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Metro
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
This horny book adaption's cast guarantees we'll all be obsessed with the film
A fresh casting announcement has absolutely thrilled fans and convinced me that the film in question could end up as one of the most popular and anticipated movies in years. It could also signal the early era of another rom-com giant, à la Richard Curtis, or the coming of a film about love with the power to impact pop culture like When Harry Met Sally or xx. I am, of course, talking about the announcement via Deadline of Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman to play the romantic leads in the movie adaptation of Ali Hazelwood's best-selling novel (and – I cannot stress this enough – actual BookTok sensation) The Love Hypothesis. For those who haven't been wrapped up in the quite astounding way TikTok has revived the publishing industry since lockdown, even garnering its own name for that corner of the social site, The Love Hypothesis was one of the platform's biggest breakout successes following the novel's formal publication in 2021. But what has now shifted this film up a notch in terms of anticipation is how the casting has seemingly leaned into the famous early inspirations of Hazelwood's book. And it's this which makes me confident everyone's obsession is about to go stratospheric. The Love Hypothesis follows PhD student Olive Smith (Reinhart), a rising star in Stanford University's biology department, who ends up in a classic fake dating situation with a hotshot professor, Adam Carlsen (Bateman). Everything kicks off when she does the totally normal thing of panic kissing him at the lab to convince her best friend she has a boyfriend. And he does the totally normal thing of agreeing afterwards to maintain the lie for… reasons. However, The Love Hypothesis actually began in 2018 as Head Over Feet, a piece of Star Wars fan fiction published online by Hazelwood, which was inspired by the 'Reylo' shipping many fans did between the characters of Rey (Daisy Ridley) and antagonist Kylo Ren (Adam Driver). This is a romance that actually almost bore fruit in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – and it's one that now has another fascinating link to The Love Hypothesis, for Bateman in the role of Adam is Rey actress Ridley's husband in real life. Although some were holding out for Driver to take on the role his character inspired, many are tickled pink by this meta casting move – 'I'm cackling' posts are littered across social media – whether it was deliberate or not. 'The concept of playing the love interest in fan fiction about your wife is kind of insane, I think Tom Bateman won in life,' tweeted Alysa, while @rejectedcarebear wrote on Reddit: 'This is actually the best part of the entire movie.' 'They had a chance and they took it for sure haha!' added another fan, while @pertifty shared: 'I love this timeline we are living. I wonder why she didn't want to play Olive if her husband is playing Adam??' (As many then explained, there is such a thing as too on the nose.) The excitement alone that's been drummed up by the casting announcement of two semi well-known actors – Reinhart made her name on Riverdale and Bateman appeared in Da Vinci's Demons as well as Sir Kenneth Branagh's star-studded Murder on the Orient Express – confirms this is a watershed moment for TikTok and cinema. Because now we've gone from mild interest that this adaptation is happening to fully seated for it. And Reinhart is a canny operator, fueling fan excitement with lots of fun posts about the film on – where else – but TikTok. Yes, there have been popular BookTok adaptations previously, such as Casey McQuiston's Red, White & Royal Blue and Robinne Lee's The Idea of You. Both, co-incidentally, star Nicholas Galitzine and were made for Amazon's streaming service Prime Video. The Love Hypothesis is going a step further, being produced by Amazon MGM Studios. This suggests the company's confidence in the movie's cinematic success but also means its streaming home will likely end up being Prime Video too. Could this company be the next rom-com powerhouse, snapping up the major romance book titles that capture the zeitgeist? @lilireinhart Olive Smith 🩷 #thelovehypothesis ♬ Lover – Taylor Swift And let's not beat around the bush, The Love Hypothesis will be bigger than those previous films anyway because it's hornier – don't let the cartoon humans on the book's front cover fool you, Hazelwood likes a lot of detail in her sex scenes. Many audience members will be pulled in simply by curiosity over how that might look onscreen; let's call it the Fifty Shades of Grey factor. If The Love Hypothesis does well, there's also several other Hazelwood novels ripe for adaption – from Love on the Brain to Problematic Summer Romance and Deep End (for the uninitiated, that one will truly have you blushing). More Trending Hazelwood, a real-life former neuroscience professor has made a name for herself as a 'STEMinist' author thanks to her female characters often being in science and tech fields and academia, drawing upon her own experience. She's also an expert at the genre's tropes of pining and misunderstandings but puts them in modern workplace settings. This could easily be what the next wave of rom-coms looks like if they're inspired or directly drawn from the pen of Hazelwood. We'd be moving on from Richard Curtis's bumbling, British and sweary romances to Hazelwood's quirky, introverted and often American heroines. And I think the world of onscreen rom-coms is more than ready to embrace The Love Hypothesis as the start of its next phase. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. 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Cosmopolitan
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Lili Reinhart Debuts Brunette Hair for 'The Love Hypothesis'
Lili Reinhart is officially gearing up for The Love Hypothesis. The Riverdale star plays Olive in the film adaptation of Ali Hazelwood's romance novel, and hopped on Instagram to debut her new brunette hair in a post simply captioned "👀🧬❤️ #thelovehypothesis." Lili's hair transformation comes amid Tom Bateman being cast as Adam in the movie—which is completely hilarious/iconic if you know the lore of this book. The top notes? The Love Hypothesis originated from Head Over Feet, the 2018 Star Wars romantic fan-fiction about Kylo Ren and Rey. Fans have been hoping that Adam Driver would be cast as Adam in The Love Hypothesis, but Tom's casting is almost as meta due to the fact that he' Daisy Ridley in real life. And yes, Daisy knows the book is inspired by Reylo fan-fic, telling Collider in 2023 that it's "fucking cool" and "Honestly, for anyone to just write a book is so impressive, let alone a New York Times bestseller, let alone something inspired by something I was part of. That's very thrilling… So thank you, whoever wrote The Love Hypothesis and The Hurricane Wars. Wow." Meanwhile, Ali Hazelwood released a statement on The Love Hypothesis being made into a movie earlier this week, saying "Honestly, I still can't believe this is happening? [Producer] Elizabeth Cantillon, 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. 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."
