NEED TO KNOW
- The primary Emily Henry novel to be tailored for the display screen, Individuals We Meet on Trip, premiered on Netflix on Jan. 9
- 4 extra of Henry’s books are set to get diversifications of their very own
- Humorous Story and Completely happy Place are additionally headed to Netflix
The primary Emily Henry novel to be tailored for the display screen, Individuals We Meet on Trip, is lastly right here — however there are nonetheless lots extra on the way in which.
5 of the bestselling writer’s titles have been picked up for movie diversifications. In 2022, 3000 Footage introduced that it will adapt her 2021 novel Individuals We Meet on Trip, per Deadline. Henry confirmed the information on her Instagram with the caption, “how’s everybody’s Tuesday.”
Whereas Individuals We Meet on Trip was nonetheless in manufacturing, 4 extra of Henry’s novels had been picked up for diversifications. In August 2023, the writer shared that she was “feeling sentimental” about all of the love her books had obtained.
“Feeling grateful for my stunning life,” she captioned a sequence of pictures. “Feeling heat and fuzzy about my readers and their humorous feedback and heartfelt messages and cute movies and thought frightening opinions. It’s so scary and unusual to be seen, however it’s also so particular, this bizarre and exquisite factor we’ve got happening right here.”
So, which Emily Henry books are being tailored? Right here’s every thing to learn about her upcoming movie initiatives.
Individuals We Meet on Trip
Brett Haley directed the Netflix movie adaptation of Individuals We Meet on Trip from Yulin Kuang’s screenplay.
Based mostly on The New York Instances bestselling novel, Individuals We Meet on Trip follows polar opposites Alex and Poppy, who try to revive their annual trip (and friendship) with one final journey collectively. Deadline reported in August 2024 that Tom Blyth and Emily Bader had been forged as Alex and Poppy, respectively.
In a video Netflix shared on X that featured Haley telling the actors that they had gotten the components, Henry instructed them that she was “an anxious wreck” in the course of the casting course of.
“I simply actually couldn’t really feel any extra assured that my readers after which so many extra individuals who do not even know concerning the ebook are going to utterly, utterly fall in love with Poppy and Alex, with you guys enjoying them,” the writer instructed Blyth and Bader.
The remainder of the ensemble forged contains Sarah Catherine Hook, Jameela Jamil, Lucien Laviscount, Lukas Gage, Miles Heizer, Tommy Do, Alice Lee, Alan Ruck and Molly Shannon.
The film started streaming on Netflix on Jan. 9.
E-book Lovers
In March 2023, Deadline reported that Tango had picked up a movie adaptation of Henry’s 2022 novel E-book Lovers, which follows a literary agent named Nora who reluctantly agrees to spend a vacation along with her sister in a small city the place she retains working into Charlie, a brooding ebook editor.
Per the synopsis, “it will be a meet-cute if not for the truth that they’ve met many occasions and it’s by no means been cute.”
Sarah Heyward, who’s greatest recognized for writing on Ladies, will pen a display screen adaptation of E-book Lovers, however the forged and administrators have but to be introduced. When sharing concerning the adaptation on Instagram, Henry wrote that the film will likely be “humorous, cozy, transferring, and messy” and that she “can’t wait” for it to come back to life.
Seaside Learn
In April 2023, Deadline reported that Seaside Learn can be tailored into a movie for twentieth Century Studios, and that Kuang would each write the screenplay and direct. Henry shared the information on her Instagram, asking her followers, “who’s able to cry?”
The novel follows two authors, January Andrews and Augustus Everett, who unexpectedly turn out to be neighbors whereas on remoted writing retreats on Lake Michigan. They strike a deal to swap genres — his literary drama for her love tales — in an try to interrupt by their respective writers’ blocks.
Completely happy Place
Deadline reported in June 2024 that Jennifer Lopez’s manufacturing firm, Nuyorican Productions, would adapt Henry’s 2023 novel Completely happy Place for a Netflix sequence. The actress confirmed the information on her Instagram Tales and wrote that she could not wait to work with the writer.
The novel follows former couple Harriet and Wyn, who fake to be collectively for one final summer time spent with their mates at a seaside home in Maine.
In January 2026, Selection reported that Completely happy Place would now be shifting to a movie fairly than a TV sequence, and continues to be set to premiere on Netflix.
Humorous Story
Three months after her 2024 novel Humorous Story debuted, Henry introduced on her Instagram that she was writing a screenplay adaptation for Lyrical Media and Ryder Image Firm.
The novel follows youngsters’s librarian Daphne after her fiancé, Peter, dumps her for his childhood greatest pal, Petra. Compelled out of her residing state of affairs, Daphne crashes with Petra’s ex-boyfriend, Miles, and collectively, they concoct a faux courting scheme to make their exes jealous.
Humorous Story’s forged and administrators have but to be introduced, however in January 2026, Selection revealed that the film will stream on Netflix when it premieres.
