In case you haven’t heard, Apple Studios is rebooting Nancy Meyers’ “The Holiday,” and this seems to be part of larger plan of Hollywood’s to reboot or sequelize every ‘90s and 2000s movie that hit big with audiences.
Freakier Friday, Devil Wears Prada 2, Happy Gilmore 2, Practical Magic 2, Oceans 14,My Best Friend’s Wedding 2, Bend it Like Beckham 2, I Am Legend 2, Constantine 2, Twisters, Starship Troopers, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Princess Diaries 3, Meet the Parents 4, Jennifer’s Body 2, Mama Mia 3, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Regardless, it seems as though Meyers wasn’t made aware of Apple’s plan to reboot her 2006 holiday “classic.” She went on her social media to chime in with her thoughts on the announcement:
News to me. Imagine my surprise when I opened Instagram and this was the first post I saw.
Meyers shouldn’t be all that surprised—after all, in 2024 alone, over a third of all reboots were greenlit without any input or involvement from the original creators. It’s become standard practice in an industry more focused on IP than on who started it.
The 2006 romantic comedy stars Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black. The story centers on Amanda (Diaz), who runs a movie trailer company in Los Angeles, and Iris, a newspaper columnist from London. After each experiences a painful breakup, they impulsively swap homes for the holidays. While in England, Amanda meets Iris’s widowed brother (Law), and back in L.A., Iris connects with a film composer (Black) who works with Amanda.
Meyers’ beloved film is being adapted into a limited series—an ironic twist, considering she’s spent the past three years trying to get her $150 million romantic comedy “Paris Paramount” off the ground. Despite having a cast that includes Owen Wilson, Penélope Cruz, and Michael Fassbender, no studio has been willing to take it on.
Meyers was a very hot filmmaker in the early aughts with a crowd-pleasing formula that resulted in “What Women Want,” “Something’s Gotta Give,” “It’s Complicated” and “The Intern.”
Back in January, at the Sundance Film Festival, a bidding war emerged over Olivia Wilde’s “The Invite.” A24, Netflix, Searchlight, Focus Features, and NEON among the studios in the mix.