The Idea of You
The Idea of You is an upcoming romantic comedy drama for Amazon Studios starring Anne Hathaway based on a Robinne Lee novel of the same name. The director is Michael Showalter and the screenplay adaptation is by Jennifer Westfeldt.

Synopsis
After her ex-husband lets down her teenage daughter, a 40-year-old divorcee attends the music festival Coachella and inadvertently runs into the most famous pop star in the world.

Cast
Anne Hathaway as Solène
Nicholas Galitzine as Hayes Campbell
Ella Rubin as Izzy
Reid Scott as Dan
Jordan Aaron Hall
Jaiden Anthony
Raymond Cham
Vik White
Dakota Adan
Annie Mumolo
Perry Mattfeld

Production
In December 2018, it was announced that an adaptation of the Robinne Lee novel The Idea Of You had been opted by Welle Entertainment with Cathy Schulman and Gabrielle Union producing. Union named the book amongst her ten favourite of all time in 2018. Union and Lee have been friends since the early 2000s. In June 2021 it was revealed that Jennifer Westfelft had adapted the novel and Anne Hathaway was cast in the starring role. In August 2022 Michael Showalter was confirmed as director. In September 2022 Nicholas Galitzine was added to the cast as the lead singer of "the hottest boyband on the planet." In October 2022, Ella Rubin was revealed to be playing Hathaway's daughter and that principal photography had commenced. Following shortly after that announcement Annie Mumolo, Reid Scott, Perry Mattfeld and Jordan Aaron Hall were revealed to have joined the cast as well as Jaiden Anthony, Raymond Cham, Vik White and Dakota Adam as the rest of the band Galitzine fronts.Filming took place in Atlanta, Georgia and surrounding areas from October 2022 with Galizitine and Hathaway pictured in the media filming together on set in Savannah, Georgia.

Reception
Grazia described the film as being based on Harry Styles fan fiction. Vogue described the plot as a “socio-cultural commentary about aging and a woman’s worth”.

References
External links
The Idea of You at IMDb