Romance author Emily Henry now has four of five of her most recent novels set to be adapted for the big and small screens. Henry went on a rom-com writing spree that began with Beach Read , which came out in the summer of 2020. She has published a book a year since then, with People We Meet on Vacation coming out in 2021, Book Lovers arriving in 2022, Happy Place released in 2023 and Funny Story hitting shelves this year.
Related Stories Books 20th Century Adapting Emily Henry’s ‘Beach Read’ With Yulin Kuang Set To Direct Acquisitions Tango To Adapt Emily Henry’s Novel ‘Book Lovers’ Into Movie Three of Henry’s books received adaptation optioning deals for films, with two of them attaching directors. Starting in 2022, multiple studios made the decision to adapt various Emily Henry books into movies. The Writers’ and Actors’ strikes likely delayed any moves in casting, but a fourth novel has just been optioned by Jennifer Lopez’s production company for a television series adaptation at Netflix.
Read on to learn more about those behind the adaptations of Emily Henry books to movies. Brett Haley, ‘People we meet on vacation’ Grandview/Sony People We Meet on Vacation 3000 Pictures tapped Brett Haley to direct its adaptation of People We Meet on Vacation from Yulin Kuang’s adapted screenplay. Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey and Isaac Klausner are producing, and Laura Quicksilver is overseeing the project for Temple Hill with Erin Siminoff and Sop.
