Justin Baldoni is allegedly weighing offers worth up to a reported $10 million to tell all about his bitter clash with Blake Lively overIt Ends With Us, after a settlement reached in early May left him free to speak publicly about the film and the legal war that followed.
According to court documents cited byIn Touch Weeklyand fresh claims from industry insiders, the actor‑director is already being courted for television interviews, potential docuseries projects, and even a book deal that would chronicle one of Hollywood's most rancorous recent disputes.
The news came after Baldoni and Lively quietly settled their long‑running legal fight on 4 May, ending years of accusations and counter‑claims surrounding the 2024 adaptation of Colleen Hoover's bestselling novel.
The film, which Baldoni directed and starred in opposite Lively, was dogged by litigation almost from the moment cameras stopped rolling, with the off‑screen fallout gradually eclipsing its box office performance and subsequent streaming release on Netflix. What might once have become a comfortable romance‑drama franchise instead turned into a cautionary tale about creative partnerships gone sour.
A key detail of the settlement appears to have opened the door to Baldoni's potential windfall. His lawyer, Bryan Freedman, toldThe #NoFilter with Zack Peterpodcast on 5 May that the agreement with the formerGossip Girlstar does not contain a non‑disclosure clause, a notable omission in a high‑profile Hollywood dispute.
'In most cases that get settled, there is a confidentiality that is broad, that you can't say anything negative about anyone, you can't say this, you can't say that,' Freedman said, according to the podcast recording. He added that for Justin Baldoni, 'the most important thing... is being able to speak his truth, being able to tell the story.'
For context, Baldoni, 42, and his team are now said to be testing the market for that story, with one unnamed source tellingIn Touchthat theJane the Virginalum is 'champing at the bit' to sit down on camera and give his full account of what happened onIt Ends With Us. The source claimed he is already exploring the 'logistics' of a major TV interview and hinted at a broader media package.
'It would make him an absolute fortune, no doubt,' the insider said, suggesting the financial incentive sits alongside any desire to clear his name. The same informant floated the idea of a memoir that could accompany a televised tell‑all, arguing that a book about the legal saga and its impact on his career would be 'even more lucrative.'
Another industry figure painted an almost gleeful picture of the likely scramble to land the rights. For any broadcaster or streamer, they argued, securing exclusive access to Justin Baldoni and his unfiltered version of events would be 'a guaranteed slam dunk' because the case was already 'ingrained into the history books as one of Hollywood's most explosivelegal battlesof all time.' A bidding war, they said, would be inevitable.
No figures have been confirmed on the record, so any numbers should be treated cautiously. Yet the same source pointed to Prince Harry's reported $27 million deal for his memoirSpareas a benchmark, arguing that 'it's hard to imagine Justin getting any less than $10 million for his story, if not more.'
Source: International Business Times UK
