{"id":592554,"date":"2026-08-14T01:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T01:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/592554\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T01:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T01:00:11","slug":"better-than-the-movies-film-news-updates-everything-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/592554\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Better Than The Movies’ Film News & Updates: Everything We Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLatest in the lineup of Netflix<\/a> romantic comedies based on books is the feature adaptation of Lynn Painter<\/a>\u2019s best-selling book, Better Than The Movies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tPainter\u2019s novel came out five years ago, but its path to development has unfolded relatively smoothly and speedily since the adaptation found a director and home at Netflix.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor everything we know about the feature film adaptation of Better Than The Movies at Netflix, read on:<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen will the Better Than The Movies film come out?<\/p>\n

\n\tA streaming release date has not yet been set on the streamer since the film hasn\u2019t yet entered production.<\/p>\n

\n\tWho will play Liz and Wes in Netflix\u2019s Better Than The Movies adaptation?<\/p>\n

\n\tDeadline broke the news<\/a> that Beatrice Kitsos<\/a> (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) and David Iacono<\/a> (Jurassic World Rebirth, The Summer I Turned Pretty) will lead the film as Liz Buxbaum and Wes Bennett.<\/p>\n

\n\tWho is directing the film adaptation of Lynn Painter\u2019s Better Than The Movies? Who else is behind the film?<\/p>\n

\n\tJulie Hart, who helmed Netflix\u2019s coming-of-age drama Don\u2019t Say Good Luck starring Sunny Sandler, will direct the adaptation from a script by Heather Flanders and Hart & Jordan Horowitz.
Horowitz is producing for his and Hart\u2019s Original Headquarters, alongside Shauna Phelan and Melanie Krauss. Previously, Hart and Horowitz co-wrote and teamed to produced\u00a0Don\u2019t Say Good Luck.
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Does Lynn Painter have other books? Are any also in the works for adaptation?
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Yes, Painter\u2019s Fake Skating is becoming a film from<\/a> Sony Pictures and Will Gluck\u2019s Olive Bridge Entertainment, set to release in theaters July 16, 2027.
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It should be noted that Better Than The Movies has a sequel book, Not Like The Movies, which published in 2024. Also in the YA category, Painter wrote The Do-Over in 2022, Betting On You in 2023 and Fake Skating in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tHer adult romance books include Trust Fall coming in September 2026, Happily Never After (2024), The Love Wager (2023), Accidentally Amy (2022) and Mr. Wrong Number (2022).<\/p>\n

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