‘The Idea Of You’s Michael Showalter & Jordana Mollick Talk Post-Strike Observations, Rom-Com’s Theatrical Viability, Building Buzzy Semi-Formal Slate

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Anne Hathaway‘s gorgeous abode in “The Idea of You” is now available to rent on Airbnb for $380 per night.

Robinne Lee dropped by a local L.A. news station for an interview promoting her role in “Fifty Shades Darker,” the second film in the steamy series based on books by E.L. James.

Selome Hailu “The Idea of You” was the most-streamed movie of the May 3-9 viewing window, per Luminate. The movie, starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine, was watched for 714.2 million minutes between May and May 9, its first full week of availability on Amazon Prime Video. Up from its No.

Tim Chan If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Online florist Urban Stems has unveiled a last-minute Mother’s Day bouquet inspired by the hit Amazon MGM Studios rom-com, “The Idea of You.“ “The Solène” is a lush and lavish bouquet inspired by Anne Hathaway’s character in the film, a 40-year-old single mom who falls for the 24-year-old lead singer of a boy band (played by Nicholas Galitzine). A mixture of roses, anemone, lilies, delphinium, thistle and trachellium, Urban Stems says the arrangement pays tribute to Solène’s “artistic soul and untamed heart.” “Each petal resonates with her youthful spirit and artistic flair, while the delicate balance of hues honors her deep love for her daughter, Izzy, and the new, unexpected romance that takes her by surprise,” reads the accompanying product description.

GQ. “I identify as a straight man, but I have been a part of some incredible queer stories,” he said in a story published Wednesday.

Peacock has officially ordered the Untitled Greg Daniels and Michael Koman comedy mockumentary series set in the same universe as The Office. Domhnall Gleeson (About Time, Ex-Machina) and Sabrina Impacciatore (The White Lotus) will lead the ensemble cast of the show, which is set to begin production in July.

EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Cox (Daredevil) has been tapped to star opposite Zooey Deschanel in Merv (working title), Amazon MGM Studios‘ rom-com from director Jessica Swale, which is now in production.

Anne Hathaway is now taking credit for “The Idea of You” book making the best-seller list — well, sort of.The Oscar winner joked about her new film, which is based off the Robinne Lee romance book, in an Instagram Story Sunday.“Audience said ‘hold my book!!!’ ” she captioned a screenshot of the novel hitting the milestone. She circled “No.

Not everyone is satisfied with how The Idea of You ends – including the author of the book that inspired the film.

Robinne Lee, the author of The Idea of You, regrets initially stating that the story was inspired by Harry Styles.

The new movie The Idea of You is based on the best-selling book by Robinne Lee and it has often been considered to be “Harry Styles fan fiction,” something that she doesn’t feel is an accurate way to describe her work.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director The summer movie season kicks off in theaters this month with “The Fall Guy,” “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” “Furiosa” and more big budget studio tentpoles. Streaming platforms are also going big with buzzy originals (from Prime Video’s “The Idea of You,” starring Anne Hathaway, to Netflix’s star-studded comedy “Unfrosted”) as well as some of the best movies of 2023 (Sean Durkin’s “The Iron Claw” and Michael Mann’s “Ferrari”) making their debuts on platforms such as Netflix, Max, Hulu and more.

Something awkward happened to Anne Hathaway during her appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this week!

In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo gets swept up in the whirlwind romance at the heart of “The Idea of You” with writer/director Michael Showalter (“The Big Sick,” “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” “Wet Hot American Summer”). The movie is based on the book of the same name and follows a forty-year-old woman reeling from a divorce who stumbles into a romance with a twenty-something singer from the world’s biggest boy band.

The Idea Of You is now streaming on Prime Video, and you may be seeing a lot of comparisons to Harry Styles.

Anne Hathaway’s career in Hollywood began 23 years ago with a family movie about every teen girl’s ultimate fantasy — her geeky character discovered she was actually royalty.Now 41, the actress has delivered a second dose of impossible escapism with “The Idea of You,” an, ahem, steamier, R-rated flick clearly made for the older millennials who obsessed over “The Princess Diaries” back in the aughts.Her latest fizzy project instead realizes the dream of every bored woman in their thirties and forties: She plays an exhausted single mom who has a fling with a famous, 24-year-old British boybander. And why not? What fun.Anyway, I suspect that aspirational viewers of “The Idea of You,” a decadent diversion that’s based on the popular novel by Robinne Lee, would much rather jet set around Europe with Harry Styles than live in a moldy 300-year-old palace and cut ribbons.

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Anne Hathaway is addressing the age gap in the romance between hers and Nicholas Galitzine‘s characters in the new rom-com The Idea of You.

Anne Hathaway sports an edgier look while stepping out for a weekend screening and conversation for her new movie The Idea of You held at 92NY on Sunday (April 28) in New York City.

The Idea of You arrives on Prime Video this Thursday, and it's the Anne Hathaway rom-com . Thanks to undeniable chemistry with and a great adapted script from director Michael Showalter with co-writer Jennifer Westfeldt, it's definitely worth the hype. (FWIW, right before it premiered at SXSW last month to , The Idea of You became the most-watched trailer of any original Amazon streaming feature film, with more than 125 million views.