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with It ends with us movie debacle still unsolved, possible film sequel is on the horizon for Colleen Hoover fans.
Justin Baldoni has the rights to Hoover’s It starts with us — 2022 sequel to her 2016 novel It ends with us — but it seems the actor may not be on board to direct a second film in this movie universe.
“I think there are better people for that,” he said Fun tonight on August 6, 2024 to ask about getting behind the camera for the sequel. “I mean Blake Lively is ready to direct. That’s what I think.”
His comment made fans wonder if there was bad blood between Baldoni and Lively on set. My Weekly has since confirmed that the intense “creative struggle” between the two. “(Justin) felt like his vision wasn’t as important as Blake’s, and that stifled creativity on set,” the source said. Our exclusively at the beginning of this month. (Baldoni directed and starred in the film as Ryle Kincaid, while Lively executive produced the film and starred as Lily Bloom.)
TMZ reported this in December 2024 Lively sued Baldoni for sexual harassment, alleging that his behavior during filming caused “serious emotional distress”. his lawyer Bryan Freedmanhe said in a statement My Weekly that the allegations were “completely false, outrageous and deliberately lewd”, arguing that Lively was trying to “correct her negative reputation”. Our asked Lively’s rep for comment at the time.
It ends with us told the story of flower shop owner Lily, who finds herself in an abusive relationship with Ryl, a neurosurgeon with a dark past. When a homeless man from Lily’s youth named Atlas (Brandon Glazier), reappears, this further throws a wrench into her relationship with Ryle.
The second book is a continuation of Lily’s story — but this time with Atlas.
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The film and book end with Lily giving birth to her and Ryle’s daughter, Emerson, and asking him for a divorce. In a flash forward leading up to the sequel, Lily meets Atlas.
The second book takes place almost a year after that It ends with us‘ conclusion. Lily is now the mother of a one-year-old daughter and is trying to figure out how to make her co-parenting relationship with Ryle copacetic. Eventually, she and Atlas reunite romantically.
Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios owns the rights to the second book.
“We have the ability to do that,” Baldoni said Variety in July 2024: “I hadn’t even begun to think that far ahead. I try to stay in the present as much as possible.’
Scriptwriter Christy Hall he played coy with him during the August 2024 interview Business Insider.
“Everybody wants to do business with Colleen, so I wonder who controls the rights to all her material at this point, because I’d be shocked if she wasn’t all over town,” Hall said, adding that she would “happily adapt” anything with Hoover.
Baldoni has made it clear that he has no plans to direct a possible sequel — or pull double duty again.
“We’ll take a vacation after this,” he said E.T earlier this month.
Baldoni is set up for powerful production Scarlett Johanssondirectorial debut, Eleanor the Great, Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story and code 3.