The Love Hypothesis Movie: All the Details You Need to Know

STEMinist romance fans, grab your lab coats and your Annotated Book Club mugs—The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood is officially being adapted into a movie! 💕🎬

If you’ve ever swooned over a grumpy professor and a sunshine grad student fake-dating their way into real feelings, you already know why this book took over our shelves (and our hearts). First published in 2021, The Love Hypothesis skyrocketed from fan-fic roots to full-blown BookTok royalty, selling over a million copies and becoming a staple rec in every romance reader’s feed.

Now, the beloved rom-com is headed for the big screen—and we have all the early details.

Lili Reinhart is stepping into the lab coat of Olive Smith, and we couldn’t be more thrilled. Not only is she starring, but she’s also executive producing the film. And guess who’s playing Dr. Adam Carlsen? None other than Tom Bateman—yes, the real-life husband of Daisy Ridley, aka the muse for this Reylo-coded romance. Could this get more meta?

🎥✨With direction by Claire Scanlon (Set It Up) and a screenplay from Sarah Rothschild, the movie is backed by Amazon MGM Studios and produced by Elizabeth Cantillon. Filming kicks off in Montreal this summer, and though we’re still counting down the days for a release date, this cast and crew are already sparking serious fan excitement.

If you’re new to this bookish gem (welcome!), The Love Hypothesis follows a quirky biology PhD candidate, Olive, who kisses a random man to prove she’s dating someone—and that man just happens to be the most feared (and misunderstood) professor on campus. What starts as a fake relationship quickly evolves into something real and swoony, filled with witty banter, science puns, and yes, that one hotel room scene.

Whether you fell in love with Adam’s quiet intensity or Olive’s awkward brilliance (and that iconic hand sanitizer scene 💦🧪), this adaptation is about to bring our favorite romance trope to life in the best way.

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