Tom Blyth & Emily Bader to Star in Emily Henry's 'People We Meet On Vacation' Movie Adaptation | THR News Video
We've found out Poppy and Alex! Tom Blyth and Emily Bader are set to star in the highly anticipated feature adaptation of 'People We Meet on Vacation' based on the best-selling novel by Emily Henry. 'My Lady Jane' star Bader will portray Poppy while 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes' star Blyth will star as Alex.
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00:00We've found our Poppy and Alex!
00:03Tom Blythe and Emily Bader are set to star in the highly-anticipated feature adaptation
00:07of People We Meet on Vacation, based on the best-selling novel by Emily Henry.
00:12My Lady Jane star Bader will portray Poppy, while The Hunger Games' The Ballad of Songbirds
00:17and Snakes star Blythe will star as Alex.
00:19The story will follow the longtime best friends, who took one week of every summer vacation
00:24together.
00:25However, things changed when they stopped speaking for two years.
00:29When Poppy reaches out and convinces Alex to take one more vacation together, she sees
00:33it as her time to fix their broken relationship.
00:36But are they really just friends, or is there something more to explore?
00:39Netflix shared the casting announcement on social media of Bader learning she landed
00:43the role of Poppy, as Blythe also comes on to celebrate.
00:46So the question that I want to ask you is, do you want to be our Poppy, right?
00:55You're lying!
00:57You got it.
00:58The film is being produced under a partnership in which Sony Pictures will offer Netflix
01:02a first look at any films it intends to make for streaming.
01:05The entire Emily Henry book universe is getting the on-screen adaptation treatment.
01:10Beach Read, People We Meet on Vacation, Book Lovers, and Funny Story are set to become
01:15films, while her novel Happy Place is going to be a series on Netflix.
01:20For more on this casting, head to THR.com.
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01:27News.