There are tons of upcoming book adaptations on the horizon, but perhaps the most highly-anticipated of the summer season is the film version of It Ends With Us . As the movie approaches its premiere on the 2024 movie schedule , its star Blake Lively doesn’t sound worried about fan reception and it makes me feel more optimistic about checking it out. Colleen Hoover’s romance novel has only grown in popularity since its 2016 release, as it was the No.
1 bestselling novel of 2023, per Publisher’s Weekly . So once the movie hits theaters this August, there will be tons of readers judging the film vs. the book.
When Blake Lively was approached about that this week when joining Colleen Hoover for Book Bonanza in Texas, she said this: Some people will always like a book better than a movie and some people like a movie better than the book, but I think that we just did our best to honor the book and honor the fans, and, I think, really make something that works even by itself. If you don't know the book, the movie works. I don't think there's any way that if you read the book and you saw the movie that you wouldn't be thrilled.
We really worked hard on that. I also believe if you saw the movie and then read the book, you wouldn't go, 'Hold on, this isn't like [the other].' You can do either.
I think they're both really beautiful. Colleen Hoover's Verity Movie: Everything We Know About The Adaptation Colleen Hoover, who stood right next to Lively as they spoke to Entertainment T.