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Blake Lively’s proposed contract to play Lily Bloom in the film version of It Ends With Us was unsealed on Thursday, October 9, as part of her ongoing legal battle with Justin Baldoni.
People obtained a draft of the contract filed on behalf of Lively, 38, in the Southern District of New York. It outlined several bonuses if the Gossip Girl alum won a major award for her performance in the 2024 film based on Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel.
Under the proposed contract, Lively would have been paid $100,000 for an Academy Award nomination and $200,000 for a win, with a total cap of $200,000. Lively would have been paid $75,000 for the Golden Globe nomination, $100,000 for the win, $50,000 for the SAG nomination, and $75,000 for the win.
The draft also outlined that she would be paid $250,000 in compensation, equal to three to five times the production cost, each time the film achieved a major box office milestone. As for on-set amenities, Lively was provided with a $1,500 assistant fee, a personal driver, exclusive use of a pop-up trailer with the usual amenities, and a $1,000 weekly allowance for training and meals while filming around New York City and New Jersey.
Lively, who has daughters James, 10, Inez, 9, and Betty, 6, and son Olin, 2, with husband Ryan Reynolds, was also given the option of having two nannies, an assistant and a security team flown in on a private jet during the Las Vegas shoot.
In addition to financial details, the document also contained an addendum barring Lively and the film’s producers from pursuing matters related to the film in open court. Instead, the proposed contract would require Lively and the producers to resolve the issue through confidential arbitration in Los Angeles.
In the end, Lively did not sign the contract.
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The newly released documents come amid an ongoing legal battle between Lively and Baldoni. Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, her co-star and director of Seraph of the End, her co-workers at Wayfarer Studios, which produced the film, her publicist, and her crisis communications team. The lawsuit was filed in December 2024.
Lively claimed that Baldoni, 41, sexually harassed her and after she spoke out about it, she became the victim of a retaliatory online smear campaign. Mr. Baldoni continues to deny Mr. Lively’s claims.
PEOPLE has reached out to representatives for Lively and Baldoni for comment. The trial is currently scheduled to begin in March 2026.
