TOM BLYTH, EMILY BADER TO STAR IN NETFLIX ADAPTATION OF EMILY HENRY BOOK ‘PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION'
The first casting announcement for one of the upcoming adaptations of Emily Henry's bestselling books has been made.
Tom Blyth and Emily Bader are set to star in the feature adaptation of Henry's People We Meet on Vacation, it was announced Friday.
My Lady Jane star Bader will portray Poppy while The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes star Blyth will star as Alex. The story will follow the longtime best friends who took one week of every summer vacation together. However, things changed when they stopped speaking for two years. When Poppy reaches out and convinces Alex to take one more vacation together, she sees it as her time to fix their broken relationship. But there's one unspoken truth they have yet to confront: Are they really just friends or is there more to their relationship?
Henry's People We Meet on Vacation was published in 2021 by Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House, debuting No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list and having sold more than 2 million copies in the U.S.
Brett Haley is set to direct, with Yulin Kuang adapting the screenplay. Temple Hill's Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey and Isaac Klausner will produce. Temple Hill's Laura Quicksilver and Erin Siminoff are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
The film is being produced under a partnership in which Sony Pictures will offer Netflix a first look at any films it intends to make for streaming.
People We Meet on Vacation is just one of the novels from the Henry book universe getting the adaptation treatment. Four of her novels are in development to become films - Beach Read, People We Meet on Vacation, Book Lovers and Funny Story - while her novel, Happy Place is going to be a series on Netflix.
Amid the casting announcement, Netflix shared a video of Bard learning she landed the Poppy role, as Blyth also comes on to celebrate. Henry later joins the two to congratulate the pair, noting that she's confident readers and new fans will "completely fall in love with Poppy and Alex, with you guys playing them."