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.
01:23And for the latest entertainment news and updates, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter
01:27News.