The Idea of You

The Idea of You is an upcoming romantic comedy film for Amazon Studios starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine based on the Robinne Lee novel of the same name. The director is Michael Showalter and the screenplay adaptation is by Jennifer Westfeldt. Synopsis Sophie a 40-year-old single mom who at her ex-husband’s request takes their 16-year-old daughter to Coachella and things take a surprising turn when she strikes up a budding romance with 24-year-old Hayes Campbell, the lead singer of the famous pop boyband August Moon. Cast Anne Hathaway as Sophie Nicholas Galitzine as Hayes Campbell Ella Rubin as Izzy Reid Scott as Dan Jordan Aaron Hall as Zeke Jaiden Anthony as Adrian Raymond Cham Viktor 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.