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Sources are weighing in on the rumored feud between the 'It Ends With Us' costars saying two rival cuts of the film were made.

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00:00Is there a rift between the cast of It Ends With Us? Well, the internet seems to think so,

00:04and sources are saying there may be something to all the speculation.

00:08TikTok is flooded with rumors about a rift between star producer Blake Lively

00:12and her co-star director Justin Baldoni for the on-screen adaptation of Colleen Hoover's beloved novel.

00:19The chatter stemmed from Baldoni's notable absence from joint press events

00:22that was largely led by Lively along with the other cast members.

00:26Fans also noticed a lack of photos of Lively and Baldoni together during the film's premiere

00:31or anywhere during the press run.

00:33In addition, neither Lively, Hoover, nor the rest of the cast follow Baldoni on Instagram,

00:37though they all follow each other and have been posting slash praising each other

00:41leading up to the film's release.

00:43This raised eyebrows seeing as Baldoni helmed the project

00:46and Hoover and Baldoni appeared together on each other's Instagrams multiple times previously.

00:51Social media users also speculated that Lively brought in husband Ryan Reynolds

00:55to take over creative control of the film after he was seen involved in some of the film's promo.

01:01Blink once for, I'd love to be your new dad.

01:04He blinked.

01:05He blinked.

01:06And Lively revealed on the premiere's red carpet

01:09that Reynolds wrote a key scene at the top of the movie.

01:12The iconic rooftop scene, my husband actually wrote it.

01:15Nobody knows that but you now.

01:16However, the film's screenwriter Christy Hall spoke to The Hollywood Reporter

01:20that she indeed wrote the scene in question.

01:23Probably the most difficult scene for me to crack was the rooftop scene

01:26because I have to say, Colleen wrote it perfectly

01:29and I wish I could have just lifted it from the pages and just put it in the film

01:34but it's a little too long for film language

01:37and so my first crack at it, it was like a 10-page scene

01:41which is a little impossible.

01:43So, the question became, what do we keep?

01:47What do we shave off?

01:48So, on the page, it took a long time to get right

01:51and then I have to say, like, Justin and Blake just killed it.

01:54Now, sources are telling The Hollywood Reporter

01:56that there was indeed a fracture among the filmmakers

01:58in the post-production process

02:00noting that two different cuts of the movie emerged.

02:04According to multiple sources, Lively, as a producer,

02:07commissioned a cut of the movie from editor Shane Reed

02:09who is an editor on Deadpool and Wolverine

02:11as well as the Lively directed music video for Taylor Swift's

02:15I Bet You Think About Me.

02:17It's unclear if any of this cut was ultimately used in the final project

02:20which was credited to editors Una Flaherty and Rob Sullivan.

02:24As for plans for the sequel, Hoover's 2022 novel It Starts With Us,

02:28Baldoni has expressed being non-committal

02:30about whether he would direct another film in the franchise.

02:33Noting at the premiere to Entertainment Tonight,

02:35I think Blake Lively is ready to direct.

02:37That's what I think.

02:38In the end, the chatter around it ends with us

02:40could potentially go away with the film now open.

02:43The Sony film earned a huge $7 million in Thursday previews

02:47as it competes with Deadpool and Wolverine at the box office.

02:50Exhibitors suggest the film could open to $40 million or more

02:53with some predicting it could climb as high as $55 million.

02:57For more on this story, head to THR.com.

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03:03keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.

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