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 Seashore Learn, which got here out in the summertime of 2020. She has revealed a ebook a yr since then, with Folks We Meet on Trip popping out in 2021, E-book Lovers arriving in 2022, Completely satisfied Place launched in 2023 and Humorous Story hitting cabinets this yr.
Three of Henry’s books acquired 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 motion pictures. The Writers’ and Actors’ strikes possible delayed any strikes in casting, however a fourth novel has simply been optioned by Jennifer Lopez’s manufacturing firm for a tv collection adaptation at Netflix.
Learn on to be taught extra about these behind the variations of Emily Henry books to motion pictures.
Brett Haley, ‘Folks we meet on trip’
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Folks We Meet on Trip
3000 Footage tapped Brett Haley to direct its adaptation of Folks We Meet on Trip from Yulin Kuang’s tailored screenplay.
Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey and Isaac Klausner are producing, and Laura Quicksilver is overseeing the challenge for Temple Hill with Erin Siminoff and Sophie Kaplan overseeing for the studio.
Folks We Meet on Trip follows Alex and Poppy, who don’t have anything in widespread. She’s spontaneous; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to remain dwelling with a ebook. However ever since a fateful car-share dwelling from school a few years in the past, they’re the perfect of associates. For a lot of the yr, they dwell far aside—she’s in New York Metropolis, and he’s of their small hometown—however each summer season, for a decade, they’ve taken one superb week of trip collectively.
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Haley has the background of directing Hulu’s On the lookout for Alaska tailored from John Inexperienced’s best-selling ebook in addition to All of the Brilliant Locations tailored from Jennifer Niven’s novel and starring Elle Fanning and Justice Smith.
On the time of this announcement, Kuang had most lately bought her characteristic 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 bought an unique pitch to New Line known as Jade Palace. In tv, Kuang is adapting/directing a collection based mostly on the movie 27 Attire with Aline Brosh McKenna producing for ABC Studios, in addition to a Jane Austen-inspired collection 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 movie 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 recognized one another since grad faculty., who swap genres for the summer season in an try to assist 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 Learn how to 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 ebook 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 hooked up to write down the script for the characteristic movie, which comes from the producer of Sundance pic Shortcomings and Aftersun in addition to By no means Hardly ever Typically 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 might 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 super heroine, and Charlie is aware of he’s no person’s hero, however as they’re thrown collectively many times — in a collection of coincidences no editor value their salt would enable — what they uncover may simply unravel the rigorously crafted tales they’ve written about themselves.
Heyward is finest recognized for her work writing and producing HBO’s Emmy–profitable Women, for which she earned a WGA Award. She additionally labored on Fashionable Love, Amazon’s Emmy-nominated adaptation of the hit New York Occasions column in addition to SKAM Austin on Fb Watch.
‘Completely satisfied Place’ by Emily Henry, Jennifer Lopez
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Completely satisfied Place
Completely satisfied Place has been optioned by Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions. The story can be tailored right into a tv collection at Netflix below Nuyorican’s multi-year first-look cope with the streamer.
The Berkley-published Completely satisfied Place follows Harriet and Wyn, who’ve been an ideal couple since they met in school — 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 informed their finest associates 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 enamel to their associates about their relationship standing.
Emily Henry, ‘Humorous Story’
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Humorous Story
The writer herself will pen the script for the characteristic movie adaptation of her most up-to-date novel, Humorous Story. The variation will come from Lyrical Media and Ryder Footage Firm.
The story follows kids’s librarian Daphne, who has simply been damaged up with by her fiancé Peter, who shortly moved on to his childhood finest buddy, Petra. Pressured out of their residing scenario, Daphne takes up residence with Miles, Petra’s ex-boyfriend. The pair hatch a faux relationship scheme to make their exes jealous on the wedding ceremony, however as with the favored trope, the pair’s shared want for revenge might spark a complete new flame.
Lyrical Media’s Alexander Black and Natalie Sellers in addition to Ryder Image Firm’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 any phrase of a director attachment but.
