Blake Lively on the set of “It Ends With Us”.Photo: The Image DirectBlake Livelyfans will have to wait a little bit longer to see the actress return to the silver screen.The film adaption ofColleen Hoover’sIt Ends With Us,starring Lively in the role of Lily Bloom, will be hitting theaters on June 21, PEOPLE confirms. The film was initially slated to be released on Feb. 9.TheGossip Girlalum also served as an executive producer on the film, which costarJustin Baldonidirected. While theJane the Virginalum and his production company, Wayfarer Studios,optioned the book in 2019, cast announcements weren’tconfirmed until January 2023.Blake Lively and Brandon Sklenar are seen on the set of “It Ends With Us”.Nancy Rivera/Bauer-Griffin/GC ImagesBaldoni plays Ryle Kincaid, with whom Lively’s character falls in love.Jenny Slateplays his sister, andBrandon Sklenarplays Bloom’s first love, Atlas Corrigan, who unexpectedly returns to her life.“Lily Bloom thinks she’s found the love of her life in Ryle Kincaid. However, after a troubling incident of abuse reminds her of her dark past, she must decide if love alone can carry her marriage through. Further complicating things is the return of her first love into her life: a man who she took in many years prior when he was homeless,” afilm synopsisreads.“I think that Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively have what it takes to bring these characters to life, and I cannot wait for you guys to see that happen,” said Hoover in a January 2023Instagram videowhile speaking about her novel’s film adaption. “I’m so excited, y’all. I can’t even wrap my mind around this.“Hoover addressed the age discrepancies between her romance novel’s characters and the real-life actors who played themat her Book Bonanza festival in June.“Back when I wroteIt Ends With Us, the new adult (genre) was very popular. You were writing college-age characters. That’s what I was contracted to do. I made Lily very young. I didn’t now that neurosurgeons went to school for 50 years. There’s not a 20-something neurosurgeon,” she said, according toToday.“It Ends with Us” book cover.Atria BooksNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“As I started making this movie, I’m like, we need to age them out because I messed up. So that’s my fault,” she added, per the news outlet.
Blake Lively on the set of “It Ends With Us”.Photo: The Image Direct
Blake Livelyfans will have to wait a little bit longer to see the actress return to the silver screen.The film adaption ofColleen Hoover’sIt Ends With Us,starring Lively in the role of Lily Bloom, will be hitting theaters on June 21, PEOPLE confirms. The film was initially slated to be released on Feb. 9.TheGossip Girlalum also served as an executive producer on the film, which costarJustin Baldonidirected. While theJane the Virginalum and his production company, Wayfarer Studios,optioned the book in 2019, cast announcements weren’tconfirmed until January 2023.Blake Lively and Brandon Sklenar are seen on the set of “It Ends With Us”.Nancy Rivera/Bauer-Griffin/GC ImagesBaldoni plays Ryle Kincaid, with whom Lively’s character falls in love.Jenny Slateplays his sister, andBrandon Sklenarplays Bloom’s first love, Atlas Corrigan, who unexpectedly returns to her life.“Lily Bloom thinks she’s found the love of her life in Ryle Kincaid. However, after a troubling incident of abuse reminds her of her dark past, she must decide if love alone can carry her marriage through. Further complicating things is the return of her first love into her life: a man who she took in many years prior when he was homeless,” afilm synopsisreads.“I think that Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively have what it takes to bring these characters to life, and I cannot wait for you guys to see that happen,” said Hoover in a January 2023Instagram videowhile speaking about her novel’s film adaption. “I’m so excited, y’all. I can’t even wrap my mind around this.“Hoover addressed the age discrepancies between her romance novel’s characters and the real-life actors who played themat her Book Bonanza festival in June.“Back when I wroteIt Ends With Us, the new adult (genre) was very popular. You were writing college-age characters. That’s what I was contracted to do. I made Lily very young. I didn’t now that neurosurgeons went to school for 50 years. There’s not a 20-something neurosurgeon,” she said, according toToday.“It Ends with Us” book cover.Atria BooksNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“As I started making this movie, I’m like, we need to age them out because I messed up. So that’s my fault,” she added, per the news outlet.
Blake Livelyfans will have to wait a little bit longer to see the actress return to the silver screen.
The film adaption ofColleen Hoover’sIt Ends With Us,starring Lively in the role of Lily Bloom, will be hitting theaters on June 21, PEOPLE confirms. The film was initially slated to be released on Feb. 9.
TheGossip Girlalum also served as an executive producer on the film, which costarJustin Baldonidirected. While theJane the Virginalum and his production company, Wayfarer Studios,optioned the book in 2019, cast announcements weren’tconfirmed until January 2023.
Blake Lively and Brandon Sklenar are seen on the set of “It Ends With Us”.Nancy Rivera/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
Nancy Rivera/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
Baldoni plays Ryle Kincaid, with whom Lively’s character falls in love.Jenny Slateplays his sister, andBrandon Sklenarplays Bloom’s first love, Atlas Corrigan, who unexpectedly returns to her life.
“Lily Bloom thinks she’s found the love of her life in Ryle Kincaid. However, after a troubling incident of abuse reminds her of her dark past, she must decide if love alone can carry her marriage through. Further complicating things is the return of her first love into her life: a man who she took in many years prior when he was homeless,” afilm synopsisreads.
“I think that Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively have what it takes to bring these characters to life, and I cannot wait for you guys to see that happen,” said Hoover in a January 2023Instagram videowhile speaking about her novel’s film adaption. “I’m so excited, y’all. I can’t even wrap my mind around this.”
Hoover addressed the age discrepancies between her romance novel’s characters and the real-life actors who played themat her Book Bonanza festival in June.
“Back when I wroteIt Ends With Us, the new adult (genre) was very popular. You were writing college-age characters. That’s what I was contracted to do. I made Lily very young. I didn’t now that neurosurgeons went to school for 50 years. There’s not a 20-something neurosurgeon,” she said, according toToday.
“It Ends with Us” book cover.Atria Books
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“As I started making this movie, I’m like, we need to age them out because I messed up. So that’s my fault,” she added, per the news outlet.
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