"People We Meet on Vacation": All About the Movie Adaptation of Emily Henry's Best-Selling Novel
08/06/2024 11:11 AM
From the cast to the plot, here's everything to know about the movie adaptation of the 2021 book 'People We Meet on Vacation'
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People We Meet on Vacation. ; Tom Blyth attends the 3rd Annual Academy Museum Gala at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 03, 2023. ; Emily Bader attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Prime Video's "My Lady Jane" on June 24, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Poppy and Alex are coming off the pages and onto the big screen with the movie adaptation of People We Meet on Vacation!
The 2021 Emily Henry novel of the same name is the first of the author's five books to go into production. Produced by Netflix, the movie will follow the story of Poppy (Emily Bader) and Alex (Tom Blyth), two complete opposites whose main bond is their annual vacation. While Poppy is outgoing and free-spirited, Alex is more reserved and quiet — leading to miscommunications and drama in their relationship.
Netflix announced Bader and Blyth as the two leads in August 2024, with Brett Haley set to direct.
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"I have been like kind of an anxious wreck about who would play these characters, and I just truly could not feel any more confident that my readers and then so many more people who don't even know about the book are going to completely, completely fall in love with Poppy and Alex, with you guys playing them," Henry told Blyth and Bader as they were given the news of their casting.
From what the movie will be about to who is working on the project, here's everything to know about the People We Meet on Vacation movie adaptation.
What is People We Meet on Vacation about?
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Emily Henry attends the TIME 100 Next Gala in New York City on October 24, 2023.People We Meet on Vacation tells the story of Alex and Poppy, two best friends who can never seem to get their timing right. Poppy is an outgoing writer with a passion for travel, often running away on vacation in a desperate desire to get away from any mundane stability in her life. Alex is the opposite — a quiet high school teacher perfectly happy to sit at home with a book.
The two became friends after sharing a car ride home from college their freshman year, and have stuck together since. Now, Poppy lives in New York City and Alex is still in their small hometown in Ohio, so they only have one chance to see each other: their annual week-long trip.
However, after an incident on their last trip, the unlikely pair haven't spoken in years. Poppy misses Alex and asks him on one last trip together and, much to her surprise, he agrees. What ensues is a trip full of ups and downs that beg the question: will they make it?
Who is in the cast of People We Meet on Vacation?
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Tom Blyth attends "The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes" Los Angeles Premiere on November 13, 2023 in Hollywood, California. ; Emily Bader attends the London Screening of Amazon Original series "My Lady Jane" on June 19, 2024 in London, England.Blyth and Bader were announced as Alex and Poppy, respectively, in August 2024. Blyth is known for playing the lead role of a young Coriolanus Snow in the Hunger Games prequel, A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Meanwhile, Bader is known for playing the title character in Prime Video's 2024 series My Lady Jane.
Henry was thrilled with the casting decision, telling Netflix that she played a part in choosing Bader and Blyth for the roles.
"I watched their chemistry read four times in 12 hours and I loved it more every single time," Henry said. "The very first time I was laughing out loud, and I got so emotional by the end."
Netflix posted a clip of Bader finding out she would be playing Poppy on X (formerly Twitter) — and her reaction was priceless. After getting over her disbelief at earning the role, Bader and Blyth were surprised by an appearance from Henry herself, who told them she had faith in their ability to bring Poppy and Alex's story to life.
"It's like a dream come true. We'll do you proud," Bader told Henry, before adding, "I'm actually so excited now, the adrenaline — my bones are tingling, I'm so excited."
Who is directing People We Meet on Vacation?
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Brett Haley attends the "Hearts Beat Loud" Premiere at the 2018 SXSW Conference and Festivals on March 14, 2018 in Austin, Texas.Brett Haley was tapped to direct TheNew York Times bestseller in October 2022, with Yulin Kuang adapting the screenplay and Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey and Isaac Klausner producing.
Haley has previously worked in young adult fiction and romance genres, directing an episode of John Green's Looking for Alaska and the Elle Fanning-led All The Bright Places.
What other Emily Henry books are becoming movies?
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The covers for Emily Henry's Beach Read, Book Lovers, Happy Place and Funny Story.Henry has penned four other novels including 2020's Beach Read, 2022's Book Lovers, 2023's Happy Place and 2024's Funny Story. Four of Henry's books have been greenlit to become adapted as movies, while one other will be a TV show.
Kuang, who is adapting the screenplay for People We Meet on Vacation, will also adapt Beach Read into a movie for 20th Century Studios. The news was announced in April 2023, a month after Book Lovers was also confirmed to be getting a movie. Henry's latest novel, Funny Story, came out in April 2024 and the author herself will write the script for the movie.
As for Happy Place, the book was announced to be optioned by Netflix for a series by Jennifer Lopez's Nuyorican Productions in June 2024, per Deadline. However, People We Meet on Vacation is the only project to have a cast attached to it.
Where will I be able to watch People We Meet on Vacation?
People We Meet on Vacation is being produced by Netflix and will likely stream on the platform once it is released. However, no release date has been announced yet.
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