Beautiful Disaster Movie: The Complete Guide to this Book to Movie Adaptation (2024)

OMG the Beautiful Disaster movie is set to release in 2023 and I’ve got all the latest details about this new adult romance book-to-movie adaptation for you.

If you’re one of the fans of the Beautiful Disaster series that made this Jamie McGuire book so popular then you are going to be so excited to watch the characters come to life in the Beautiful Disaster movie.

I’m sharing all the details of the movie production in the post below so you don’t miss a thing and can get excited to see this rollout in theaters.

Be sure to also check out what other romance books to movies are coming in 2023.

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Beautiful Disaster Movie Plot: What’s It About?

The Beautiful Disaster movie is about two college students, Abby and Travis, who fall in love after being friends despite their troubled pasts. It is based on the book, Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire.

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Will the Beautiful Disaster Adaptation be a Movie or a TV Series?

Beautiful Disaster will be adapted into a movie, not a television series.

Who is Developing the Beautiful Disaster Movie?

Roger Kumble is the writer and Director of the Beautiful Disaster movie. He also directed Cruel Intentions and the movie, After We Collided, based on the new adult romance book by Anna Todd.

Production companies include Voltage Pictures and Warner Bros.

Who is the Cast for the Beautiful Disaster Movie?

Cast for the Beautiful Disaster movie includes Virginia Gardner (Runaways) as Abby Abernathy and Dylan Sprouse (After We Collided) as Travis Maddox in the lead roles.

Additional cast members include Austin North, Autumn Reeser, Rob Estes, Ethan Embry and Brian Austin Green.

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What is the Beautiful Disaster Movie Rating?

The Beautiful Disaster movie is rated R.

Beautiful Disaster Movie Release Date

Currently, the Beautiful Disaster movie is set to release on April 12, 2023, in theaters.

Where Will the Beautiful Disaster Movie Be Streamed?

The Beautiful Disaster movie will first release exclusively in theaters on April 12, 2023. Stay tuned as to where it will be streamed after its initial release!

Beautiful Disaster Movie Teaser & Trailer

We have a teaser trailer for the Beautiful Disaster movie! Check it out and let me know what you think in the comments below.

Will There Be a Beautiful Disaster Movie Sequel?

Yes! The Beautiful Wedding movie is in post-production as of the publication date of this post so I assume it was filmed at the same time as or soon after the Beautiful Disaster movie.

It too is written and directed by Roger Kumble and is based on the novella by Jamie McGuire, A Beautiful Wedding which explores howAbby Abernathy unexpectedly became Mrs. Maddox.

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There is no word yet on the release date for the Beautiful Wedding movie which includes the same cast.

Beautiful Disaster Movie Production Timeline

May 2011: Beautiful Disaster book release
August 2012: Beautiful Disaster movie in development
December 2021: Filming is completed in Bulgaria for the Beautiful Disaster movie
January 2023: Film production completed for Beautiful Disaster
April 2023: Anticipated Beautiful Disaster movie premiere

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Does the Beautiful Disaster movie follow the book? ›

I love Jaime's book Beautiful Disaster and read it multiple times. So, when I heard a movie was coming out I was very excited but it was a huge disappointment - there was barely 1% of scenes from the book. This movie did not follow the book at all.

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Was Abby a virgin in the Beautiful Disaster movie? ›

I found the sex scenes to be more about his emotions and what he was feeling than about the sex because he's never experienced that type of emotional connections before. Whereas in BD the sex scenes were more descriptive because Abby was a virgin and she was experiencing a sexual relationship for the very first time.

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Why does Travis call Abby Pigeon in Beautiful Disaster? ›

Travis refers to Abby as the "Pigeon" or lovingly called "Pidge". He later explains that the nickname symbolizes a winning card in poker, a beautiful woman, a dove.

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Will there be a Beautiful Disaster movie 2? ›

Beautiful Wedding

Beautiful Disaster / Sequel

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Who does Abby end up with in Beautiful Disaster? ›

She is a college student and becomes romantically involved with Travis Maddox. She eventually marries him in Las Vegas, at the age of nineteen. In the epilogue of the sequel to Beautiful Disaster; Walking Disaster, Travis and Abby are parents to three children: James, Jessica and Carter Maddox.

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Is Abby pregnant at the end of Beautiful Disaster? ›

After months of separation, during which Travis makes many attempts to win Abby back, the two reunite in a major way: by going back to Vegas to elope. (Even though Abby seems to imply that she's pregnant at the end of Beautiful Disaster, she is not).

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Does Travis win the fight in Beautiful Disaster movie? ›

Travis wins a fight for the mobster and agrees to more fights, but Abby tells him she doesn't want to get involved in that life. Again, she lies to Travis, sneaks away, and avoids him in an attempt to end the relationship.

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Is Beautiful Disaster spicy? ›

However that being said, it's not erotic either, the few sex scenes are more than you get in YA, but definitely not descriptive or explicit by any means.

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What is the meaning of Beautiful Disaster? ›

"Beautiful Disaster" reflects a woman's prayer about a man whom she loves despite his iniquities. A live piano version of the song was included as the twelfth track on Clarkson's second studio album Breakaway (2004). "Beautiful Disaster" Song by Kelly Clarkson.

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How old is Travis in the book Beautiful Disaster? ›

When I read Beautiful Disaster, I thought Travis was 20 yrs old, but after further reading and figuring out when all of their birthday's are (Travis is April Fools, Trenton is 4th of July, Taylor/Tyler are New Years, and Thomas is St. Patty's), Travis is actually 19 years old when the books start.

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Do Abby and Travis end up together in Beautiful Wedding? ›

Three months have passed since the start of Beautiful Disaster. Travis and Abby got married on March 26th, 2022, the day after they found Benny's money.

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What is a pigeon slang for a girl? ›

Jessica Pigeon was a common slang word simply meaning woman or female in the 1950's. It is a term of affection, not meant to be derogatory. It was famously used in lady and the tramp, which was made in the 50's. In the UK the slang word for a woman is bird.

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Who is Dylan Sprouse married to? ›

Since 2018, Sprouse has been in a relationship with model Barbara Palvin. They resided in Brooklyn for over two years, before moving to Los Angeles in 2021. In June 2023, they announced that they had been engaged since September 2022. The couple married on July 15, 2023.

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What happens at the end of Beautiful Disaster? ›

During the last Circle fight of the year, Keaton Hall burns down, and Abby and Travis narrowly escape. This event forces Abby to realize that she and Travis belong together, so she proposes to him. They visit Las Vegas again to get married.

What comes after the Beautiful Disaster movie? ›

A sequel, Beautiful Wedding was released in theaters on January 24, 2024.

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Is Beautiful Disaster on Hulu based on a book? ›

Beautiful Disaster is based on the first book of Jamie McGuire's Beautiful series containing three novels and six spinoff novels.

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Is Beautiful Disaster based on After? ›

The film is an adaptation of the book of the same name by Jamie McGuire, though it didn't originate on Wattpad like After did.

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Can Beautiful Disaster be read as a stand alone? ›

Chel You can read it as a stand-alone. I've read, and liked, both. The overlapping characters aren't THAT critical to either story. I read the 1st one when it was published, read many books since, and didn't realize until far into Book 2 that it related to Book 1.

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