Recently there is a new number 1 in the Netflix charts and it should only surprise a few: only once-it ends with us with Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni has headed the German film ranking.
In 2024, the strip turned into one of the biggest cinema hits of the year and resulted in months of controversy, which are expected to continue for a long time. This is exactly what could be dangerous to a possible continuation.
Is it ends with US 2? Success and template actually speak for a sequel
After IT Ends with Us moved into cinemas in August 2024, the chances for a sequel were not bad at first: According to Box Office Mojo, the film took a budget of $ 25 million worldwide over 350 million one And ended up in 17th place of the most successful title of the year – a success that would normally build on production and studio immediately.
The novel of the same name by Colleen Hoover, which became the bestseller in 2016, has received a sequel only once and forever * from 2022, in which Lilly’s history is further counted. One content -related basis So for a sequel there would be.
In August 2024, director and leading actor Justin Baldoni said that he saw Blake Lively as the director of a possible sequel, even if he had not yet thought about continuing the film at that time. In the Moviepilot interview, Baldoni also revealed that he would be open to everything with regard to a sequel.
Controversy around it ends with us with Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni continued continuously
Many months have passed since August 2024 and the sheet has now turned several times. After rumors have already been loud at the cinema release that Lively and Baldoni had only disputed once on the set of only once, sued LIVELY your director and co-star Officially in December 2024 for sexual harassment and call murder. Baldoni is said to have behaved several times inappropriate and attacking on the set of the film and planned Lively’s public discreditation with his PR consultant.
Baldoni shot in January 2025 back with a lawsuit against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds And called for $ 400 million in damages. A trial is now scheduled for March 2026 – until a judgment is made here, could therefore pass for over a year (!).
In the face of the controversy and the broken relationship between the two most important parties in the project – Lively and Baldoni – a sequel is extremely unlikely. It is possible that the sequel will be recorded again at a later date – then but probably with only one/one of the twodepending on the outcome of the legal dispute. A sequel would also be conceivable with a largely new creative team and a new line -up.
In any case, we can be excited to see how the situation will develop in coming months and years. IT Ends with US fans should rather prepare for the worst case.
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