Emily Henry shares more information about the eagerly awaited film adaptations of her novels. On September 3, the bestselling author appeared on Elin Hilderbrand and Tim Ehrenberg’s page Books, the beach and more podcast, where she discussed the upcoming film adaptation of her 2021 romance novel People we meet on vacation. The film is to be produced by Netflix and will star Tom Blyth and Emily Bader. “The cast is there on set and rehearsing right now. So things are really, really moving,” Henry said. “[The show has] had many writers. The writer we originally hired who did multiple drafts is Yulin Kuang, who I love. She’s fantastic.”
The PEOPLE Puzzler has arrived! How fast can you solve it? Play now! “There were a bunch of other punch-ups, so I don’t know whose name will come to the last thing,” Henry added, saying that “she is very pleased with how the scenario turned out.”
Cover of ‘People We Meet on Vacation’ by Emily Henry.
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“Having read so many repetitions of the script and watching all these different writers come, I really, honestly, worried, because I feel so easy it is to make something just Frankenstein’s monster from the movie,” Henry said. “But I think it will be good. I really think it’s going to be good and I’m really excited about the cast.”
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People we meet on vacation, which follows two estranged friends who meet again on a road trip, is just one of several screen adaptations of Henry’s bestselling romance works. In June, Jennifer Lopez confirmed that she was working on a 2023 series adaptation of Henry’s novel. Happy placewith Netflix and Lopez’s Nuyorican production company. Henry also stated in the podcast that there are updates for the adaptation of her latest novel Funny storyto be produced by Lyrical Media and Ryder Picture Company.
Never miss a story — subscribe to PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. “I have an invitation for notes for the first draft scenario later this week, so it moves,” Henry said, adding that “everything is moving.”
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Henry, who also co-wrote the script for the parts Happy placeshe notes that watching television and movies also influenced her writing. “I think television and movies have influenced my writing style a lot,” Henry said. “I think that’s always been part of the thing, but I didn’t learn to write a script. I just said, ‘Well, I’m going to study writing and maybe I’ll do that.’ And then I never took a screenwriting course or anything like that.”
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