How many people in the Gen Z generation do you think can explain the origins of the “You’ve Got Mail” sound clip? And how that played into the timely, but dated 1998 romantic comedy You’ve Got Mail. Nora Ephron’s Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan romantic comedy about a love blossoming from across the country, Sleepless in Seattle, became one of the most beloved films in its genre in the early 90s. Another film from the dream team of Ephron, Hanks and Ryan was too good to pass up and a spiritual follow-up came in the form of the email-themed movie.
Deadline is now reporting that director Jason Orley is developing a new take on You’ve Got Mail at Warner Bros. Orley is known for the projects I Want You Back and Big Time Adolescence. He is also said to be writing the script, which is based on a screenplay by scribes Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont (Can’t Hardly Wait, Josie and the Pussycats). However, details for this remake are currently being kept under wraps.
Neal Moritz, known for The Fast and the Furious and coming off the rom-com Beach Read, based on Emily Henry’s bestseller, is producing along with Tania Landau from Original Film.
Previously, Orley helmed the romantic comedy I Want You Back for Amazon, which starred Charlie Day, Jenny Slate and Gina Rodriguez. His debut feature was a Pete Davidson comedy, titled Big Time Adolescence, and premiered in competition at the 2019 Sundance Film. It was there that it was acquired by Hulu.
He is working on this project after wrapping his third feature, which is an Amazon comedy titled Close Personal Friends. The film stars Brie Larson, Jack Quaid, Lilly Collins and Henry Golding. Maximum Effort produces the film alongside Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, from a story conceived by Orley and Aptaker.
Nora Ephron’s You’ve Got Mail was based on Miklós László’s play Parfumerie and its film adaptation, The Shop Around the Corner.
What do you think of this news? Are you looking forward to a new interpretation of You’ve Got Mail?