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Sources are weighing in on the rumored feud between the 'It Ends With Us' costars saying two rival cuts of the film were made.

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00:00Is there a rift between the cast of It Ends With Us?

00:02Well, the internet seems to think so, and sources are saying there may be something

00:06to all the speculation.

00:08TikTok is flooded with rumors about a rift between star producer Blake Lively and her

00:13co-star director Justin Baldoni for the on-screen adaptation of Colleen Hoover's beloved novel.

00:19The chatter stemmed from Baldoni's notable absence from joint press events that was largely

00:23led by Lively, along with the other cast members.

00:26Fans also noticed a lack of photos of Lively and Baldoni together during the film's premiere

00:31or anywhere during the press run.

00:33In addition, neither Lively, Hoover, nor the rest of the cast follow Baldoni on Instagram,

00:38though they all follow each other and have been posting-slash-praising each other leading

00:41up to the film's release.

00:43This raised eyebrows, seeing as Baldoni helmed the project, and Hoover and Baldoni appeared

00:48together on each other's Instagrams multiple times previously.

00:51Social media users also speculated that Lively brought in husband Ryan Reynolds to take over

00:56creative control of the film after he was seen involved in some of the film's promo.

01:00"...blink once for I'd love to be your new dad.

01:04He blinked.

01:05He blinked."

01:07And Lively revealed on the premiere's red carpet that Reynolds wrote a key scene at

01:11the top of the movie, the iconic rooftop scene my husband actually wrote it.

01:15Nobody knows that but you now.

01:17However, the film's screenwriter Christy Hall spoke to The Hollywood Reporter that she indeed

01:22wrote the scene in question.

01:23Probably the most difficult scene for me to crack was the rooftop scene.

01:27Because I have to say Colleen wrote it perfectly.

01:31And I wish I could have just lifted it from the pages and just put it in the film.

01:35But it's a little too long for film language.

01:38And so my first crack at it, it was like a 10-page scene, which is a little impossible.

01:44So the question became, what do we keep?

01:47What do we shave off?

01:48So on the page, it took a long time to get right.

01:51And then I have to say, Justin and Blake just killed it.

01:54Now sources are telling The Hollywood Reporter that there was indeed a fracture among the

01:58filmmakers in the post-production process, noting that two different cuts of the movie

02:03emerged.

02:04According to multiple sources, Lively, as a producer, commissioned a cut of the movie

02:08from editor Shane Reed, who is an editor on Deadpool and Wolverine, as well as the Lively-directed

02:13music video for Taylor Swift's I Bet You Think About Me.

02:17It's unclear if any of this cut was ultimately used in the final project, which was credited

02:21to editors Una Flaherty and Rob Sullivan.

02:25As for plans for the sequel, Hoover's 2022 novel It Starts With Us, Baldoni has expressed

02:29being noncommittal about whether he would direct another film in the franchise, noting

02:33at the premiere to Entertainment Tonight,

02:35I think Blake Lively's ready to direct.

02:37That's what I think.

02:39In the end, the chatter around It Ends With Us could potentially go away with the film

02:42now open.

02:43The Sony film earned a huge $7 million in Thursday previews as it competes with Deadpool

02:48and Wolverine at the box office.

02:50Exhibitors suggest the film could open to $40 million or more, with some predicting

02:54it could climb as high as $55 million.

02:58For more on this story, head to THR.com.

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