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The 'It Ends With Us' franchise might end with the feud between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Under ordinary circumstances, a sequel to the film would be a no-brainer. The Sony Pictures movie, which had a budget of $25 million, has already collected more than $180 million globally. But the well-publicized rift between star-producer Blake Lively and director-star Justin Baldoni has observers now wondering whether a sequel is viable, at least with both of them involved. Both Lively's character Lily and Baldoni's character Ryle are in the book sequel titled 'It Starts With Us.'

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00:00The It Ends With Us franchise might end with the feud between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.

00:05Under ordinary circumstances, a sequel to the film would be a no-brainer.

00:09The Sony Pictures movie, which had a budget of $25 million,

00:12has already collected more than $180 million globally.

00:16But the well-publicized rift between star producer Lively and director star Baldoni

00:20has observers now wondering whether a sequel is viable, at least with both of them involved.

00:25Both Lively's character Lily and Baldoni's character Ryle are in the book's sequel titled

00:29It Starts With Us.

00:30Further complicating matters is the fact that Baldoni developed It Ends With Us from the ground up

00:35after acquiring rights from author Colleen Hoover five years ago via Wayfarer Studios, which he co-founded.

00:40Sources say Wayfarer has rights to the sequel It Starts With Us,

00:43which would mean Lively and Baldoni working together,

00:46even if Baldoni did not direct and his role was recast.

00:49Sony distributed It Starts With Us,

00:51and insiders tell The Hollywood Reporter that the studio also would have the right to distribute the sequel.

00:55One source notes that this rift between Lively and Baldoni dates back at least a year,

01:00with Lively not looking forward to returning to filming after production was paused during the writers and actors strikes in 2023.

01:06After principal photography wrapped, the film underwent a week of reshoots and competing cuts of the movie emerged,

01:12including one preferred by Lively, which, according to sources, is the cut that is in theaters.

01:16Baldoni has said there are no formal plans for a sequel,

01:19though he did say on the press tour that he believed Lively was ready to direct it.

01:23For much more on this story and all the latest news, head to THR.com.

01:27This is The Hollywood Reporter News.

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