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USA Today
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
What Emily Henry really thinks about her books being turned into movies
What Emily Henry really thinks about her books being turned into movies Show Caption Hide Caption 'The Wedding Banquet' 2025 trailer: Bowen Yang stars in new movie A gay man (Han Gi-Chan) and his lesbian friend (Kelly Marie Tran) hatch a plan for a green card marriage in this remake of Ang Lee's 1993 movie. An Emily Henry novel reads like a classic rom-com in the making. How apt, then, that the romance author has optioned several of her beloved titles to be made into movies or TV series. Classic beachside love affairs, five of Henry's novels are currently slated for adaptation: "People We Meet on Vacation"; 'Beach Read'; 'Book Lovers'; 'Happy Place' and 'Funny Story.' But how does Henry feel about letting go of the characters on her pages and allowing them to be interpreted for the screen? "It can be a battle," she told USA TODAY in a recent interview ahead of the release of her latest book "Great Big Beautiful Life." Her role, she says, is 'to be the person who is shouting 'the readers won't like that' or 'they'll love that.'' She's looking forward to letting the projects unfold. Emily Henry reveals what love means to her as 'Great Big Beautiful Life' hits bookstores 'People We Meet on Vacation' movie and more Emily Henry adaptations to come "I'm so, so glad that it's happening and I'm really excited for readers and that is ultimately why I have enabled myself to let go enough for this to happen is for the readers,' Henry says. Book-to-screen adaptations can land a beloved book's story in tumultuous waters. Plot points can be cut or changed. Fans can object to casting choices. Then there's the media circus and gossip that can follow, most recently seen in actor drama tied to BookTok favorite 'It Ends With Us.' "It is so hard and weird and painful and it's humbling in ways that are really beautiful and ways that are really horrible,' Henry says. 'When you are working on an adaptation and you're the author of the original thing, you are the least important person in every room if you're even in the room. "That can be hard and painful to loosen your grip that much," she admits. "It can be a battle because as the original writer, you know, the audience very well, and you're attuned to what they love and what they don't like." That's just part of the deal, though, she concedes, pointing out that "you can't make a movie as one person," so to see her characters on the big screen, she'll have to loosen a bit to allow for competing visions of the love stories that have made her famous. What's next for Emily Henry? Yulin Kuang, who is adapting "People We Meet on Vacation," will also adapt "Beach Read" for film. "Happy Place" is being developed into a Netflix series with Jennifer Lopez's production company, Nuyorican. And Henry herself is writing the script for the "Funny Story" movie. Her newest novel, "Great Big Beautiful Life," at over 400 pages, was a heavy lift − so the first thing on Henry's docket is to take a "breather," she jokes. Then she may pivot back to another classic rom-com novel, a format her latest book strayed from slightly, and she's looking forward to fans getting their eyes on an adaptation soon. No official release dates for any of the projects have been revealed, but Henry promises one will be ready soon. "Hopefully we'll have an adaptation out to view very soon, so that's something I'm looking forward to," she says.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Reese Witherspoon's May Book Club Pick Is One of the Year's Most Anticipated Novels - Buy Your Copy Today!
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. A stamp of approval from Reese Witherspoon, especially when it means her choosing a book for her book club, can go a long way. After all, with the Oscar winner backing them up, even debut authors can become overnight bestsellers. But, when it comes to her May Book Club Pick, her pick just so happens to be one of 2025's most long-awaited books. More from SheKnows TikTok Is Right - I Tried Kopari's Viral Setting Mist Sunscreen & It's *the* Beauty Product for Spring & Summer Today's Top Deals Joanna Gaines' New Hearth & Hand Spring Collection Dropped at Target & Prices Start at $3 Think Spring! Target Just Added Tons of Gorgeous New Patio Items Target Is Having a Can't-Miss Spring Sandal Sale for Circle Members Witherspoon's May pick is none other than Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry! In the Instagram announcement, Witherspoon and Henry, who's written a number of other bestselling novels like Beach Read, People We Meet on Vacation and Funny Story, are announcing the news together through cue cards. While Witherspoon called the book a romance, Henry added that it's also a mystery. 'The twists and turns will shock you!' Witherspoon continued. 'Hope you all love Great Big Beautiful Life,' Henry said at the end. 'Exciting news!' Witherspoon wrote in the caption. 'The May @reesesbookclub pick has arrived a little early and it's a mystery, romance, and thriller all rolled into one captivating story!' She then gave fans a glimpse into the story. 'The plot follows two journalists competing for the chance to interview a prominent socialite who has been missing for 30 years,' she writes. 'What unfolds between them? I won't give away any spoilers, but trust me, it's so good! You don't want to miss our May pick and the incredible new release, Great Big Beautiful Life by the very talented @emilyhenrywrites!' $19.00 $29.00 34% off Buy Now On Amazon $27.00 $29.00 7% off Buy Now on $24.00 $29.00 17% off Buy Now on B&N Of course, fans of Henry's novels are excited about her new title. 'Emily Henry is a 'read every book' author for me. I am buying what she's selling,' wrote one commenter in the post. 'Oh, this news just made my day… week… month…! 📖 🤩 🧡' wrote another fan. In the official synopsis, readers are introduced to the protagonists: Alice Scott and Hayden Anderson. 