Justin Baldoni Reportedly Looking Into ‘It Ends With Us’ Sequel Despite Blake Lively Drama

Justin Baldoni‘s production company Wayfarer Studios’ legal battle with Blake Lively regarding drama on the set of It Ends With Us recently settled alongside other parties, but a new report says the Jane the Virgin alum is looking into continuing the franchise.

“Justin still believes in these stories and believes audiences are ready to move on,” a source told Rob Shuter‘s Naughty But Nice Substack on Monday, May 11. “He thinks the focus can finally return to the movies instead of the drama.”

It Ends With Us is based on Colleen Hoover‘s novel of the same name, and Baldoni, 42, reportedly wants to find a way to bring the book’s sequel, It Starts With Us, to the big screen.

However, because of their legal drama, many believed the franchise wouldn’t be continued.

“People genuinely thought the franchise was dead,” a separate source told Naughty But Nice. “Studios were nervous. Producers didn’t know if the sequel had become too toxic to touch.”

And even though the Five Feet Apart director and Lively have been going head to head over the past year, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t want to work with her in the sequel.

“Justin would work with Blake again if it helped save the franchise,” a third source told the outlet. “He’s not interested in revenge. He just wants to make movies again.”

In December 2024, Lively, 38, sued Baldoni and accused him of creating a hostile work environment on the set of It Ends With Us, which she starred in.

Both the former Gossip Girl star and Baldoni had some of their claims tossed out by a judge in the following months, and Wayfarer Studios, Lively and other parties chose to settle ahead of trial on May 4.