a mention in the bestseller list of The New York Times for over 90 weeks. Blake Lively is set to star in the film adaptation of the bestselling Colleen Hoover novel It Ends With Us along with Justin Baldoni. The relationship is difficult and seems doomed as Lily seeks closure with respect to her old love, Atlas.

The actress talks about her transformation in the action-packed thriller “The Rhythm Section,” where she plays an assassin.

"This house was full of love and joy," she continued. [Blake Lively](https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/style/story/blake-lively-turns-wardrobe-mishap-pregnancy-fashion-hack-96312089) and [Justin Baldoni](https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/video/revelations-fired-fbi-director-exclusive-interview-77337546) will star in the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover's bestselling novel, ["It Ends with Us." The book touches largely on domestic abuse, which Hoover has previously said was inspired by her mother's escape from her own abusive relationship.

Jane The Virgin's Justin Baldoni will be directing and producing Sony Pictures' It Ends With Usadaptation.

[directorial debut](https://www.avclub.com/blake-lively-seconds-directing-edgar-wright-scott-pilgr-1848861817) with a film adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel Seconds. [I Am Not Okay With This](https://www.avclub.com/sophia-lillis-gives-a-superpowered-performance-in-the-m-1841790424). Ultimately, Atria Books later announced they would [“not move forward”](https://twitter.com/AtriaBooks/status/1613297796634841088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1613297796634841088%7Ctwgr%5E1813fa9d6e1982bc84d0852a04cde8f4fead37fd%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vulture.com%2F2023%2F01%2Fno-more-colleen-hoover-it-end-with-us-coloring-book.html) with The Official It Ends With Us Coloring Book in a statement on their Twitter. Recently, Hoover came [under controversy](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/13/colleen-hoover-apologises-for-tone-deaf-colouring-book-based-on-domestic-violence-novel) when reports that a coloring book based around It Ends With Us was to be released, with many fans of the novel speaking out against the odd choice. [criticisms](https://msmagazine.com/2022/09/07/it-ends-with-us-book-review/) of It Ends With Us’ depiction of domestic violence have been often voiced online. When Atlas returns back into her life, “everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened,” reads the

Justin Baldoni married his wife, Emily Baldoni, in July 2013 after an epic flash mob proposal — relationship timeline.

[Jane the Virgin ](https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/jane-the-virgin-cast-where-are-they-now/)alum told [Makers ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VGx95ZSvJ4)in an October 2017 interview. In the clip, [the Man Enough author](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/celeb-scribes-2010227/) lip-synced to various love songs, [ participated in a flash mob](https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/big-bang-theory-cast-performs-flash-mob-to-backstreet-boys-song/) and made his own action movie trailer while “on his way” to the restaurant. When I met Emily, [it was unlike all my other experiences](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/celebrity-couples-first-met-love-stories-2014106/).” “The rest is none of your business.” My home. The master.” “He’s the master of surprises. My help mate. “My dearest wife. “I just kept telling myself, ‘This is not a proposal! This is not a proposal! [tied the knot three months later](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/celebrity-weddings-2013-2013176/).

Author Colleen Hoover announced on Instagram Thursday that her bestselling romance novel “It Ends With Us” will star Blake Lively as Lily and Justin Baldoni ...

The story follows the couple’s toxic relationship and spotlights domestic abuse. “It Ends With Us” tells the story of Lily, a college graduate who falls in love with a man named Ryle while also wrestling with a past love. [announced on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn5XqEZg2c9/) Thursday that a film based on her bestselling romance novel “It Ends With Us” will star Blake Lively as Lily and Justin Baldoni as Ryle.

Author Colleen Hoover announced on Instagram Thursday that her bestselling romance novel “It Ends With Us” will star Blake Lively as Lily and Justin Baldoni ...

The story follows the couple’s toxic relationship and spotlights domestic abuse. “It Ends With Us” tells the story of Lily, a college graduate who falls in love with a man named Ryle while also wrestling with a past love. [announced on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn5XqEZg2c9/) Thursday that a film based on her bestselling romance novel “It Ends With Us” will star Blake Lively as Lily and Justin Baldoni as Ryle.