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topicnews · July 16, 2025

Film “The Love Hypothesis” Taps Lili Reinhart on the leading roles

Film “The Love Hypothesis” Taps Lili Reinhart on the leading roles


Exclusive: After winning the Mania's Best Actress Award series for you in line with Cooper Raiff in Mubi's Hal & HarperLili Reinhart came on board to play and suspend, produce The love hypothesisAn adaptation of the bestseller of the New York Times by Ali Hazelwood for Amazon MGM Studios and MRC.

In the romantic comedy, Olive Smith, a doctoral student in biology, and Dr. Adam Carlsen, a Hotshot professor and a well-known tyrant, in a fake relationship and see how any of its carefully calculated theories about love are thrown into chaos.

Hazelwood's novel was published in 2021 by Berkley, a reprint of Penguin Random House, and spent 10 months on the bestseller list of the New York Times and broke out internationally in 40 countries. The book was originally acquired by the editor Sarah Blumenstock in Berkley and was also appointed the best romance of the year by Amazon. Hazelwood is also known for titles like Problematic summer romancePresent DepthAnd brideamong other things.

Claire Scanlon (Set it up) is directed The love hypothesis From a script by Sarah Rothschild (The overnight stay). Elizabeth Cantillon (The girl on the spider's netPresent Charlies Engel) Produced with Reinhart, Catherine Hagedorn and Hazelwood Executive Producing.

In an explanation that accompanied the announcement of the project, the author Hazelwood said: “To be honest, I still can't believe that this happens? Elizabeth Cantillon, Claire Scanlon and Lili Reinhart have all created, produced or played in works. I am in works that I am absolutely wild, and I am not honored. You will be as much fun. of the book. “

To see Raiff and Mark Ruffalo in the indie TV series of the former soon Hal & HarperA project that Mubi was acquired after his premiere at Sundance includes Reinhart's upcoming Slate also Uta Briesewitz's American sweatshopwhich was premiered at SXSW this year. She recently wrapped on Brian Swibl's directorial debut, The very best peopleas well as the first function of Meredith Alloway, Forbidden fruitswhich IFC films will be published in 2026. It is also connected to the production and stars Ali & Anthony Garland's wrong weddingwhich is developed in Amazon MGM under your production company Small Victory and represented by anonymous content, Uta and Peikoff Mahan.

Reunification with Amazon MGM here to the direction The people we hate at the weddingWith Allison Janney, Kristen Bell and Ben Platt, Scanlon is also known for leading the Netflix-Rom-Com Set it upWith Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell. Finally, she led episodes of prey And Palm Royale For Apple TV+, Abbot Elementary for ABC and produced and staged season 2 of Unstable For Netflix. It is resumed by Uta, 3 arts and Jared Levine.

Rothschild wrote The overnight staywho was sold to Netflix in a bidding war, and the stars Malin Akerman, Ken Marino and Joe Manganiello. The film was staged by Trish Sieie and received her a WGA price. After they had recently drafted their draft Spray At Disney, she is currently writing projects for Paramount and Walden Media. It is represented by Verve, Entertainment 360 and lawyer Kim Stenton at Myman Greenspan.

Hazelwood is resumed by Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency and Uta.