EXCLUSIVE: Emily Bader (People We Meet on Vacation) and Logan Lerman (Oh, Hi!) are set to star in a 13 Going on 30 reboot coming collectively at Netflix, with Jennifer Garner aboard as govt producer.
The undertaking reunites Bader with Brett Haley, director of her hit Netflix rom-com People We Meet on Vacation, which spent 4 weeks on the Global Top 10 Movies (English) this yr and reached the Top 10 Movies in 92 nations. Sources mentioned the pair have been desperate to reteam following their success with that title and located the 13 Going on 30 reboot to be the right alternative, eyeing Lerman as Bader’s romantic counterpart from the leap.
Plot particulars for the reboot are beneath wraps. Haley will direct from a script by Hannah Marks (Mark, Mary, & Some Other People) with revisions by Flora Greeson (The Princess Diaries 3).
Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum will produce for RK Films with Garner exec producing alongside Donna Roth and Susan Arnold, Scott Hemming for Revolution Studios, Alyssa Altman for RK Films, and Marks.
A Columbia Pictures title launched in April 2004, 13 Going on 30 is a fantasy rom-com centered on Jenna Rink (Christa B. Allen), a 13-year-old woman who magically wakes up as her 30-year-old self and should navigate maturity whereas rediscovering who she actually is.
Garner performed the grown-up model of the character, starring reverse Mark Ruffalo within the beloved movie from Gary Winick. After grossing round $96 million in theaters worldwide and reaching main success on residence video, the movie has endured for many years as a cultural touchstone, making a reboot inevitable. Amid growth on this movie, Garner recently exec produced a stage musical adaptation, directed by Andy Fickman, which world premiered on the Manchester Opera House in September.
In a press release to Deadline on the undertaking, Haley mentioned: “13 Going on 30 is one of those rare, perfect films. 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.”
The director added: “Jennifer Garner being on board as an executive producer, after playing such a big part of what made the original special, is especially meaningful. 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.”
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A sought-after lead at Netflix, following the efficiency of People We Meet on Vacation, Bader was just lately cast as soccer legend Mia Hamm of their upcoming sports activities drama The 99’ers, based mostly on Jeré Longman’s ebook The Girls of Summer: The US Women’s Soccer Team and How It Changed the World. Previously seen starring in Prime Video’s My Lady Jane, in addition to the mob drama Fresh Kills, reverse Jennifer Esposito and Odessa A’zion, she is repped by CAA, Untitled Entertainment, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman
Recent credit for Lerman embody Sophie Brooks’ darkish comedy Oh, Hi!, which Sony Pictures Classics snapped up following its Sundance premiere, in addition to the fifth season of the hit Hulu comedy Only Murders within the Building. He is repped by UTA and Brillstein.
Haley has established himself as an in-demand romance director for Netflix following his work on People We Meet on Vacation, an adaptation of the Emily Henry bestseller produced by Temple Hill and Sony 3000, in addition to All the Bright Places starring Elle Fanning, and All Together Now starring Taylor Richardson and Carol Burnett earlier than that. He is repped by WME, Untitled and McKuin Frankel Whitehead.
Recently returning to Apple TV with the second season of her hit thriller thriller The Last Thing He Told Me, on which she’s an govt producer, Garner most just lately signed on to guide the Netflix comedy One Attempt Remaining reverse John Cena. Upcoming, she additionally has The Five-Star Weekend, a miniseries she exec produced and starred in for Peacock. She is repped by CAA, Linden Entertainment and attorneys Jason Sloane and Harris Hartman of Sloane Offer Weber & Dern.
Marks is repped by UTA, Untitled, Circle Management + Production and Goodman Genow Schenkman, and Greeson is with UTA, Kaplan/Perrone and Yorn Levine.
