--- description: Hailee Steinfeld is set to star in Dustin Lance Black’s adaptation of YA novel The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight. title: Hailee Steinfeld to Star in YA Romance Film image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt424ef5518bd66faf/69876328cd1bba5c7a6f2df2/rtr48rix.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hailee Steinfeld to Star in _The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight_ by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 29, 2014 7:05 AM CUT  Actress Hailee Steinfeld poses at a launch dinner for Claiborne Swanson Frank's photo book "Young Hollywood" with a foreword by fashion designer Michael Kors in Beverly Hills, California October 2, 2014. Actress Hailee Steinfeld poses at a launch dinner for Claiborne Swanson Frank's photo book "Young Hollywood" with a foreword by fashion designer Michael Kors in Beverly Hills, California October 2, 2014.Mario Anzuoni—Reuters by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 29, 2014 7:05 AM CUT Hailee Steinfeld is set to [star](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hailee-steinfeld-star-statistical-probability-744642 "undefined") in Dustin Lance Black’s adaptation of the young-adult novel _The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight_, according to _The Hollywood Reporter_. The teen romance [novel](http://www.jenniferesmith.com/the-statistical-probability-of-love-at-first-sight/ "undefined"), by Jennifer E. Smith, is the 24-hour tale of Haldey, a teenager who is late for a wedding she doesn’t want to attend in London — her father is remarrying — when she meets a British boy, Oliver, at New York City’s JFK airport. “Set over a 24-hour-period, Hadley and Oliver’s story will make you believe that true love finds you when you’re least expecting it,” says the website for the novel. Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black won an Oscar in 2009 for _Milk_. Steinfeld, 17, who was nominated for an Oscar in 2010 for _True Grit_, apparently will next star in Kyle Newman’s _Barely Lethal_ in early 2015. \[[_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hailee-steinfeld-star-statistical-probability-744642 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3545167/hailee-steinfeld-the-statistical-probability-of-love-at-first-sight-film-movie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3545167/hailee-steinfeld-the-statistical-probability-of-love-at-first-sight-film-movie/"},"headline":"Hailee Steinfeld to Star in The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight","datePublished":"2014-10-29T07:05:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:04:36.895Z","description":"The novel's website describes it as \"about family connections, second chances and first loves,\" as well as \"twists of fate and quirks of timing\"","url":"https://time.com/3545167/hailee-steinfeld-the-statistical-probability-of-love-at-first-sight-film-movie/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt424ef5518bd66faf/69876328cd1bba5c7a6f2df2/rtr48rix.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Elizabeth Barber","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-barber/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt424ef5518bd66faf/69876328cd1bba5c7a6f2df2/rtr48rix.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Actress Steinfeld poses at a launch dinner for Claiborne Swanson Frank's photo book \"Young Hollywood\" with a foreword by fashion designer Michael Kors in Beverly Hills","caption":"Actress Steinfeld poses at a launch dinner for Claiborne Swanson Frank's photo book \"Young Hollywood\" with a foreword by fashion designer Michael Kors in Beverly Hills","creditText":"Mario Anzuoni—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3545167/hailee-steinfeld-the-statistical-probability-of-love-at-first-sight-film-movie/","name":"Hailee Steinfeld to Star in The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight"}}]}] ```