Beach Read Adaptation: Everything We Know So Far About This Exciting New Movie

Emily Henry is currently a queen of the contemporary romance industry and it’s no surprise that her books are all getting picked up to be brought to life on screen, plus it looks like this Beach Read adaptation might be one of her first ones to actually hit the screen.
 
Henry’s books are not only extremely popular in the online book worlds of Bookstagram and Booktok, but the conversations always dive into favorite casting choices as well. It will be interesting to see who ends up as the leads for this movie and they’ll have big expectations to live up to.
Romance is having a renaissance on screen and this is one project at the top of everyone’s anticipated lists.
 
Don’t forget to check out the masterlist of all the EWKSF adaptation posts here on Alison in Libraryland!
 
This page was updated: 7/28/23
 

About The Book:

Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.
They’re polar opposites.
In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they’re living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer’s block.
 
Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She’ll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he’ll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no one will fall in love. Really.
 
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Current Production Status:

As of April 2023 the script was in progress. (This is likely on hold with the WGA strike ongoing)
 

Beach Read Adaptation Timeline:

The book was first published in May 2020 and became a New York Times Bestseller.
In April 2023 Emily Henry officially announced a Beach Read adaptation in her email newsletter, along with the update that the script was in progress.
 
With the Writer’s Guild going on strike in May, and SAG-AFTRA joining in July, there is likely no work being done on the project as of Summer 2023.
 

Who Owns The Rights:

20th Century Studios has the rights and is producing.
 

Who Is Attached:

Yulin Kuang will be writing and directing the movie. (She also wrote the script for The People We Meet On Vacation adaptation.)
 

Filming Locations:

Because this project is still in the early stages of pre-production there are no known filming locations yet.
 

Estimated Release:

There is currently no information on an estimated release timeframe.

 

Previous mentions on AiLL:

Beach Read has not been featured on Alison in Libraryland before. But Emily Henry’s newest book ‘Happy Place’ was one of our April 2023 Most Exciting New Book Releases!
 

Other Adaptations From This Author:

The People We Meet On Vacation is also in progress for a film adaptation. The same screenwriter is doing both Emily Henry scripts.
 
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Happy Reading!!
~Alison

Beach Read Adaptation: Everything We Know So Far About This Exciting New Movie

 
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