Jasmine Guillory’s The Wedding Date is getting a film adaptation, Deadline reports.
Guillory’s debut novel, published in 2018 by Berkley, follows Alexa, a woman who agrees to act as the fake girlfriend to Drew, a man she meets when they’re stuck in an elevator together. Afterwards, they find themselves unable to stop thinking about each other. A critic for Kirkus wrote of the novel, “Guillory’s debut is a mix of romance and raunch that will charm rom-com fans.”
Netflix is adapting the novel as a film with Tracy Oliver writing the screenplay. Oliver, who acted in the YouTube series The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl, previously wrote the films Barbershop: The Next Cut, Girls Trip, and The Sun Is Also a Star.
The Wedding Date will be produced by Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, under their Archewell Productions company. The couple is also producing an upcoming film adaptation of Carley Fortune’s Meet Me at the Lake.
Guillory’s 2022 novel, Drunk on Love, is currently being adapted into a Peacock drama series with Attica Locke and Tembi Locke writing and executive producing.
Guillory shared news of the Wedding Date adaptation on Instagram, writing, “Fun news to share today! Super excited for this! Thrilled to be working with Netflix, Tracy Oliver, and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex!!!”
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
