According to Sony, Wayfarer Studio’s feature film of Collen Hoover’s bestselling novel It Ends with Us will not be released on February 9, 2024. The film gained more popularity after the acts were confirmed.
The movie stars Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Brandon Sklenar, Jenny Slate, and Hasan Minhaj. The movie will be now released on June 21 2024, and the fans are anticipately waiting for the release of it.
While Hoover is known for her romantic novels, this is the first time one of her works is being adapted into a novel. Gossip Girl star Blake Lively will play Lily Bloom in the film.
In the book, Lily, a 23-year-old floral shop owner, falls in love with Ryle Kincaid, a 30-year-old neurosurgeon. Hoover expressed her amazement at Lively’s casting during a panel at Book Bonanza in Grapevine, Texas, in 2023, as she had long been a fan of the actor.
Hoover did not believe it. She has been obsessed with Blake Lively since the days of ‘Gossip Girl’. She is a huge fan of Blake and, of course, of her husband.
Justin Baldoni, who is the director of the film, will play Ryle. As for Lily’s other love interest, Yellowstone spinoff 1923 star Brandon Sklenar will portray her childhood crush, Atlas Corrigan. Jenny Slate will play the role of Ryle’s sister, Allysa Kincaid, while comedian Hasan Minhaj will portray Allysa’s husband, Marshall.
Alex Saks, Jamey Heath and Hall are producers. Now, the fans of Hoover’s works will have to wait for few more months to see the characters of her novel onscreen.
What is the movie about?
During the pandemic, “It Ends with Us” became a TikTok sensation, and videos regarding the book have received over 3 billion views. Colleen Hoover’s works are very popular, and she will sell more than 8.6 million print copies in 2022.
“It Ends with Us” focuses on Lily and Ryle’s love story and explores themes of domestic violence and the cycle of violence. Lily grew up with an abusive father, and Ryle became violent during their marriage, but a chance encounter with Atlas, years after she last saw him, provides her with a possible escape.
Hoover said in 2023 that the story is inspired by the lives of her mother and her biological father. She said in the interview that
One of her earliest memories was of him throwing a TV at her mother. She grew up in an abusive household up to that point.
Hoover stated that her mother divorced her father when she was two years old. Since then, she has seen her mother as an independent and strong woman. Hoover’s fans are eagerly waiting for the movie to be released. However, some critics of the work claim that it promotes domestic violence, while others think that Hoover should not have written about it at all.
But Hoover is happy that her mother’s story has inspired many other women who were struggling in their married lives to come out of it. There were many other controversies about the movie. Some of the critics were not happy with the age of the characters.
Age and Costume Controversy
When the casting for “It Ends with Us” was announced, loyal fans quickly pointed out that Lively’s and Baldoni’s ages do not correspond to the ages of the characters in the novel. Hoover addressed the age difference, explaining that she was able to remedy an error she made while writing the novel.
Back when she wrote ‘It Ends with Us,’ the adult genre was very popular. And she was asked to write a novel with characters in those age groups. She made Lily very young. She did not know that neurosurgeons went to school for 50 years. There’s not a 20-something neurosurgeon.
When she started to make the movie, she decided to age them accordingly. She also accepted that it was her mistake because she messed up the ages of the characters in the novel.
And as paparazzi photos began to hit the internet when the movie started filming in New Jersey in 2023, the fans did not appear to love the outfits Lively was seen in.
Hoover pointed out these comments and said that she does not care what the characters are wearing and all she is looking for is the liveliness of the story. She also asked her fans to have patience and wait for the movie.
