Ansel Elgort & Catherine Hardwicke Teaming On ‘If You Could See Me Now,’ Adaptation Of Cecelia Ahern Novel
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Ansel Elgort (Tokyo Vice) has signed on to star in If You Could See Me Now, an adaptation of the 2005 novel from Cecelia Ahern, to be directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Prisoner’s Daughter).
Hailing from Constantine Film and Canyon Creek, the film follows Elizabeth, whose mother disappeared when she was a little girl.
On the same night, Ivan arrived — her invisible friend, a boy her age that only she can see, sent to support her during a difficult time.
Years later, Ivan and Elizabeth are miraculously reunited, though neither remember the bond they once had. Ivan quickly begins to fall for Elizabeth, unsure why she is able to see him — but something tells Ivan that he must help her once more… The book is just the latest to make it to screen for Ahern, the Irish novelist behind titles like PS, I Love You and Where Rainbows End, which were respectively adapted as the films P.S.
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