EXCLUSIVE: Katie Holmes is set to write, direct, and star in Happy Hours, a new feature film trilogy co-starring Joshua Jackson (Doctor Odyssey), Deadline has learned.
Others in the cast include Joe Tippett, John McGinty, Donald Webber Jr., and Nathan Darrow. Production on the first film kicks off in New York City this summer, with the second and third installments scheduled to follow closely after.
Happy Hours is described as a story about two people (Jackson & Holmes) navigating their relationship within the challenges of careers and family responsibilities and the pursuit of love, despite life’s inevitable obstacles. It’s a character-driven dramedy that explores the emotional journey of young loves who reconnect as adults, with the connective thread of shared joys, loss, and hope.
Pic will be produced by Maven Screen Media and Bond Street Station, in association with Crown Productions and STX Films. Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler are producing for Maven Screen Media, alongside Peter Coleman and Paula P. Manzanedo for Bond Street Station. Annie Herndon will oversee for STX Films, with Jenny Halper, Sophia Pedlow and Jackie Donohoe overseeing for Maven.
Known for her work in features ranging from Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins to such critically acclaimed art house pictures as Ang Lee’s The Ice Storm and Peter Hedges’ Pieces of April, Holmes has previously gotten behind the camera on indies including Rare Objects, Alone Together and All We Had, where she also starred. Most recently seen guest starring alongside Natasha Lyonne in Poker Face Season 2, she is repped by UTA, Untitled Entertainment, and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
Most recently seen headlining ABC’s Doctor Odyssey, as well as Karate Kid: Legends opposite Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio, Jackson is repped by Anonymous Content, CAA, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
Tippett is repped by Paradigm, Perennial Entertainment, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; McGinty by Arise Artists Agency and Ivy Rock Management; Webber Jr. by CESD and 44 West Entertainment; and Darrow by Harden Curtis Kirsten Riley Agency and Exposure Model and Talent Agency.
