13 Going on 30 continues to be thriving.
Emily Bader and Logan Lerman are set to star in director Brett Haley’s function reboot of the property for Netflix. Jennifer Garner, who starred within the unique 2004 comedy, serves as government producer on the brand new movie.
Plot particulars haven’t been revealed for the film that has a script from Hannah Marks (Mark, Mary, & Some Other People), with revisions by Flora Greeson (The Princess Diaries 3). Producers embody Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum for RK Films.
Sony launched director Gary Winick’s unique 13 Going on 30 in theaters April 23, 2004, and the movie earned $96 million on the world field workplace. Also that includes Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer and Andy Serkis, the film centered on teenage Jenna Rink, who will get embarrassed at a celebration and makes a want that transforms her into her 30-year-old self, performed by Garner.
The new challenge reunites Haley — who helmed this 12 months’s People We Meet on Vacation for the streamer — with Bader, who starred in that adaptation of writer Emily Henry’s best-selling romantic novel.
“13 Going on 30 is one of those rare, perfect films,” Haley mentioned in a press release. “Funny, emotional, deeply human, with unforgettable performances from Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo and Judy Greer. I’m a longtime fan, so stepping into this reimagining comes with tremendous responsibility. Jennifer Garner being on board as an executive producer, after playing such a big part of what made the original special, is especially meaningful.”
Haley added, “I also couldn’t be more excited to reunite with Emily Bader after People We Meet on Vacation. She and the amazingly talented Logan Lerman are a magical pairing. I feel incredibly lucky to be trusted with something that means so much to so many people.”
During a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter for the movie’s twentieth anniversary in 2024, screenwriter Josh Goldsmith — who penned the unique with Cathy Yuspa — mentioned that there had been talks through the years of bringing the property again to life.
“Just over the years when people are thinking about IP and thinking about movies that worked and that they loved,” Goldsmith mentioned in recalling conversations a couple of potential reboot. “Probably soon after [the release] — and fairly recently, too. Nothing has quite clicked yet.”
Deadline was first to report on Netflix’s movie.
