‘The Love Hypothesis’ Gets September Release Date, Drops First-Look Photos

Prime Video will continue its romance streak into the fall, announcing Thursday that the upcoming feature adaptation of Ali Hazelwood’s The Love Hypothesis will have a fall release on the platform.

The feature film, set to release on the streamer Sept. 23, stars Lili Reinhart as Olive Smith, a stressed-out graduate student, and Tom Bateman as Dr. Adam Carlsen, a grouchy young professor. The story follows the age-old romantic-comedy trope of fake dating.

First look photos were released of Reinhart and Bateman were released Thursday. A video dropped on social media Thursday morning showing Reinhart grabbing a sugary coffee treat, a nod to her character Olive who often orders caffeinated concoctions on her on campus “dates” with Bateman’s Adam.

Reinhart takes a sip from the coffee cup before asking the barista, “Can I actually get sprinkles on this?” The cup reads “9.23” to reference the release date.

“The Love Hypothesis follows Olive (Reinhart), a brilliant Ph.D. candidate focused on her future in academia,” the film’s synopsis reads. “But when she realizes her best friend Ahn (Rachel Marsh) has fallen for her crush Jeremy (Nicholas Duvernay), Olive impulsively kisses intimidating professor Adam Carlsen (Tom Bateman) to prove she’s moved on.”

The synopsis continues, “What begins as a desperate act of friendship spirals into a fake relationship with rules, boundaries and a mutually beneficial agreement. When their arrangement begins to blur the lines between performance and reality, Olive is forced to test her most daunting hypothesis yet: that love might actually be worth the risk.”

Jaboukie Young-White and Arty Froushan join Reinhart, Bateman, Marsh and Duvernay in rounding out the film’s cast. Claire Scanlon serves as director on the film, which features a script written by Sarah Rothschild.

The Love Hypothesis is slated to be highlighted during Prime Video’s immersive fan event, Obsessed Fest, later this month.

First look photos of The Love Hypothesis follow.