Deadline announced that The Idea of You is being developed by Amazon Studios and Tony-nominated actress and filmmaker Jennifer Westfeldt is adapting the screenplay. Things went quiet for awhile but fast forward to 2021 and we finally have an update and umm… we have thoughts. Naturally, I and other fans I know were extremely excited because we have said that it would make a great film. Like Deadline inform us, in In December of 2018, it was announced that the book had been acquired by Cathy Schulman, President and CEO of Welle Entertainment who would be working alongside Gabrielle Union via her Production Company I’ll Have Another.

I mentioned this back in 2019 when I did my list of 10 POC Authors to Check Out Now. It is beautifully written, and it gave me the longest book hangover of my life. This article was originally published on TODAY.The Idea of You by Robinne Lee is one of my absolute favorite books. “It was supposed to be a story about a woman approaching 40 and reclaiming her sexuality and rediscovering herself, just at the point that society traditionally writes women off as desirable and viable and whole.” “This was never supposed to be a book about Harry Styles,” Lee told Vogue.

Speaking to “ Vogue“ in 2020, author Lee confirmed the novel was loosely inspired by Harry Styles of One Direction, as well as Eddie Redmayne and her real-life husband - but that it's not 'fan fiction.' The former One Directioner, 28, is currently in a relationship with Olivia Wilde, 38, after meeting on set of her film 'Don't Worry Darling.' Lee does not identify the leading man during that interview, but fans speculated she was speaking about Harry Styles. I spent a good hour or so Googling and trying to figure out who this kid was, and in doing so, I discovered that he often dated older women, and so the seed was planted,” she said. “A few years ago, my husband was away on business, and I was up late surfing music videos on YouTube when I came across the face of a boy I’d never seen in a band I’d never paid attention to, and it was so aesthetically perfect it took me by surprise.

The book has been characterized as ' Harry Styles fan fiction.' But is it?īack in 2017, Lee told blogger Deborah Kalb that novel began after she encountered the lead of a boy band on YouTube.

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