The first feature film adaptation of a Colleen Hoover novel, It Ends with Us , premiered this weekend. Adapted by Christy Hall, who also wrote and directed her first feature in this year’s Daddio , the film follows Lily Bloom (Blake Lively), who overcomes a traumatic childhood to start a new life in Boston, where she can fulfill her lifelong dream of opening her own flower shop. A chance meeting with a handsome neurosurgeon, Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni), sparks an intense connection, but as the two fall in love, Lily begins to discover a dark side to Ryle that reminds her of her abusive upbringing. When Lily’s first love, Atlas Corrigan (Brandon Sklenar), reenters her life, her relationship with Ryle reaches a boiling point. Lily soon realizes that she must learn to trust herself in order to make the best choices for her future.
The Cast of 'It Ends With Us' on Staying True to the Book
Hall speaks to Deadline about adapting the beloved novel, anticipating fan reaction, working with Hoover and Baldoni and the care taken to tackle difficult subject matter.
DEADLINE: It's kind of the Christy Hall year between Daddio and It Ends with Us. What was the timing for writing those two films and being in those different worlds?
CHRISTY HALL: It’s been a long road, so to have a summer like this, I don’t take it for granted. I’m very grateful for it. It’s so important as a writer and a creator to cast your net wide, because you don’t know what’s actually going to manifest in reality. Art is really hard and takes a long time. And sometimes the thing you thought would happen doesn’t pan out, and the thing you didn’t think would happen does. So I’m just trying to write stories that I love and just be as productive as my bandwidth allows.
