After People We Meet on Vacation lit up Netflix earlier this year, it’s felt like the Emily Henry cinematic universe is upon us. Henry’s collection of standalone, buzzy romance novels have already sold millions of copies and mesmerized BookTok for years, and nearly all of them have been in development as movies or shows. But now, the casting of the latest Henry adaptation has left many with a sour taste in their mouths.
This week, reports indicated that The White Lotus star Patrick Schwarzenegger is set to star alongside Bridgerton‘s Phoebe Dynevor in the film adaptation of Beach Read. The movie, which adapts Henry’s 2020 novel, is being brought to life by 20th Century Studios and is written and directed by People We Meet on Vacation movie co-writer Yulin Kuang. Its story centers around January Andrews and Gus Everett, two novelists and former college rivals who reunite in Michigan while struggling with writer’s block. Over the course of a summer, they decide to swap genres, with Gus writing a romance novel and January writing dark literary fiction… and a romance, naturally, ensues.
