It's been a decade since filmmaker Nancy Meyers made her last film, The Intern, with Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway. The American filmmaker, known for popular romantic comedies such as Something's Gotta Give and The Holiday, is gearing up to return to the director's chair with a new rom-com.
Variety reports that Meyers has assembled a stellar cast comprising Penelope Cruz, Kieran Culkin, Owen Wilson, Emma Mackey, and Jude Law for the project, presumably set in the movie world, and aims to release it for Christmas 2027. Meyers and Law previously worked together in The Holiday, which co-starred Kate Winslet, Jack Black and Cameron Diaz.
The project is reportedly a revival of a project that was initially set to star Cruz and Wilson with Scarlett Johansson and Michael Fassbender. Culkin and Mackey are presumably occupying the roles that were envisioned with the Johansson and Fassbender. It's not yet known whether the project, which Meyers initially announced with the title 'Paris, Paramount' on Instagram, will go with the same title and synopsis revealed earlier.
If it's indeed what Meyers is making, the official synopsis describes it as a story that follows a "talented young writer/director who falls in love with a producer, with the pair ending up making several successful films before calling it quits romantically and professionally. The two are forced back together, however, when a great new project arises, and they find themselves teamed up again and having to deal with high stakes and volatile stars."
In Meyers' Instagram post, she had credited legendary filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch for the title. "There’s been a lot written about my new film. Here’s one thing I can easily clear up — and that’s the title — PARIS PARAMOUNT. It’s from a quote by the brilliant and elegant comedy director (dare I say creator of the romantic comedy), Ernst Lubitsch. The movie is about a group of people making a film and the magic and mystery of what we do. As always, Lubitsch said it best," she wrote.
