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Only three weeks to go until It Ends With Us hits theatres people! And while we wait - rather impatiently - trailer 2 has dropped giving us a glimpse of stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni as Lily and Ryle.
The clip takes us through their intense first meeting on a rooftop and the intense chemistry that follows. And just to throw in a little more intensity, Atlas, Lily's past love played by Brandon Sklenar, also enters the scene. Suddenly Lily is caught between two worlds:
The first trailer, released in May, is perfectly set to Taylor Swift’s “My Tears Ricochet” and begins with a smiling Lily opening her florist with bestie Allysa. The clip shifts between pure joy and moments where Lily is clearly overcome with pain and sadness too. You can watch it
Who is cast in It Ends With Us?
Blake Lively stars as lead Lily Bloom opposite Justin Baldoni as her love interest Ryle Kincaid (who is also directing the film). Brandon Sklenar plays fellow lead Atlas Corrigan, Lily’s school friend and first love.
Jenny Slate and Hasan Minaj portray Allysa, Ryle’s sister and Marshall, Allysa’s husband and Ryle’s good friend.
And of course there’s a young Lily and young Atlas too played by Isabela Ferrer and Alex Neustaedter.
When news of the epic casting first came out, Colleen took to Instagram to share her excitement: “Cannot wait for this. Loving the cast so far. Feels like a dream.”
What is It Ends With Us about?
The hugely popular book by Colleen Hoover explores themes of domestic violence, masculinity, jealousy, heartache and more. According to Colleen, we can expect the film to follow the book pretty closely: there's the present day story of Lily, a young entrepreneur who grew up in an abusive home and falls for a neurosurgeon named Ryle, as well as the past story of Lily’s relationship with a homeless friend named Atlas. When Atlas reappears in her life years later, Lily finds herself navigating her relationships, and her heart. Per the official synopsis, “Lily realises she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.”
Justin Baldoni has said the team behind It Ends With Us has partnered with nonprofit NoMore.org to ensure the project is “made with purpose and the intention to educate, support and ultimately provide resources for viewers.”
When will It Ends With Us be released?
After initially slated for a February, 2024 release, the movie has set a new release date of August 8, 2024 in Australia and August 9 for our friends overseas.
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Some important stats about gender-based violence:
According to global data released by the World Bank Gender Data Portal, 30% of women have experienced intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence – that’s around 736 million women around the world.
More than 1 in 4 women (26%) aged 15 years and older have suffered violence at the hands of their partners at least once since the age of 15 – that’s around 641 million according to the World Health Organisation.
And an estimated 245 million (or 10% of women ages 15 and above) have experienced intimate partner violence in the last 12 months alone (also per WHO).
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