Emily Henry is sharing extra details about her novels’ hotly anticipated display screen diversifications.
On Sept. 3, the bestselling writer appeared on Elin Hilderbrand and Tim Ehrenberg’s Books, Beach, & Beyond podcast, the place she mentioned the upcoming movie adaptation of her 2021 romance novel People We Meet on Vacation. The movie is ready to be produced by Netflix and can star Tom Blyth and Emily Bader.
“The solid is there on set doing rehearsals now. So issues are actually, actually shifting,” Henry mentioned. “[The show has] had a number of writers. The author that we employed initially and who has accomplished a number of drafts is Yulin Kuang, who I really like. She’s unbelievable.”
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“There have been a bunch of different punch-ups all through, so I do not know whose title will make it to the ultimate factor,” Henry added, saying that she’s “very proud of how the script turned out.”
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“Having learn so many iterations of the script and seeing all these completely different writers approaching, I used to be actually, truthfully getting anxious, as a result of I really feel prefer it’s really easy for one thing to turn into only a Frankenstein’s monster of a film,” Henry mentioned. “However I believe it is gonna be good. I actually suppose it is gonna be good, and I am very excited in regards to the solid.”
Folks We Meet On Trip, which follows two estranged mates who reunite on a visit, is only one of a number of display screen diversifications within the works of Henry’s bestselling romance books. In June, Jennifer Lopez confirmed that she was engaged on a collection adaptation of Henry’s 2023 novel Happy Place, with Netflix and Lopez’s manufacturing firm Nuyorican. Henry additionally said on the podcast that there are updates for the variation of her newest novel Funny Story, set to be produced by Lyrical Media and Ryder Image Firm.
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“I’ve a notes name for the primary draft of the script later this week, and in order that’s shifting,” Henry mentioned, including that “the whole lot is sort of shifting.”
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Henry, who can also be co-writing the script for components of Completely satisfied Place, notes that watching TV and films have impacted her writing, as nicely.
“I believe that TV and films have influenced a lot of my writing type,” Henry mentioned. “I believe that is at all times been a bit of issues, however I did not learn to do screenwriting. I used to be simply form of like, ‘Properly, I’ll research writing, and perhaps that is what I am going to do.’ After which I by no means took a screenwriting class or something like that.”