Express Tribune
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Tom Bateman cast as male lead in 'The Love Hypothesis' movie opposite Lili Reinhart
Tom Bateman has been cast as the male lead in The Love Hypothesis, the upcoming Amazon MGM Studios film adaptation of Ali Hazelwood's best-selling romance novel. The casting has caught attention for a surprising real-life link to the book's fanfiction origins: Bateman is married to Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley, the original inspiration behind the female protagonist. The book began as a Star Wars fanfiction titled Head Over Feet, which centred on the Reylo pairing—Ridley's Rey and Adam Driver's Kylo Ren. Published in 2018 on Archive of Our Own, the story was later reworked into a standalone romance. Hazelwood confirmed Adam Carlsen, the male lead Bateman will play, was named in homage to Adam Driver. Nods to the book's origins came fast after Bateman's casting. Amazon MGM posted, 'Hypothesis: Tom Bateman is the perfect Adam Carlsen,' while fans lit up X with commentary linking the real-life couple to their fictional counterparts. One post read, 'Fanfiction version of Daisy Ridley's space husband being her real-life husband.' Bateman will star opposite Lili Reinhart, who plays Olive Smith, a PhD candidate who enters a fake dating scenario with Carlsen. The couple's chemistry mirrors that of Rey and Kylo's fraught alliance in The Rise of Skywalker. Bateman and Ridley met in 2017 during filming of Murder on the Orient Express. Their off-screen connection now circles back to a fandom that's followed them for years—only this time, on a very different kind of screen.
USA Today
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Daisy Ridley's husband Tom Bateman cast as lead in 'The Love Hypothesis' adaptation
Tom Bateman's new gig is a coincidence of galactic proportions. Bateman, who is married to "Star Wars" actress Daisy Ridley, has been cast in the upcoming film "The Love Hypothesis," Amazon MGM Studios announced on social media July 17. The movie serves as an adaptation of the New York Times bestselling romance novel — and former "Star Wars" fanfiction — by Ali Hazelwood. "Hypothesis: Tom Bateman is the perfect Adam Carlsen," Amazon MGM Studios wrote alongside the casting announcement. Bateman is set to play Adam Carlsen, a professor who finds himself in a whirlwind fake relationship with PhD candidate Olive Smith (Lili Reinhart) as Smith tries to convince her friend that her love life is going well. Eagle-eyed "Star Wars" fans will be quick to clock the irony of Bateman's involvement in the film, as Ridley's "Star Wars" character Rey (introduced in 2015's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens") was a chief inspiration for the early stages of "The Love Hypothesis" novel. Bateman and Ridley met in 2017 while filming the crime drama remake "Murder on the Orient Express." What is the connection between 'The Love Hypothesis' and 'Star Wars'? Hazelwood's first incarnation of "The Love Hypothesis," titled "Head Over Feet," was published online in 2018 as a "Star Wars" fanfiction that centered on the relationship between Ridley's character Rey and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), which has been given the nickname "Reylo." In the original "Star Wars" universe, Rey and Kylo are enemies who later discover they share a powerful connection called a "force dyad," which inspires Kylo to come to Rey's aid in battle in the 2019 film "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker." Hazelwood was discovered by her literary agent thanks to self-publishing the fanfiction on the content-sharing platform Archive of Our Own, aka A03, the author told Collider in a 2021 interview. "Head Over Feet" was subsequently reworked into a non-"Star Wars" story, although Adam Carlsen's name is a nod to Driver and his portrayal of Kylo. "Traditional publishing is getting more and more interested in fanfiction and in embracing it," Hazelwood told the outlet. "And maybe they're doing well because of money and marketing and stuff like that, but I'm just really happy that this is happening and that fanfiction is gaining legitimacy because it always had legitimacy." Join our Watch Party! Sign up to receive USA TODAY's movie, TV recommendations right in your inbox Fans praise 'genius' casting of Tom Bateman in 'The Love Hypothesis' movie Following the announcement of Bateman's "Love Hypothesis" casting, fans took to social media to share their shock and enthusiasm for the "Star Wars" connection. "Fanfiction version of (Daisy Ridley's) space husband being her real-life husband. Amazon MGM, I was not familiar with your game," @amber_amberson wrote on X. "Tom Bateman, who is actually Daisy Ridley's husband, starring in a book that was based off a Reylo fanfic of a film his wife is a part of?!?!?" @koredakota wrote. "YEAH, THEY ATE WITH THIS CASTING." More casting news: 'The Legend of Zelda' live-action movie finds its Link and Zelda "How do we explain to locals that Tom Bateman is married to Daisy Ridley, (who) plays Rey, the inspiration behind Olive and The Love Hypothesis fanfic," @enemieslovrs wrote. "Tom Bateman playing Adam in The Love Hypothesis movie, oh this is genius," @edenhowlsz wrote. "Whoever planned this needs a raise." "What if they create a random female character just so they could have Daisy in the movie," @agentdaisyskye jokingly suggested. "I won't be against it, and it'll also be so funny."
