Tom Bateman to play Lili Reinhart

Exclusive: Tom Bateman (Murder on the Orient Express) has landed in the male lead in The love hypothesisAmazon MGM Studios and MRCS ROM-Com based on the bestseller of the New York Times by Ali Hazelwood.

He becomes Lili Reinhart in the film to Olive Smith (Reinhart), a doctoral student with biology, and Dr. Adam Carlsen (Bateman), a Hotshot professor and a well-known tyrant, play on the leading role.

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.

Hazelwood's novel was published in 2021 by Berkley, a reprint of Penguin Random House, and spent 10 months on the New York Times bestseller list. In 40 countries, it was broken internationally and was recognized by Amazon as the best romance of the year.

Bateman is a common contact point for the filmmaker Kenneth Branagh and was seen in his adaptations by Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express And Death on the Nileand will soon be seen in his contemporary psychological thriller Madeline Hynde's last disorder. He also has Nia Dacosta's HeddaAnother film for Amazon MGM, the Henrik Ibsen's famous stage play from 1891 reinterpreted Hedda Gabler.

Other highlights of Bateman's resume are Ron Howard's Thirteen life and peacock Based on a true story. It is resumed by Caa, United Agents and Attorney Patti Felker.