Penn Badgley and Meghann Fahy will bring Sarah Hogle’s bestselling romance novel You Deserve Each Other to life on the large screen.
Hogle’s debut novel, You Deserve Each Other, was published in April 2020. The lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers romance follows Naomi Westfield and Nicholas “Nick” Rose within the lead-up to their wedding. The catch? Neither desires to get married — but they don’t wish to get stuck paying the bill for the canceled nuptials either.
You Deserve Each Other was adapted for the silver screen in 2025, with Badgley and Fahy being forged as Nick and Naomi, respectively.
Keep scrolling to learn more about You Deserve Each Other:
Who Is Starring in ‘You Deserve Each Other’?
Badgley and Fahy are the one actors whose casting has been formally announced up to now.
Who Wrote the ‘You Deserve Each Other’ Script?
Brett Haley and Marc Basch wrote an early draft, which Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn (Never Been Kissed, He’s Just Not That Into You) revised. Silverstein and Kohn can even co-direct the film.
What Is Sarah Hogle’s Novel About?
The book charts Naomi and Nick’s journey to the altar as they each pull off elaborate schemes and pranks in an try to get the opposite to call off the nuptials first. After all, in true romantic-comedy fashion, the duo might just remember why they fell in love along the best way.
Has Filming Began?
Badgley and Fahy were spotted on set in Recent York City in July 2025. (The book is notably set within the Midwest, so it’s currently unclear how the cityscape could tweak the story line.)
Penn Badgley and Meghann Fahy film ‘You Deserve Each Other’ on July 3, 2025. Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
What Have Penn Badgley and Meghann Fahy Said About Each Other?
To tease the film, Badgley and Fahy went viral in summer 2025 with a series of playful social media banter.
“So I don’t normally do that, but my wife [Domino Kirke] and I just finished Sirens. OK Sirens, want to offer her her flowers,” he said in an Instagram Reel. “Now obviously there’s Julianne, there’s Kevin, there’s Milly, but this Meghann Fahy. This newcomer, this refreshing gawky beauty, like it, love you.”
Fahy replied, “Penn! That is so kind. Thanks. Tell Domino I say hi. And that her taste is flawless.”
Badgley’s “newcomer” line was seemingly in reference to Fahy’s cameo on an episode of his Gossip Girl series. Since playing an assistant to a rival of Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick), Fahy has gone on to star within the likes of The Daring Type, The White Lotus and Drop.
Is There a Premiere Date for ‘You Deserve Each Other’?
A release date has yet to be announced.