The Emily Henry Cinematic Universe Is Expanding
BookTok becomes MovieTok. One day before Emily Henry’s People We Meet on Vacation premieres on Netflix, the streamer is calling dibs on more of Henry’s bibliography. Henry’s other novels, Funny Story and Happy Place, are both getting the rom-com movie treatment with Henry writing both scripts; the latter is switching from a TV series adaptation to a film one. “I genuinely couldn’t be more excited to work on the adaptations of Happy Place and Funny Story with Netflix,” Henry told Tudum. “The entire team there has been so passionate about, dedicated to, and supportive of People We Meet on Vacation from the jump, and getting to do it all over again — this time writing the scripts myself — has been a thrill. I feel so lucky to have found this home for these films, among people who believe deeply in the necessity and power of this kind of story.”
Henry has two more film adaptations, Beach Read and Book Lovers, in the works with 20th Century Fox and Tango. People We Meet on Vacation co-screenwriter Yulin Kuang is directing Beach Read, and while Book Lovers doesn’t have a director yet, Girls writer Sarah Heyward will be writing the script. Good Reads girlies, start prepping your Letterboxd reviews.
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