Bernadette sneaks off her cruise ship and into Palmer Station, and convinces the team leader to give her a spot on the next convoy to the South Pole.

He and Bee catch up with Bernadette at Palmer Station and, seeing that her passion for architecture has been reignited, give her their blessing to spend five weeks at the Pole.

In January 2013, Annapurna Pictures and Color Force acquired the rights to the film adaptation of the novel and set Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber to write the screenplay.

[6] In March 2017, Kristen Wiig joined the cast,[7] and Billy Crudup was added in May, marking his second collaboration with Blanchett, after appearing with her in Charlotte Gray (2001).

[8] In June, Judy Greer, James Urbaniak, and Laurence Fishburne joined the cast of the film,[9][10][11] and Troian Bellisario came on board in July.

[24] In the United States and Canada, Where'd You Go, Bernadette was released alongside Blinded by the Light, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged, and Good Boys, and was projected to gross around $5 million from 2,404 theaters in its opening weekend.

The website's critical consensus reads, "Where'd You Go, Bernadette offers dispiriting proof that a talented director, bestselling source material, and terrific cast can add up to far less than the sum of their parts.

"[29] In his 1/4 star review for The Globe and Mail, Barry Hertz said, "There is, buried deep somewhere in Linklater's film or however many edits it may have undergone – the thing reeks of indecision – an insightful, even invigorating story about what happens to a creative genius once they stop creating.

Her final conception in the film was based on the Halley Research Station, designed in real life by Hugh Broughton Architects.