Netflixs New Travel Romance Trailer Sparks Chemistry Between Leads

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In the official trailer released Tuesday, Emily Bader and Tom Blyth star as free-spirit Poppy and routine-devoted Alex, two best friends who spend every summer vacation together. Though an unlikely duo due to their differences, their friendship is soon put to the test when they begin to question “could they actually be the perfect romantic match?”

Throughout the trailer, Bader and Blyth embark on various adventures as they travel the world. At one point, the two almost embrace for a kiss, before Blyth’s Alex pulls away asking, “What am I to you?”

“You’re my friend. My best friend,” Bader’s Poppy emotionally says.

Later on, Alex and Poppy are seen being with other people as Alex tells her that she lives in a “fantasy land. Always running away to new places, new connections.”

The trailer ends with the friends staring at each other in the rain, giving peak rom-com movie moment.

The film is directed by Brett Haley from a screenplay from Yulin Kuang and Amos Vernon & Nunzio Randazzo.

The novel People We Meet on Vacation was released in 2021 by Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House, debuting at No. 1 on theNew York Timesbest-seller list and having sold more than twomillion copies in the U.S. In the book, Henry chronicles a slow-burn, friends-to-lovers romance with lots of fun travels.

Netflix revealed the first teaser for the anticipated film in September.

Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Isaac Klausnerproduce withLaura Quicksilver, Ted Gidlow and Henry executive producing. 3000 Pictures produced the film.

Sarah Catherine Hook, Lucien Laviscount, Miles Heizer, Jameela Jamil, Tommy Do, Lukas Gage, Alice Lee, Molly Shannonand Alan Ruck also star.

People We Meet on Vacationis just one of the novels from theHenry book universegetting the adaptation treatment. Three of her other novels are in development to become films —Beach Read, Book LoversandFunny Story— while her bookHappy Placeis going to be a series on Netflix.

The film will premiere on Netflix on Jan. 9.