Netflix Buys Shailene Woodley Drama 'The Last Letter From Your Lover'

The Shailene Woodley-Felicity Jones starrer romantic drama, The Last Letter From Your Lover has found a home when it comes to the streaming services, Netflix has bought worldwide rights to the film even though the financial credentials of the deal are not entirely known.

StudioCanal, which put together the picture, will release the film in the U.K., France, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand. StudioCanal’s output partner Svensk will distribute the film in Scandinavia. The company will be selling the film in China, where Netflix does not operate.

Based on the best-selling novel by Jojo Moyes, “The Last Letter From Your Lover” is a dual-narrative love story that follows Ellie (Jones), a young journalist in contemporary London who uncovers a series of love letters recounting a star-crossed affair in the 1960s. That romance between Jennifer Stirling (Woodley) and Anthony O’Hare (Callum Turner) is so intense that Ellie becomes obsessed with finding the couple and discovering how their story ended.

The film is directed by Augustine Frizzell where Nick Payne and Esta Spalding have written the script. Jones is best known for her roles in Rogue One and The Theory of Everything, and Woodley is best known for her role in Big Little Lies and The Fault in Our Stars.