Amazon MGM Lands Hazelwood's 'Love, Theoretically' For
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- Amazon MGM Studios acquired film rights to Ali Hazelwood's NYT bestseller 'Love, Theoretically,' a Berkley-published novel about rival physicists caught in academic feuds and false identities
- Colleen Hoover is producing via her Heartbones Entertainment banner alongside Lauren Levine, while Max Siemers and Tanner Anderson produce for Magic Hour Entertainment
- Sofia Alvarez is directing and adapting the screenplay, reuniting with Siemers after the pair collaborated on Netflix's 'To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before' trilogy and first two films
- The deal arrives ahead of the September 23 Prime Video premiere of Hazelwood's 'The Love Hypothesis,' which stars Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman and was showcased at Amazon's inaugural Obsessed Fest
- Heartbones Entertainment is already in business with Amazon MGM, producing 'Verity' starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett, which hits theaters October 2
- Heartbones' debut feature 'Reminders of Him' grossed $89 million worldwide off a $25 million production budget, per the source
- Ali Hazelwood's books have sold more than 7 million copies worldwide; Alvarez is also separately adapting Rebecca Ross's 'Divine Rivals' at Paramount
Why it matters: Amazon MGM is consolidating its romance-adaptation pipeline around two of the genre's biggest commercial forces — Hazelwood, whose books have sold 7 million copies worldwide, and Hoover, whose Heartbones banner grossed $89 million on its debut 'Reminders of Him' alone. The hire reunites the To All the Boys trilogy producing-directing pair at a new studio, giving Amazon both the YA-romance pedigree and a second Hazelwood title on the heels of The Love Hypothesis.
