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The success of Never Again – It Ends with Us will definitely whet the studio's appetite. Sony Pictures owns the rights to Colleen Hoover's novels and could be tempted to make the sequel very quickly, while the film is a hit at the US box office. Because a second volume already exists in bookstores: “It Starts With Us” (2022).
All the planets seem to be aligned. Except that the project is clearly still far from coming to fruition.It's an idea that no one has tackled yet and no one has any idea what a sequel might look like.” a source close to the production told Variety before saying: “There's probably no world in which those two would be willing to work together again…”
These two are Blake Lively And Justin Baldoni. The two stars of the Never Again would not have finished filming on good terms. Various indiscretions even echo a cold war between the actress, also producer of the film and the actor, also director of the film. The origin of the quarrel would be linked to the final editing of Never Again. And it is Lively's preferred version that would have been kept and shown on screens. Her husband, Ryan Reynolds, would have written a key scene in this final cut…
Neither she nor Baldoni have publicly responded to these rumors, but multiple sources confirm to Variety that the falling out between the two is very real and that the situation is irretrievable.
To the point that Justin Baldoni has already hinted that he will not direct the sequel, telling Entertainment Tonight: “I think there are better people than me to do the sequel. I think Blake Lively is ready to direct…” A message that makes perfect sense today. And since his character – Ryle – plays a much smaller role in the narrative of the second book, Baldoni could easily withdraw from the project and leave all the space to Blake Lively. It is clearly only at this price that the continuation of Never Again could see the light of day.