(L to R) Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson in ‘Dawson’s Creek’. Photo: Columbia TriStar Television.
Preview:
- Katie Holmes is writing, directing and starring in ‘Happy Hours’.
- Her old ‘Dawson’s Creek’ co-star Joshua Jackson is taking the other lead role.
- It is planned to launch a new trilogy of movies.
While Katie Holmes may forever be best known for playing Joey Potter in beloved teen drama ‘Dawson’s Creek’, she has built a healthy acting career, and since 2016’s ‘All We Had’ has also been writing and directing as well as starring in movies.
According to Deadline, she has an ambitious plan for a potential new trilogy of movies called ‘Happy Hours’, and she’s recruited an old friend to co-star.
“It’s the end of something simple. And the beginning of everything else.”
Yes, ‘Happy Hours’ will be a ‘Dawson’s reunion, as Joshua Jackson –– Pacey Witter on the show, who has also gone on to his own successful career –– is aboard the new movie.
All together now: “I don’t wanna wait for our lives to be overrrr….”
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What’s the story of ‘Happy Hours’?
Katie Holmes in ‘Rare Objects’. Photo: Lafayette Pictures.
The first of the planned trilogy is described as a story about two people (Jackson and 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 lovers who reconnect as adults, with the connective thread of shared joys, loss, and hope.
‘Happy Hours’ cast also includes Mary-Louise Parker, Constance Wu, Joe Tippett, John McGinty, Donald Webber Jr., Nathan Darrow, Johnna Dias-Watson and Jack Martin.
Production on the first film is underway in New York City, with the second and third installments scheduled to follow closely after.
Where else can we see Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson?
(L to R) Joshua Jackson and Ben Wang in Columbia Pictures ‘Karate Kid: Legends’. Photo By
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Holmes’ last writing, directing and starring job was 2023’s ‘Rare Objects’, about a young woman who seeks to rebuild her life when she takes work at an antique store.
She regains her confidence from the kind souls who own the shop, until faces from her traumatic past start to surface.
More recently, she was seen in the second season of ‘Poker Face’.
Jackson has appeared in recent movies such as ‘Sky’ and this year’s ‘Karate Kid: Legends’.
But he’s perhaps better known for his small screen work, which includes ‘The Affair’, ‘Fatal Attraction’ and ‘Doctor Odyssey’, though it appears the latter won’t return after wrapping its first season in May.
When will ‘Happy Hours’ be on screens?
While the cameras are about to start rolling on the movie, there is no word yet on when it might be on screens.
We can imagine the first film at least arriving next year.
Katie Holmes in ‘Rare Objects’. Photo: Lafayette Pictures.
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