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Andie MacDowell and Kevin Bacon Join 20th Century Studios' 'Beach Read'

Their casting signals the studio is moving the Emily Henry adaptation into imminent production under writer‑director Yulin Kuang.

Overview

  • On Thursday, May 28, multiple outlets reported that Andie MacDowell and Kevin Bacon have been added to the cast while production is set to begin next month.
  • Yulin Kuang is directing from her own screenplay and Neal H. Moritz is producing the feature through Original Films.
  • Phoebe Dynevor and Patrick Schwarzenegger were already attached as the romantic leads, with Dynevor cast as January Andrews and Schwarzenegger as Gus Everett.
  • Neither MacDowell’s nor Bacon’s specific characters have been disclosed, leaving key casting details still to be announced.
  • The film adapts Emily Henry’s 2020 novel about grief and a summer writing challenge, and it follows a string of recent studio moves to turn Henry’s popular rom‑coms into films.