Anne Hathaway to Star in ‘The Idea of You’ Adaptation for Amazon
The popular novel will be adapted by Jennifer Westfeldt, who directed ‘Friend With Kids.’
Anne Hathaway‘s next project has landed her at Amazon Studios and Welle Entertainment, who have teamed up to adapt the popular romance novel The Idea of You. Jennifer Westfeldt is set to write the screenplay, with Cathy Schulman and Gabrielle Union producing. Westfeldt is an actress and filmmaker, best known for her film Friends with Kids and recurring roles in 24 and Younger. Longtime producer Schulman won an Academy Award for Best Picture for Crash in 2005, and has produced works like Bad Moms, Edge of Seventeen, and The Voices. Union is producing through her company I’ll Have Another, and has some serious upcoming projects in the works like a Cheaper by the Dozen remake and a Black Girl Magic series.
The Idea of You was published in 2017, and follows the story of Sophie, a 40-year-old divorced mother who is struggling to recover after her husband left her for a younger woman. When he cancels his Coachella trip with their 15-year-old daughter, Sophie decides to take her instead, and meets the 24-year-old lead singer of the biggest boy band in the world. Finding they have a connection, they embark on a whirlwind romance that deeply disrupts Sophie’s life and relationships for better and worse. Hathaway will star as Sophie, but the role of the lead singer Hayes will be an interesting one to cast.
