Blake Lively is officially ready to play in a new Rom-Com in action, with new details emerging on the project. This marks a new major role for the actress in the midst of her current legal battle with Justin Baldoni concerning their film It ends with us.
Deadline revealed details on the new film by Lively, with the news that breaks this Lionsgate acquired Tom Melia The survival list. Lively will have a main role and should also produce. The film will be both an action and romantic comedy after Annie, a Highbrow reality TV producer who, against her wishes, receives a new show organized by a famous survival expert named Chopper Lane. When a shipwreck leaves the two blocked on a desert island, Annie discovers that Chopper is actually fraud that knows nothing about survival.
With Annie left in charge of how to keep the two alive, the two are forced to work together and develop surprising chemistry in the process. The nominated producer with Marc Platt Oscars (Wicked,, How to train your dragon) is in talks to produce with Lively. Scott O’Brien will supervise the film for Lionsgate.
Other details on the project, including its potential release date or that will play Chopper Lane, will remain under Wraps for the moment. More details should emerge as the project takes off and comes into production.
The survival listThe writer, Tom Melia, is best known for Lane of ryeA film in 2023 on two young children who connect to bad ruptures after a fortuitous meeting in southern London. He was nominated for an exceptional British film at the BAFTAS 2024 and also won 16 nominations at the British Independent Film Awards. His other credits include writing for 68 television episodes Hollyoaks as well as episodes of Brewing And Blood.
The legal battle of Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni continues
The news of the new role of Lively is perhaps the reason to celebrate, but the legal battle with it It ends with us The Co-Star Justin Baldoni seems to stay in class. In June, Lively won a victory when a judge rejected a defamation trial that Baldoni filed against her, but the legal drama between the two seems to be far from over. The most recent update has seen Baldoni watch its next steps.
“While the court has rejected claims related to defamation, the court invited us to modify four of the seven complaints against Ms. Lively, who will present additional evidence and refined allegations,” said Baldoni’s lawyer, adding: “more importantly, Ms. Lively’s own claims are not more true today than they were yesterday.“In 2024, Lively filed a complaint alleging that Baldoni created a hostile workplace with inappropriate comments made during the shooting of the Romantic film Colleen Hoover, with several other complaints afterwards.
The survival list does not have a release date for the moment.
It ends with us
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August 9, 2024
- Execution time
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130 minutes
- Director
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Justin Baldoni
- Writers
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Christy Hall, Colleen Hoover
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Justin Baldoni
Ryle Kincaid