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    "The Hating Game" Trailer Just Came Out, And It's The Steamy Rom-Com To Keep You Warm This Winter

    It's a thin line between love and hate.

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    Shyla Watson
    by Shyla Watson

    BuzzFeed Staff

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    Allie Hayes
    by Allie Hayes

    BuzzFeed Staff

    There is nothing — and I do mean NOTHING — that we hopeless romantics love more than an enemies-to-lovers romance. N.O.T.H.I.N.G.

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    Well, this week, we enemies-to-lovers lovers received the ultimate gift, just in time for the holidays: our first trailer for the highly anticipated book-turned-movie The Hating Game! Check out the trailer:

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    The movie is based on the bestselling book of the same name by Sally Thorne and is the ultimate unlikely love story.

    The book cover featuring a man adjusting his tie and a woman in a short dress in the background
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    You see, Lucy (played by Lucy Hale — no, really, the character is also named Lucy) is trying her best to get ahead in her career. There's just one problem: Her coworker Joshua (Austin Stowell) is the absolute worst.

    Vertical Entertainment

    And after it's announced that the company they work for will be promoting someone to "managerial director," the gloves come off completely.

    Lucy aggressively holding a fork
    Vertical Entertainment

    I don't know how either of them is even in the running for that promotion when they spend all their time trying to one-up each other with how mean, annoying, and distracting they can be. Like, when are they even working?? I digress.

    Like, things get ~physical~.*

    Lucy has Joshua in a chokehold
    Vertical Entertainment

    *Love this foreshadowing 👀.

    You can imagine that the above Fight Club scene got them a stern talking-to from HR.

    Two coworkers staring at them as they fight as the woman eats her lunch
    Vertical Entertainment

    Tag yourself — I'm the woman who's unbothered and still eating her lunch.

    However, things take an unexpected (and steamy) turn after Lucy has a rather ~sexy~ dream starring Joshua, and she realizes her hate for the man may be coming from a place of genuine attraction.

    Lucy lying on her stomach and resting on her elbows in bed
    Vertical Entertainment

    After all, it's a thin (and sexy) line between love and hate.

    Y'all — the banter! The looks! The! Clear! And! Present! Longing! Sign us the heck up!!!

    Lucy and Joshua in an elevator, with him saying "But I'm incapable of giving you that pleasure," and her saying, "Well, that's not the first time you've said that to a woman, is it?"
    Vertical Entertainment

    And yes, he does call her Shortcake (screams internally and externally very loudly)!!! But will we get other fave book moments? Will we see a green* bedroom? Her Smurf collection? The paintball scene? Only time will tell!

    "The job is mine, Shortcake"
    Vertical Entertainment

    *I know Lucy Hale doesn't have blue eyes — which Sally Thorne has already commented on in a previous IG story, saying, "If I don't care and I WROTE the book, then you should relax too! It's going to be FINE! I PROMISE!" — but maybe Josh will have a green bedroom to match her green eyes??

    Fans are ready!!

    lindsey ✩ @ViciousxLoren

    OMG THE HATING GAME TRAILER!?!?!? i think it lowkey looks really good!! and him calling her shortcake?!? I DIED!!!!!!

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    emma lord @dilemmalord

    *wheezes rom com-ily* the hating game trailer i am unDONE

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    — rosie @rosiecalla

    my two moods as i watched the hating game trailer

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    Sofie @bookishscenario

    The hating game trailer: Josh: “Shortcake” Me: AHHHHHSJDBKD

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    Twitter: @bookishscenario
    𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐧 || happy bday maria 🍋 @shanxeditss

    THAT HATING GAME TRAILER

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    nat TODAY @tbscherry

    STOP STOP RN THE HATING GAME TRAILER IM SHITTING BRICKS RN

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    Vertical Entertainment / Via Twitter: @tbscherry
    🌸Gemma🌸 @GemHESSA_HS

    THIS HATING GAME TRAILER LOOKS SOO AMAZING, I'M FREAKING OUT 🥰😍

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    Vertical Entertainment / Via Twitter: @GemHESSA_HS

    So there you have it! Will these two mortal enemies overcome their differences in the name of love (and also hate)? Find out when The Hating Game hits theaters and VOD on Dec. 10!

    Joshua and Lucy wearing coats outdoors and looking at each other
    Vertical Entertainment

    Or you can always cheat and pick up the book literally anytime!