Latest in the lineup of Netflix romantic comedies based on books is the feature adaptation of Lynn Painter’s best-selling book, Better Than The Movies.
Painter’s 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.
For everything we know about the feature film adaptation of Better Than The Movies at Netflix, read on:
When will the Better Than The Movies film come out?
A streaming release date has not yet been set on the streamer since the film hasn’t yet entered production.
Who will play Liz and Wes in Netflix’s Better Than The Movies adaptation?
Deadline broke the news that Beatrice Kitsos (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) and David Iacono (Jurassic World Rebirth, The Summer I Turned Pretty) will lead the film as Liz Buxbaum and Wes Bennett.
Who is directing the film adaptation of Lynn Painter’s Better Than The Movies? Who else is behind the film?
Julie Hart, who helmed Netflix’s coming-of-age drama Don’t 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’s Original Headquarters, alongside Shauna Phelan and Melanie Krauss. Previously, Hart and Horowitz co-wrote and teamed to produced Don’t Say Good Luck.
Does Lynn Painter have other books? Are any also in the works for adaptation?
Yes, Painter’s Fake Skating is becoming a film from Sony Pictures and Will Gluck’s Olive Bridge Entertainment, set to release in theaters July 16, 2027.
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.
Her 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).
