EXCLUSIVE: Ansel Elgort (Tokyo Vice) will direct Cecelia Ahern’s 2005 novel, If You Could See Me, directed by Catherine Hardwicke (The Prisoner’s Daughter).・I signed a contract to appear on “Now”.
The film, produced by Constantine Films and Canyon Creek, follows Elizabeth, whose mother disappears when she was a child. The same night, Ivan arrived. Her invisible friend, a boy the same age that only she can see, is sent to support her during a difficult time. Years later, Ivan and Elizabeth are miraculously reunited, but neither remembers their former bond. Ivan immediately begins to fall in love with Elizabeth, but does not understand why she can see him. But something tells Ivan he must help her once again…
This book is written by Irish author of the works such as “PS, I Love You” and “Where the Rainbow Ends”, which were made into movies “PS, I Love You” and “Rosie, Love You” respectively. This book is the latest work for novelist Ahern to be screened. Ahern also wrote Roar, a collection of short stories that became a star series on Apple TV+.
Catherine Cote wrote the adaptation of If You Could See Me Now. Produced by Robert Kulzer and Simon Brooks.
Elgort, known for his roles in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver, The Fault in Our Stars, and the Divergent series, is the author of Jake’s Memoirs. The second season of “Tokyo Vice,” director Max’s crime drama based on the movie, is ending. Adelstein, for whom he was also an executive producer. He is also scheduled to appear in the survival thriller “Faster Than Horses” produced by British adventurer Bear Grylls.
Known for films such as Twilight, Thirteen and Lords of Dogtown, Hardwick’s recent work includes the Bleecker Street action comedy Mafia Mamma, starring Toni Collette. . “The Prisoner’s Daughter” starring Brian Cox and Kate Beckinsale. and Under the Bridge on FX.
Elgort and Hardwick are with CAA. Elgort is also repped by Brookside Artist Management and Yorn, Levine and Burns. Hardwicke by Management and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
