Netflix Inc.

09/19/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/19/2024 10:08

Sarah Catherine Hook, Jameela Jamil, Lucien Laviscount, and Lukas Gage Join Netflix and 3000 Pictures Romantic Comedy Feature “People We Meet On Vacation”

  • Sarah Catherine Hook (First Kill, upcoming third season of The White Lotus), Jameela Jamil, Lucien Laviscount, and Lukas Gage are set to join Tom Blyth and Emily Bader in the feature adaptation of Emily Henry's People We Meet on Vacation.

  • Director: Brett Haley (Hearts Beat Loud, All The Bright Places)

  • Producers: Temple Hill's Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey and Isaac Klausner

  • Executive Producers: Temple Hill's Laura Quicksilver. Erin Siminoff is overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.

  • Logline: Free-spirited Poppy and routine-loving Alex have been unlikely best friends for a decade, living in different cities but spending every summer vacation together. The careful balance of their friendship is put to the test when they begin to question what has been obvious to everyone else - could they actually be the perfect romantic match?

  • "People We Meet on Vacation" was published in 2021 by Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House. The novel debuted at #1 on the New York Timesbestseller list and spent more than one year on the list. It has sold more than 2 million copies in the U.S, making it Henry's highest selling book. The book also won the Goodreads Choice Award for Romance and was listed as one of the best books of 2021 by Kirkus Reviews.

  • The film is being produced under a partnershipin which Sony Pictures will offer Netflix a first look at any films it intends to make for streaming.

  • Headshots can be found here.