Romance writer Emily Henry now has 5 of her most up-to-date novels set to be tailored for the massive and small screens. Henry went on a rom-com writing spree that started with Beach Read, which got here out in the summertime of 2020. She has revealed a e book a 12 months since then, with People We Meet on Vacation popping out in 2021, Book Lovers arriving in 2022, Happy Place launched in 2023 and Humorous Story hitting cabinets this 12 months.
Three of Henry’s books obtained adaptation optioning offers for movies, with two of them attaching administrators. Beginning in 2022, a number of studios made the choice to adapt varied Emily Henry books into films. The Writers’ and Actors’ strikes seemingly delayed any strikes in casting, however a fourth novel has simply been optioned by Jennifer Lopez’s manufacturing firm for a tv sequence adaptation at Netflix.
Learn on to study extra about these behind the diversifications of Emily Henry books to films.
Brett Haley, ‘Individuals we meet on trip’
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Individuals We Meet on Trip
3000 Photos tapped Brett Haley to direct its adaptation of Individuals We Meet on Trip from Yulin Kuang’s tailored screenplay.
August noticed the casting of Tom Blythe (The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) and Emily Bader (My Girl Jane) as Alex and Poppy, respectively, which Deadline reported exclusively.
Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey and Isaac Klausner are producing, and Laura Quicksilver is overseeing the undertaking for Temple Hill with Erin Siminoff and Sophie Kaplan overseeing for the studio.
Individuals We Meet on Trip follows Alex and Poppy, who don’t have anything in frequent. She’s spontaneous; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to remain house with a e book. However ever since a fateful car-share house from faculty a few years in the past, they’re the easiest of pals. For many of the 12 months, they stay far aside—she’s in New York Metropolis, and he’s of their small hometown—however each summer time, for a decade, they’ve taken one superb week of trip collectively.
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Haley has the background of directing Hulu’s Searching for Alaska tailored from John Inexperienced’s best-selling e book in addition to All of the Vibrant Locations tailored from Jennifer Niven’s novel and starring Elle Fanning and Justice Smith.
On the time of this announcement, Kuang had most not too long ago offered her function adaptation of Maureen Goo’s novel I Imagine In a Factor Referred to as Love to Netflix with A-Main, Lee Byung-hun and Charles Pak producing and Lee Byung-hun starring. She additionally offered an authentic pitch to New Line known as Jade Palace. In tv, Kuang is adapting/directing a sequence based mostly on the movie 27 Attire with Aline Brosh McKenna producing for ABC Studios, in addition to a Jane Austen-inspired sequence known as Hopeless Romantics for Paramount TV.
Yulin Kuang, ‘Seashore Learn’ E book
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Seashore Learn
Yulin Kuang will adapt and direct the film adaptation of Seashore Learn for twentieth Century Studios with Authentic Movie producing. The event was introduced in April 2023.
The novel tells the story of two authors, who’ve identified one another since grad college., who swap genres for the summer time in an try to help their respective writers’ block for offers that they need to be engaged on. January and Augustus occur to run into one another whereas on their very own remoted author’s retreats at Lake Michigan.
Kuang’s debut novel How one can Finish a Love Story — which focuses on two screenwriters with a fraught previous who’ve emotions for one another — got here out in April 2024 and was a Reese Witherspoon’s e book membership decide.
Emily Henry, writer of ‘E book Lovers’
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E book Lovers
In March 2023, Tango revealed its intent to adapt Henry’s E book Lovers, which got here out in 2022. Sarah Heyward is connected to jot down the script for the function movie, which comes from the producer of Sundance pic Shortcomings and Aftersun in addition to By no means Not often Generally At all times and Spaceman.
E book Lovers tells the story of Nora, a cutthroat literary agent who, satisfied by her sister to spend one August vacation in Sunshine Falls, North Carolina, retains operating into Charlie, a bookish, brooding editor from again within the metropolis. It will be a meet-cute if not for the truth that they’ve met many instances and it’s by no means been cute. Nora is aware of she’s not a great heroine, and Charlie is aware of he’s no person’s hero, however as they’re thrown collectively many times — in a sequence of coincidences no editor value their salt would permit — what they uncover would possibly simply unravel the rigorously crafted tales they’ve written about themselves.
Heyward is greatest identified for her work writing and producing HBO’s Emmy–successful Ladies, for which she earned a WGA Award. She additionally labored on Trendy Love, Amazon’s Emmy-nominated adaptation of the hit New York Instances column in addition to SKAM Austin on Fb Watch.
‘Pleased Place’ by Emily Henry, Jennifer Lopez
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Pleased Place
Pleased Place has been optioned by Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions. The story might be tailored right into a tv sequence at Netflix underneath Nuyorican’s multi-year first-look cope with the streamer.
The Berkley-published Pleased Place follows Harriet and Wyn, who’ve been an ideal couple since they met in faculty — they go collectively like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Besides now, for causes they’re nonetheless not discussing, they don’t. They broke up 5 months in the past, however when their buddy group calls an emergency trip assembly on the Maine seaside home the place they’ve spent most of their summers, they each reply, however they nonetheless haven’t advised their greatest pals concerning the breakup. They discover themselves sharing a bed room on the Maine cottage that has been their buddy group’s yearly getaway for the previous decade, and proceed to lie via their tooth to their pals about their relationship standing.
Emily Henry, ‘Humorous Story’
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Humorous Story
The writer herself will pen the script for the function movie adaptation of her most up-to-date novel, Humorous Story. The variation will come from Lyrical Media and Ryder Photos Firm.
The story follows youngsters’s librarian Daphne, who has simply been damaged up with by her fiancé Peter, who shortly moved on to his childhood greatest buddy, Petra. Pressured out of their residing scenario, Daphne takes up residence with Miles, Petra’s ex-boyfriend. The pair hatch a pretend relationship scheme to make their exes jealous on the wedding ceremony, however as with the favored trope, the pair’s shared need for revenge may spark an entire new flame.
Lyrical Media’s Alexander Black and Natalie Sellers in addition to Ryder Picture Company’s Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett will produce the movie. Jon Rosenberg and Henry will govt produce with RPC’s Emma Rappold serving as co-producer. There isn’t a phrase of a director attachment but.
