Warner Bros. developing new take on You've Got Mail, Jason Orley to direct
Warner Bros. is developing a new version of the 1998 romantic comedy You've Got Mail, with Jason Orley attached to direct, according to Deadline's exclusive. Plot details have not been disclosed.
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Centre · 1Warner Bros. is developing a new take on the romantic comedy You've Got Mail, with Jason Orley attached to direct, Deadline reported as an exclusive. DeadlineN “Warner Bros. is developing a new take on the classic romantic comedy You’ve Got Mail, with Jason Orley aboard to direct.” Read at Deadline ↗ Centre · 2Details of the new take are being kept under wraps. DeadlineN “Details as to the take are being kept under wraps.” Read at Deadline ↗ Screen RantN “Other details on the remake have not yet been revealed.” Read at Screen Rant ↗ Centre · 2Orley is writing the current draft, based on a screenplay by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont. Neal Moritz and Tania Landau are producing through Original Film. DeadlineN “Orley, the filmmaker behind I Want You Back and Big Time Adolescence, is writing the current draft based on a screenplay by Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont” Read at Deadline ↗ Screen RantN “with Neal Moritz and Tania Landau producing.” Read at Screen Rant ↗
Centre · 1Moritz is coming off the 20th rom-com Beach Read, based on Emily Henry's bestseller. DeadlineN “Coming off the 20th rom-com Beach Read, based on Emily Henry’s bestseller, Neal Moritz is producing alongside Tania Landau via Original Film.” Read at Deadline ↗ Centre · 1The original, directed by Nora Ephron, stars Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks as a children's bookshop owner and a corporate bookselling magnate who become online pen pals without realising they are rivals. It was released by Warner Bros. in December 1998 and grossed over $250M worldwide. DeadlineN “Directed by Nora Ephron, You’ve Got Mail stars Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks as an independent children’s bookshop owner”“It released via Warner Bros. in December 1998 and grossed over $250M worldwide.” Read at Deadline ↗ Centre · 1The film is based on Miklós László's play Parfumerie and its screen adaptation The Shop Around the Corner, and was the third pairing of Hanks and Ryan. DeadlineN “Based on Miklós László’s play Parfumerie and its film adaptation The Shop Around the Corner”“The film marked the third pairing for Hanks and Ryan, following Joe Versus the Volcano and Sleepless in Seattle” Read at Deadline ↗
Centre · 1Orley directed I Want You Back and Big Time Adolescence, and has wrapped post-production on Close Personal Friends, an Amazon comedy starring Brie Larson, Jack Quaid, Lilly Collins and Henry Golding. DeadlineN “Orley comes to You’ve Got Mail after wrapping post on his third feature, an Amazon comedy titled Close Personal Friends” Read at Deadline ↗ Centre · 1Kaplan and Elfont wrote and directed Can't Hardly Wait and Josie and the Pussycats, and set up two films at Paramount last year, Guys with No Friends and The Romantic. DeadlineN “they set up two films at Paramount last year: the R-rated comedy Guys with No Friends, which was acquired in a bidding war, and the Dave Bautista rom-com The Romantic.” Read at Deadline ↗
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- Framing
- Deadline broke the news as an exclusive with detailed industry background; Screen Rant followed, crediting Deadline, with a short nostalgia-tinged item framed around Tom Hanks.
- Emphasis
- Deadline stresses the creative team's credits and the original's legacy; Screen Rant stresses the Tom Hanks classic and the film's age.
- Leaves out or plays down
- Screen Rant omits Ephron, Meg Ryan and the creative team's backgrounds; neither outlet says whether Hanks or Ryan are involved or gives a release plan.
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“EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. is developing a new take on the classic romantic comedy You’ve Got Mail” — Deadline
“A Tom Hanks classic will be reimagined for a new generation.” — Screen Rant
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What every side reports
- Warner Bros. is developing a new version of You've Got Mail with Jason Orley attached to direct.
- Orley is working on the current draft of a script by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont.
- Neal Moritz and Tania Landau are producing.
- Further details have not been revealed.
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‘You’ve Got Mail’: Jason Orley Directing New Take On Rom-Com For Warner Bros.
Neutral Trade exclusive reporting the project with detailed credits and the original film's history.
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Warner Bros. Remaking Tom Hanks' 28-Year-Old Classic
Neutral Brief aggregation of Deadline's scoop, centred on Tom Hanks and the film's age.
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- 10 Nov 17:45 First DeadlineN ‘You’ve Got Mail’: Jason Orley Directing New Take On Rom-Com For Warner Bros.
- 10 Nov 17:58 +13m Screen RantN Warner Bros. Remaking Tom Hanks' 28-Year-Old Classic
- 10 Nov 18:46 +1h 1m VarietyLC ‘You’ve Got Mail’ Reboot in the Works at Warner Bros.
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