Blake Lively makes her romance return with It Ends With Us. The feature adapts the romance novel by bestselling author Colleen Hoover.

It Ends With Us follows Lily Bloom (Lively), a woman who overcomes a traumatic childhood to embark on a new life in Boston and chase a lifelong dream of opening her own business. Then, a chance meeting with charming neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni) sparks an intense connection. But as the two fall deeply in love, Lily begins to see sides of Ryle that remind her of her parents’ relationship. When Lily’s first love, Atlas Corrigan (Brandon Sklenar), suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with Ryle is upended, and Lily realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.

Check out your first look at the film in the trailer below.

In addition to starring, Baldoni also directs It Ends With Us. The extended cast also includes Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj, and Amy Morton. Christy Hall wrote the film’s screenplay.

It Ends With Us marks the first of Hoover’s novels to get adapted for the big screen. She has written more than two dozen novels and short stories. In 2022, Hoover held six of the top ten spots on the New York Times paperback fiction best seller list. In 2023, Time Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

It Ends With Us from Sony Pictures premieres exclusively in theaters August 9. Until then, check back to THS for more updates.

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