Beach Read First Look: Patrick Schwarzenegger, Phoebe Dynevor

This is not the day to bury your head in the sand. 

After all, the very first glimpse of Phoebe Dynevor and Patrick Schwarzenegger as January Andrews and Augustus “Gus” Everett in Beach Read has arrived, nearly two months after the casting news made waves.

The sneak peek of the Emily Henry adaptation came in the form of a still from filming, which sees Schwarzenegger’s Gus staring lovingly at Dynevor’s January, who for her part is looking straight ahead, unaware of his adoration. 

The snapshot was shared by screenwriter and director Yulin Kuang, who is sitting at the helm of this book-to-film adaptation, which hits theaters May 7, 2027.

“A crumb of bts from the BEACH READ camera test for you, dear reader,” Kuang, who previously penned the People We Meet on Vacation adaptation, captioned the June 8 post. “Can’t wait to show what we’ve been cooking up.”

Beach Read follows two rival authors who, both finding themselves suffering from writer’s block, each rent a house for the summer to try to get back on track—houses that happen to be right next door to each other.