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Colleen Hoover’s “It Ends With Us” has climbed back to the top of bestseller lists ahead of the film adaptation which hits theaters next month. The romance book, which originally released in August, is currently sits as the No. 3 most-sold fiction book on Amazon this week.
The film adaptation is directed by Justin Baldoni, who also stars alongside Blake Lively as the protagonist Lily Bloom. The film officially releases in theaters on Aug. 9 and also stars Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj and Brandon Sklenar.
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
The book, like the upcoming movie, follows Lively’s Lily, a small-town girl who moves to Boston to start her own business. There, she meets Ryle, a neurosurgeon finishing his residency played by Baldoni. The two instantly hit it off but are looking for different things.
“Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his ‘no dating’ rule, she can’t help but wonder what made him that way in the first place,” the book’s description explains. “As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan — her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.”
The film was originally slated for a Feb. 9 release. However, production shut down in June 2023 because of the WGA strike. After the strikes ended, filming resumed in January of this year. Now, Sony plans to debut the film on Aug. 9.
“Lily resonated with an enormous amount of people, as the success of the book made clear,” Lively, who also served as executive producer, told People. “Stepping into a character who’s had such a meaningful impact is an honor to take on. I loved Lily. And I hope that love is felt by those who care about her like I do, and also those who are getting to know her for the first time in this film.”
Buy “It Ends With Us” on Amazon, starting at $10.98
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