01-07-2025
Netflix's People We Meet on Vacation Movie Premiere Date Revealed
Originally appeared on E! Online
This trip will be one for the books.
Nine months after Netflix announced the cast that'll star in their film adaptation of Emily Henry's romance novel, People We Meet on Vacation, the streaming service revealed its release date.
'On vacation, you can be anyone you want,' Netflix wrote in a July 1 post on X, formerly Twitter. 'People We Meet on Vacation, starring Emily Bader and Tom Blyth, premieres January 9.'
Indeed, the duo—who portray leading characters Poppy Wright and Alex Nilson—are looking to get in touch with their feelings on the road. (After all, the close friends explore their underlying romantic tension in the 2021 novel.) And true to their connection, Poppy asks Alex in the teaser video if he loves or hates traveling, and his answer is quite poetic.
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'I mean, I've never really traveled anywhere,' he explained. 'But this morning, I saw this beautiful sunrise over this place that I'd never been before. And I wouldn't have if everything had gone according to plan, so…love. I'm thinking of love.'
As stated in the film's title, the duo won't be alone on their vacation. The romcom film—which is directed by Brett Haley—will also star Euphoria's Lukas Gage, The Good Place's Jameela Jamil, Emily in Paris' Lucien Laviscount, and rising White Lotus star Sarah Catherine Hook.
And while fans will have to wait another season to watch the adaptation, Henry noted it's been 'amazing' to see the cast bring her characters' blossoming chemistry to life.
'I was lucky enough to get to do some set visits, so I got to see it in real life and knew that it worked,' the author told E! News in April. 'But getting to actually see a cut of the movie, they've changed the characters in my head, which I think is the sign of a really great movie.'
On vacation, you can be anyone you want. People We Meet on Vacation, starring Emily Bader and Tom Blyth, premieres January 9. Netflix (@netflix) July 1, 2025
But despite the new perspective she's gained, viewers should still expect the Poppy and Alex they fell in love with on paper.
'They embodied the characters in a way that the characters shifted for me slightly and became more Tom and Emily than they were when I initially wrote the book,' Henry continued. 'I think readers are going to feel the same way. I think they're going to love Alex and Poppy, and they're going to love Tom and Emily as Alex and Poppy.'
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