{"id":2492279,"date":"2026-07-07T18:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2492279"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:22:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:22:00","slug":"love-and-other-words-adaptation-set-with-the-newly-formed-magic-hour-entertainment-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/love-and-other-words-adaptation-set-with-the-newly-formed-magic-hour-entertainment-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Love and Other Words\u2019 Adaptation Set With the Newly Formed Magic Hour Entertainment (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Magic Hour Entertainment, Max Siemers and Tanner Anderson\u2019s newly formed production company, is set to adapt romance novel <em>Love and Other Words<\/em>, <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> has exclusively learned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The feature film, based on Christina Lauren\u2019s popular novel of the same name, centers on \u201cchildhood best friends turned first loves who reconnect after more than a decade apart and are forced to confront the mysterious heartbreak that took them away from one another,\u201d according to the synopsis. Christina Lauren, the pen name for writers Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, has become a staple in the romance genre over the last decade for novels including popular titles like <em>The Unhoneymooners<\/em> and <em>Josh and Hazel\u2019s Guide to Not Dating<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cRomance is at its best when it captures something honest about the ways we experience love.\u00a0<em>Love and Other Words<\/em>\u00a0embodies everything we hope to find when bringing a story to the screen \u2014 it\u2019s emotionally rich, beautifully written, and authentic to the experience of first love and loss,\u201d Siemers said in a statement. \u201cChristina and Lauren have crafted a romance that is both deeply personal and universally resonant and we\u2019re excited to honor what readers have cherished about this story for years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The newly formed production banner will produce and finance development with a focus in feature films that center on romance, modern dating and romantic comedies. The company is also producing the feature <em>Ded<\/em>, from Carlos L\u00f3pez Estrada, and the recently announced Amazon feature <em>Love Theoretically<\/em>, based on Ali Hazelwood\u2019s novel of the same name. Sofia Alvarez, who collaborated with Siemers on the first two <em>To All The Boys I\u2019ve Loved Before<\/em> films, is attached to write and direct. An adaptation of Hazelwood\u2019s first novel, <em>The Love Hypothesis<\/em>, is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/love-hypothesis-gets-september-release-194057742.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:set to debut;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;set to debut&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">set to debut<\/a> on Prime Video this September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cMax and I are drawn to stories that explore modern relationships through complex, imperfect characters whose experiences feel truthful and deeply relatable,\u201d Anderson said about the company in a statement. Every film we make is built around a fundamental question about dating or love\u2014the kinds of questions<br \/>audiences are asking in their own lives today.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Anderson (right) and Siemers have teamed up for Magic Hour Entertainment.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Siemers produced Netflix\u2019s <em>To All the Boys I\u2019ve Loved Befor<\/em>e trilogy and was previously the head of film production at ACE Entertainment and EVP of film production at AwesomenessTV. Anderson\u2019s most recent credit was producing the Alan Ritchson-fronted Lionsgate feature <em>Turkey Bowl<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Magic Hour Entertainment is repped by Shaun Gorden at Weintraub Tobin; Christina Lauren is represented by Holly Root of Root Literary, WME and Matthew Sugarman at Weintraub Tobin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best of The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.hollywoodreporter.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:THR's Newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;THR's Newsletter&quot;}\" class=\"link \">THR&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. 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