'Alice Scott is an eternal optimist, still dreaming of her big writing break,' the description reads. 'Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-Prize-winning human thundercloud. And they're both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: to write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years—or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the twentieth century.' As it turns out, Margaret invited them both for a one-month trial period, and they're ready to duke it out. 'There are three things keeping Alice's head in the game,' the description says. 'One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice—and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over. Two: She's ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication. Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the-core way that suggests he sees her as competition.' Soon, as their research commences, the gaps in Margaret's stories and the 'inconvenient yearning pulsing' between Alice and Hayden pulls them together. 'And it's becoming abundantly clear that their story—just like the tale Margaret's spinning—could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad… depending on who's telling it,' the synopsis ends. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry comes out tomorrow, on April 22. Get your copy today!More Top Deals from SheKnows Is Walmart+ Worth It? Giada De Laurentiis' Newest Cookbook Is Packed With Italian Super Food Recipes Stanley Tumblers Now Come With New Leakproof Lids & Customers Are Raving About Them Best of SheKnows 38 Times Carmen Electra's Head-Turning Red Carpet Fashion Left Us Flustered & Enchanted These 20 Celebs Have Been Called Out by Restaurant Staff for Their Allegedly Rude Behavior Everything We Know About Suri Cruise, Her Relationship With Her Dad & Her Life As A Young Adult
USA Today
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Emily Henry reveals what love means to her as 'Great Big Beautiful Life' hits bookstores
Emily Henry reveals what love means to her as 'Great Big Beautiful Life' hits bookstores Emily Henry is leading a legion of new romantics as she dives into what makes a love worth fighting for. Emily Henry writes a love worth fighting for. The renowned contemporary romance author, credited by some for dusting the cobwebs (and stigma) off the so-called chick-lit genre, says conflict is the key to a well-written love story. "I think the people you find that incredible intimacy with, closeness with, are the people who you can be vulnerable enough with to have those hard conversations," Henry tells USA TODAY ahead of the release of her newest book, "Great Big Beautiful Life" ($29, out now from Berkley). "Conflict is such a huge part of building intimacy with someone," she adds. "If you're not willing to have that, then you're shutting the relationship down before it can go to the next level." Perhaps that's why characters in a Henry novel fight, sometimes bitterly, before coming back together. Her latest novel is no different. It features two warring journalists − Alice and Hayden − vying for the chance to write the biggest celebrity memoir of the century. It's a take on the popular enemies-to-lovers trope, a favorite of Henry's. Emily Henry does it again. Romantic 'Funny Story' satisfies without tripping over tropes The sixth standalone novel in Henry's brightly colored collection of romance books, "Great Big Beautiful Life" hammers home Henry's point that discord can be a path toward – rather than an obstacle to – love. "These survival tactics that we develop and that come out in our relationships are not actually serving us," she says of the various ticks and coping mechanisms she bakes into her main characters. "I think every time I write a new heroine, I'm kind of trying on a new survival tactic in a way and seeing the flaws in that." Writing flaws in a way that is distinct enough to bubble up into conflict, but not so glaring that it makes a protagonist unlikable, is a fine literary line to walk, Henry says. "Readers like a flawed, complicated male lead. I think that's something that makes them feel real and familiar, like someone we could know and could fall in love with," she explains. "But for whatever reason – I'm sure there are myriad options – we're so, so, so much harder on female characters." Emily Bader, Tom Blyth cast in Netflix adaptation of 'People We Meet on Vacation' Fans will find pieces of Henry written into both her male and female characters. "I bleed into them equally," she says. In "Great Big Beautiful Life," Alice represents "me at my best" − a true optimist who gives the benefit of the doubt sometimes unduly. Hayden is "more cynical and a lot more guarded," she explains, adding, "I'm a relatively private person. I like to have distinct boundaries and expectations." Those characteristics, which readers might not as easily accept in a heroine, find a hospitable home in her heroes. 15 books we can't wait to read: Most anticipated releases of 2025 Emily Henry's new novel is her most tangled yet "Great Big Beautiful Life" represents a slight departure from the classic rom-com structure loyal Henry readers have grown to love. A sprawling, 432-page affair, the novel leans on all the elements of a good beach read: quaint townspeople; a misunderstood and charming male lead; a complex heroine with a creative job that somehow still affords her croissant and coffee money each morning. But the backdrop to their story is complicated, too. It weaves together countless secondary characters with their own often tragic love stories. The subject of the celebrity memoir, which grounds the novel, is the heiress of a media empire who's left to deal with a world defined by the tabloid culture her own family bred. Henry was inspired to write a complex novel with the idea that love is not just about the two people at the heart of a rom-com. It's about the invisible string that connects them to past loves – sometimes troubled ones – from which they came. "I do think we're all, to an extent, the products of the generations that came before us," she says. "We're reacting to how