

“Bisous Pictures is thrilled to be working with Ali to amplify her voice and bring this magical book to the screen,” Cantillon said. Who is creating The Love Hypothesis ?Īccording to Deadline, Elizabeth Cantillon and MRC Film’s romance label Bisous Pictures has partnered with Ali Hazelwood to adapt her New York Times bestseller The Love Hypothesis to the big screen. To say that the pair are in a tricky predicament would be the understatement of the century. What should have been a one-and-done smooch to curb her besties concerns over her dating life quickly spirals out of control when news of the “relationship” trickles down the STEM department grapevine. And that would be true if Olive had never accosted said professor with an uninvited kiss. Nothing can derail her focus, not even the aloof hotshot professor that sends students running from his office in tears.īy all accounts, Olive knew that she, an exhausted and overworked grad student, probably registered as nothing but a blip on Adam Carlsen’s radar. Graduate student Olive Smith plans to attain her Ph.D. No release date has yet been announced for The Love Hypothesis, but the petition for Driver and Daisy Ridley to take on the lead roles is surely moments away from launching.A post shared by Ali Hazelwood What is the premise of Ali Hazelwood’s bestselling novel The Love Hypothesis ? And I wanted to tell you that I'm a literary agent and I would love to see you some of your manuscripts, if you're interested in it."



She was like, "I saw that you wrote something about maybe pulling some of your fics and reworking them. And while I was in that kind of mood, my agent started reading my fan fiction on Archive of Our Own and then she reached out with a DM. And then what happened is that I started slowly thinking about trying to write something original, just to challenge myself and to do something different. I made a lot of friends and I was just having a lot of fun. It was just, it was this amazing community. "I was really, really into writing fan fiction, first for the Star Trek fandom and then for the Star Wars fandom. She explained how it was allowing writers to find their voice and express their feelings on mediums where they would find it harder to do in traditional publishing houses. In a 2021 interview with Collider's Carly Lane, the day after news broke that The Love Hypothesis officially became a New York Times bestseller, Hazelwood spoke at length about the freedom fan fiction offered.
