Blake Lively and her upcoming movie will have to wait as production is suspended (Picture: Getty Images)
Blake Lively’s latest flick has been momentarily shelved as production shut down in New Jersey earlier this week.
The upcoming rom-com – an adaptation of the wildly popular novel It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover – closed down operations for the foreseeable future due to the ongoing writers’ strike.
Playing the main role of Lily Bloom, the 35-year-old actress was last spotted in costume and on set on June 9.
She is playing the central character in the highly-anticipated movie alongside Justin Baldoni who will embody her fictional love interest Ryle.
Following the hiatus, it was reported that less than half of the script had been filmed by Deadline and that the news was delivered to the cast and crew via an email last Thursday.
The publication obtained the note that was sent from Wayfarer Studios and Justin, who is also directing the film.
Blake was last seen shooting earlier this month (Picture: SplashNews.com)
She is taking on the role of the lead character Lily Bloom (Picture: GC Images)
It was said to have read: ‘Due to the ongoing WGA (Writers’ Guild of America) strike and the lost days we have experienced due to picketing, we must make the difficult decision to temporarily shut down production.’
The announcement continued: ‘We want to express our deepest gratitude for your incredible patience and unwavering dedication throughout this challenging period.’
According to Deadline, a crew member described the mood on set following news they would cease work for the time being.
Justin is also directing the film (Picture: SplashNews.com)
The star’s movie came up against the WGA (Picture: Shutterstock)
The crew member reportedly explained: ‘It was a mixture — people were upset because they liked working with Justin. There was already tension about some ADs who’d been fired.
‘People were sad but also respected the WGA picket situation. The more solitarily we can have with the WGA, making the producers talk to the writers and get them back to the negotiating table, the faster everyone will get back to work.’
It was said that filming stopped on Monday after the production failed to come to an agreement with the WGA and the continued picketing by the guild.
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The film publication also highlighted that the reason for the halt in shooting scenes was due to ‘an inability to persuade the WGA that the co-financing status of Wayfarer Studios was enough to consider that the production was within WGA guidelines’.
Metro.co.uk contacted Wayfarer Studios and Justin for comment.
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