my cat climbing onto the bed

“Buyers are always asking us for titles in the romance genre,” said Mirabel Michelson, an agent at UTA who represents Ali Hazelwood, the author of “The Love Hypothesis.” Hazelwood’s book began as a piece of “Star Wars” fan fiction about the relationship between the characters Rey and Kylo Ren. It’s now a film due from Amazon MGM this year. And now, “people are chasing Ali for her next novel,” Michelson said. Among the keys to a successful adaptation, producers say, is casting — though that doesn’t necessarily mean A-list stars. “You want to please the fans,” said WME agent Mary Pender-Coplan, who represents Emily Henry. “You want the core audience to love it and then that pulls other people in concentric circles.”

Elizabeth Cantillon, who is producing “The Love Hypothesis,” likens the responsibility she feels to the book’s avid fans to how she felt when she was an executive at Sony Pictures overseeing the James Bond movies and the franchise first cast Daniel Craig. “My brothers called me and said, ‘Don’t screw it up,’” Cantillon said of choosing someone to play the British spy. “We had to respect the fans, but we couldn’t just make a movie for the fans.” In the case of “The Love Hypothesis,” the filmmakers made a casting choice that tickled the book’s fan base, enlisting Tom Bateman, the husband of Daisy Ridley, who played Rey in the “Star Wars” movies, to play the male lead. “That’s not why we cast him,” Cantillon said of Bateman’s connection to the source material. “But when we did it, people went crazy.”

There’s a new article about the rise of romance adaptations in Hollywood where they interview Ali’s agent and the producer for #TheLoveHypothesis who previously oversaw Daniel Craig’s casting in the Bond films.

a stuffed dog wearing sunglasses is playing a drum set ALT: a stuffed dog wearing sunglasses is playing a drum set

hiieee!! 😊😊😊

just saw the cpa in your bio too!! congrats!! 🥳🥳🥳

miss you too!! i may be coming to tampa later this year, so maybe we can meet up again!! 😊💕

omg so honored!! such beautiful artwork!! 😭🩵

A two-paneled fanart in a semi-realistic painterly style. The first panel shows Ben Solo with messy hair looking up at something unseen. A brown and fuzzy blanket (or something to that effect) is wrapped around his shoulders, covering what would otherwise be nudity. Behind him is a green forest with tall trees and other shrubbery. Floating next to him are two blue flutterbies: small, semi-transparent butterfly-like creatures. A thought bubble shows Ben thinking, "Where am I?" The second panel shows Ben from the behind, now small in the foreground. In front of him stands a large, bright yellow, weeping willow-style tree. It is the bunta tree that was originally seen in the Acolyte, indicating that Ben is on Brendok. Another thought bubble reads, "WHO am I?" Below the second panel is a black area with some words in Aurebesh that, when translated, read, "To be continued in... The Hunt for Ben Solo."

obviously the most popular theories about Ben's whereabouts post-TROS involve him being stuck in the WBW... but here's an alternative one 🦋 #TheHuntForBenSolo (& #RenewTheAcolyte!!)

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i haven’t been as active lately but just want everyone to know, i’m still alive and beating that reylo drum

i hadn’t seen star wars when i read this the first time so i didn’t even know who kylo ren was. also this would make a great reylo fan fic 🥲
a.co/d/fu50Exj

reread a high school bully/you’ve got mail pen pal romance novel from 2016 and the bendemption jumpscare in the first chapter 😭

Star Wars: Visions 3 Continues with The Song of Four Wings with @hamsa.bsky.social

Youtube:
youtu.be/iMxV4osoJv8

Itunes:
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Spotify:
open.spotify.com/show/0Lg4VGH...

iHeartRadio:
ihr.fm/2EbTHac

LinkTree:
linktr.ee/wtforce

Visions 3 - The Duel available now! With @hamsa.bsky.social

YT:
youtu.be/tb2FZxfBGpc
Itunes:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/6OTg...
Iheart:
www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...
LinkTree:
linktr.ee/wtforce

✨The Parent Trap AU✨

A fav movie I always wanted to draw as Reylo!🥹💖 #reylomovieweek

trying to get through this week like

Imagine telling yourself a year ago that Daisy’s husband would be starring as Adam in TLH, JJ would be moderating a q&a for knives out with Rian, and Adam Driver had been secretly working on a Ben Solo fix-it fic movie for years 🧍‍♀️

No internet narrative is safe! ;)

Adam is friends with Rian and Daniel since they came to his SNL after party. now with JJ added to the mix, what’s going on 👀

the video is up
youtu.be/cZRBZtqfzkI

the sequel trilogy roundtable discussion seems like it could happen one day 😭

JJ Abrams moderated a Knives Out Q&A today. things are happening that have never happened before 😵‍💫

Rian joked “Let's talk about the franchise trilogy everyone wants to hear us talk about...the Knives Out trilogy."

credit to @rockmarooned.bsky.social

Just sitting here in Adelaide, Australia working on a story - more specifically, trying to figure out how the hell Kylo Ren acts when he’s…

…happy.

happy birthday @sleemo.com 🥳💕

love this song!!!

We continue #thehuntforbensolo with @rachael1918.bsky.social from Scavanger's Hoard 📰🦋💙✈️🪧🕯️

Youtube:
youtu.be/44slao3HA2M

Itunes:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/6lMh...

iHeartRadio:
ihr.fm/2EbTHac

Stitcher:
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LinkTree:
linktr.ee/wtforce

We're Still Sad About Ben Solo - Last Week In Star Wars YouTube video by Star Wars Explained

New Episode of Last Week in Star Wars just dropped!

More Ben Solo talk, what the story could have been and how Ben could have been brought back, comics recaps, Visions PR unboxing and more: youtu.be/nlTJLzuxP4I?...

another screenshot of #TheHuntforBenSolo billboard in Times Square

will share when someone can stop by in person

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scroll to bottom of page. click on the + next to the 1500 Broadway Billboard

stop by #TheHuntforBenSolo billboard

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Billboard up in Times Square thanks to @bd-neagle.bsky.social 🥲🩵

It appears every 28 minutes above Carlo’s Bake Shop

#TheHuntforBenSolo