New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, be it a love connection, a hook-up, or something in the middle. And somewhere between the teasing texts and one-night stands, what these un-marrieds all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love. Sleeping around in the city that never sleeps was never so much fun.

How to be Single was directed by Christian Ditter and written by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, based on the novel of the same name by Liz Tuccillo. The movie stars Dakota Johnson, Alison Brie, Rebel Wilson and Leslie Mann. The very talented Lily Collins was in early talks to appear in the movie, but it is rumoured that she dropped out. Principal photography began in April with several New York City locations such as SoHo and Central Park.

The film is scheduled for a February 12, 2016 release by Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema.

Lily Collins

Lily Jane Collins is a British-born actress and model who has an adorable, sensational, almost perfect face for cinema, and has a cunning resemblance to Audrey Hepburn. She is best known for her roles in the films The Blind Side (2009), Abduction (2011), Stuck in Love (2012), Mirror Mirror (2012), and Love, Rosie (2014). She portrayed Clary Fray in the fantasy film adaptation The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013), based on Cassandra Clare's best-selling novel City of Bones.

Collins began acting at the age of 2 in the BBC series Growing Pains. As a teenager, Collins wrote a column, "NY Confidential", for the British magazine Elle Girl. She has also written for Seventeen, Teen Vogue and the Los Angeles Times. She was selected by Chanel to wear one of their gowns at the 2007 Bal des débutantes at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris, which was featured on season three of the reality television series The Hills. She was picked by Spain's Glamour magazine in 2008 as its International Model of the Year, and appeared on the magazine's cover in August 2009. Collins covered the 2008 US presidential election as a host on the Nickelodeon series Kids Pick the President. She won a 2008 Young Hollywood Award for Newest Red Carpet Correspondent.

(Actress: Lily Collins)

In 2009, Collins appeared in two episodes of the teen drama series 90210, including the first season's finale. Collins was one of 20 women named by Maxim magazine as one of the Hottest Daughters of Rock Stars in 2009. In the same year, Collins co-starred in film The Blind Side as Collins Tuohy, the daughter of Sandra Bullock's character Leigh Anne Tuohy. In 2011, she played the warrior priest's daughter Lucy in the thriller Priest, opposite Paul Bettany. MTV Networks' NextMovie.com named her one of the Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011. She co-starred in the 2011 action film Abduction with Taylor Lautner.

(Actress: Lily Collins)

The following year, Collins played Snow White in Mirror Mirror, an adaptation of the fairytale, co-starring Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen Clementianna. She made her singing debut in the film, performing an English re-written cover of "I Believe (in Love)". Collins was reportedly cast as the lead in the 2013 remake of Evil Dead, but dropped out due to a scheduling issue. In March 2012, it was announced that Collins would take the role of Samantha in Stuck in Love, starring alongside Jennifer Connelly, Logan Lerman, and Greg Kinnear. Collins then starred as Clary Fray in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, a film adaptation of the first book in The New York Times best-selling The Mortal Instruments novels, written by Cassandra Clare. In October 2013, Collins appeared in the music video for "City of Angels" by Thirty Seconds to Mars. In 2014, Collins starred as Rosie Dunne in the film adaptation of Love, Rosie, also known as Where Rainbows End, written by Cecelia Ahern. She appeared alongside Sam Claflin. Collins is expected to have a leading role alongside Alden Ehrenreich in the upcoming untitled romantic drama film from Warren Beatty.