we were treated as kids by our family." She sees the book as a story about "doing the best you can with what you were given" and a testament to the fact that "every generation of our families … is trying to do just a little bit better than what they started out with, emotionally speaking …trying to be a little bit healthier." Even in Emily Henry's sprawling new story, love is still in the details In "Great Big Beautiful Life," Henry-heads will read the same detail-oriented romantic sensibility that separates the author from others. Her knack for creating a sense of place is uncanny, a well-named diner or perfectly described summer breeze lifting the reader out of their daily doldrums to a Reddi-Wip light beach town like Little Crescent Island, the backdrop for "Great Big Beautiful Life." Often writing love in subtleties, Henry has proven herself a master translator of our most puzzling and passionate feelings. "I have been taught, and have seen to be true as a reader, that the more specific something is, the more universal it's going to feel," she says. So while you may not have "loved someone with a dent in their nose," she jokes, those details are what connect a reader to a story. "That's also my experience of love," Henry, who is married, says. She describes the feeling as "the longer that I look at you, the longer I've known you, the more I know you, the more and more beautiful that you become to me or that I understand you've always been." That poetic tidbit, spoken casually mid-interview, is as good a piece of evidence as any of Henry's full-fledged grip on the romance's loyal readers. "Writing romance, it's just kind of bottling that sensation," she says. "I feel like it's actually a pretty good parlor trick to write a love story." For Emily Henry, romance is not 'wish-fulfillment' As for those who malign romance as "wish-fulfillment" for women in search of lasting love in a sometimes inhospitable dating environment, Henry has a counter-argument: Her books are about the exception, not the rule. While she acknowledges modern dating seems to be mostly "a wreck," the words that pour from her to the page are proof of grand love, she says. "All of those things that someone is writing came to them somehow," she says. "So if I can feel that way, then other people can feel that way. Men and women out there can feel that way. And why would you ever settle for any less? If that's the kind of love that you want, be with someone who has the capacity to love you like that."
USA Today
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Emily Henry books in order, plus which are slated to become movies
Emily Henry books in order, plus which are slated to become movies Walk into any bookstore and you'll find Emily Henry's colorful covers prominently displayed. With a cult following on BookTok and a perpetual spot on USA TODAY's Best-selling Booklist, Henry reigns over contemporary romance. If cover styles are an author's signature, Henry's Hancock is blocky white letters, bright colors and illustrated main characters. Now there's a new title joining the family, and 'Great Big Beautiful Life' marks just one project in a busy year for Henry. She's also got five adaptations of her contemporary romance novels in the works. Ready to dive headfirst into the Henry literary universe? Here's everything you need to know. Emily Henry books in order 'Great Big Beautiful Life' is Henry's 10th book, but most readers know her from her six adult contemporary romance novels. Henry has also published four young adult books, including Thelma and Louise retelling 'Hello Girls' alongside author Brittany Cavallaro. She's also dabbled in sci-fi. Her YA novel 'When the Sky Fell on Splendor' follows a ghost-hunting friend group who, in the wake of a town tragedy, investigate a massive bright light hurtling down from the sky. Here are all of Henry's books in order of publication year: "The Love That Split the World" (2016) "A Million Junes" (2017) "When the Sky Fell on Splendor" (2019) "Hello Girls" (2019) "Beach Read" (2020) "People We Meet on Vacation" (2021) "Book Lovers" (2022) "Happy Place" (2023) "Funny Story" (2024) "Great Big Beautiful Life" (2025) What is 'Great Big Beautiful Life' about? Two writers must compete to write the biography of a tragic, scandalized heiress in 'Great Big Beautiful Life.' Our protagonists are Alice Scott, an eternal optimist awaiting her big break, and Hayden Anderson, a grumpy Pulitzer Prize winner. Former tabloid princess Margaret Ives invites both writers to live on her island for a trial month before she decides who will get to tell her story, and it's Alice's chance to win Margaret over and prove herself as a writer. Readers can expect beloved tropes like enemies-to-lovers, grumpy-sunshine and forced proximity. Are any of the Emily Henry books movies? There aren't any Emily Henry movies out yet, though 'People We Meet On Vacation,' 'Beach Read,' 'Book Lovers,' 'Happy Place' and 'Funny Story' are all slated for adaptation. Eagle-eyed fans caught sneak peeks of 'People We Meet on Vacation' filming in New Orleans in October. The Netflix film will star Tom Blyth ('The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes') and Emily Bader ("My Lady Jane") as best friends Poppy and Alex, who, until it all went south two years prior, reunited annually for a weeklong vacation. The movie will also star 'White Lotus' alums Sarah Catherine Hook and Lukas Gage, as well as Jameela Jamil ("The Good Place") and Lucien Laviscount ("Emily in Paris"). The release date for "People We Meet on Vacation" has not yet been announced. Yulin Kuang, who is adapting "People We Meet on Vacation," will also adapt "Beach Read" for film. "Happy Place" is being developed into a Netflix series with Jennifer Lopez's production company Nuyorican. And Henry herself is writing the script for the "Funny Story" movie. Clare Mulroy is USA TODAY's Books Reporter, where she covers buzzy releases, chats with authors and dives into the culture of reading. Find her on Instagram, subscribe to our weekly Books newsletter or tell her what you're reading at cmulroy@
