Warner Bros. developing You've Got Mail reboot with Jason Orley
Jason Orley will direct and write a new draft for Warner Bros., with Neal Moritz and Tania Landau producing under Original Film.
Warner Bros. is developing a reboot of the 1998 romantic comedy You've Got Mail, with Jason Orley attached to direct, according to Deadline, which first reported the news.
Orley is writing the script based on an earlier draft by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont. Neal Moritz and Tania Landau will produce under the Original Film banner.
Plot details for the reboot have not been revealed.
The original You've Got Mail was released in 1998, directed by Nora Ephron and starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. It earned $250 million against a budget of about $65 million after a Christmas-time release.
The film was inspired by the 1937 play Perfumeire by Miklós László, which had previously been adapted into the 1940 film The Shop Around the Corner.
Orley made his feature directorial debut with Big Time Adolescence in 2019 and followed it with 2022's I Want You Back. He recently finished post-production on the Amazon comedy film Close Personal Friends.
Quick answers
Who is directing the You've Got Mail reboot?
Jason Orley is attached to direct and is writing the script based on an earlier draft by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont.
Who is producing the You've Got Mail reboot?
Neal Moritz and Tania Landau will produce under the Original Film banner.