Netflix has confirmed that it’s transferring ahead with two extra Emily Henry variations forward of the discharge of Individuals We Meet on Trip. Individuals We Meet on Trip stars Emily Bader and Tom Blyth as Poppy and Alex, and follows their slow-burning, friends-to-lovers journey as they reconnect after years aside throughout an annual trip custom. The movie is directed by Brett Haley and co-written by Yulin Kuang, Amos Vernon, and Nunzio Randazzo.
As reported by Selection, Netflix has acquired the rights for the film adaptation of Henry’s novel, Humorous Story, and can transition its already in-development adaptation of Joyful Place from a TV sequence to a movie. Joyful Place is being produced by Nuyorican’s Jennifer Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, and Benny Medina.
Humorous Story is being produced by Lyrical Media and Ryder Image Firm (RPC), with Henry writing the script. The movie at the moment doesn’t have a director connected. Neither Joyful Place nor Humorous Story has set its forged but.
Individuals We Meet on Trip is Henry’s first adaptation to hit Netflix and represents a serious milestone for the style in mainstream streaming. Based mostly on Henry’s 2021 hit novel of the identical title, the movie will comply with Poppy and Alex, greatest buddies for a decade, who, regardless of dwelling in several cities, spend each summer time collectively and progressively start to query their relationship.
Examine the trailer out under:
Within the guide, Alex and Poppy share a drunken kiss in Croatia, which causes them to cease speaking for 2 years, and they’re now making an attempt to reconnect in Palm Springs. With Bader and Blyth main, the Individuals We Meet on Trip forged additionally options Sarah Catherine Hook, Lucien Laviscount, Miles Heizer, Jameela Jamil, Tommy Do, Lukas Gage, Alice Lee, Molly Shannon, and Alan Ruck.
Joyful Place follows exes Harriet and Wyn as they faux to nonetheless be collectively throughout one final summer time journey with buddies at a Maine seaside home, whereas Humorous Story facilities on Daphne, a kids’s librarian navigating heartbreak after her fiancé leaves her for his childhood greatest good friend, all whereas forming an unlikely bond together with her ex’s former companion, Miles, in a plan that complicates emotions, friendships, and romance.
Along with Joyful Place and Humorous Story, a number of different novels by Henry have secured adaptation offers with main studios. Seaside Learn (2020) and Ebook Lovers (2022) are each set to be tailored into movies, with artistic groups already in place and manufacturing efforts underway, though neither has an official launch date but.
Henry’s newest novel, Nice Massive Stunning Life, printed in April, has not but been assigned to a display mission however is broadly thought of a powerful candidate for a future adaptation.
As Individuals We Meet on Trip prepares to the touch down on Netflix, the Emily Henry cinematic universe is already taking form. With Joyful Place and Humorous Story subsequent in line for Netflix, and extra variations to come back from different studios, plainly Henry’s heartfelt romantic worlds shall be one of many defining adaptation efforts of 2026 and past.
Individuals We Meet on Trip premieres on Netflix on January 9.
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January 8, 2026
- Runtime
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109 minutes
- Director
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Brett Haley