<i>The Love Hypothesis</i>: What We Know So Far About the Movie Adaptation
Ali Hazelwood’s bestselling romance novel The Love Hypothesis is officially coming to the big screen. The forthcoming film from Amazon MGM Studios and MRC will be directed by Claire Scanlon (Set It Up) and penned by Sarah Rothschild (The Sleepover). Hazelwood will also executive produce the adaptation.
Here’s everything we know about the project so far.
What is The Love Hypothesis about?The Love Hypothesis follows a third-year biology Ph.D. candidate named Olive Smith who begins a fake relationship with a professor, Dr. Adam Carlsen.
Lili Reinhart (Riverdale) will play Olive Smith, the Ph.D. candidate. (Reinhart will also executive produce the film.) On July 16, she shared the news on Instagram with a photo of her holding a copy of the book while wearing white scrubs. She captioned the post: “👀🧬❤️ #thelovehypothesis.”
She also posted a fun TikTok of her in a bookstore. In the video, she says, “I’m looking for a book that could be turned into a really good romantic comedy that I could possibly be the lead of.” A bookstore employee then hands her a copy of The Love Hypothesis.
She posted another video of her in a lab, wearing scrubs, and highlighting a section of the book:
Reinhart’s co-star will be Tom Bateman (Death on the Nile). He’ll play the professor, Dr. Carlsen. She celebrated Bateman’s casting announcement with a third TikTok video introducing his character and their romance arc.
In a statement, Hazelwood expressed her excitement about the upcoming adaptation. “Elizabeth Cantillon [the film’s producer], Claire Scanlon, and Lili Reinhart have all created, produced, or starred in works that I’m absolutely feral about, and I am beyond honored that they’re choosing to bring their talent to this project,” she said, per Deadline.
She continued, “Books and films are very different media, and I have complete trust in this brilliant team. I cannot wait to see the final product they’ll come up with. I hope they have as much fun filming as I had while writing the book.”
When is The Love Hypothesis coming out?As of now, Reinhart and Co. have yet to announce a release date, but stay tuned.
This story will be updated.
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