US EditionMichael Showalter To Direct ‘Baby Boom’ Reimagining For Amazon MGM
Amazon MGM Studios plans a Baby Boom reboot directed by Michael Showalter, leveraging a multi-year deal with Semi-Formal Productions, with producers attached but details pending.
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A classic Diane Keaton comedy is getting a reboot after her death
"The Big Sick" filmmaker Michael Showalter will helm a "modern reimagining" of "Baby Boom" for Amazon MGM.Everett Diane Keaton in 'Baby Boom'Key pointsBaby Boom, the 1987 comedy starring Diane Keaton, is getting a "modern reimagining" from Amazon MGM.Michael Showalter, who previously helmed The Big Sick and The Idea of You, is directing the project.The news comes six weeks after Keaton died from pneumonia at 79.A classic Diane Keaton comedy is …
Nancy Meyers-Diane Keaton Classic 'Baby Boom' Sets Remake at Amazon MGM
Get ready for another “Baby Boom.” Amazon MGM has set a remake of the hit 1987 film that starred Diane Keaton. While the original film was directed by Charles Shyer and written by Shyer and Nancy Meyers, the remake comes from director Michael Showalter. Showalter’s Semi-Formal produces alongside Stacey Sher’s Shiny Penny. In “Baby Boom,” Keaton starred as J.C. Wiatt, a “yuppie” whose life is thrown into disarray when a distant and estranged cous…
Diane Keaton’s ‘Baby Boom’ Sets Reboot From Michael Showalter at Amazon MGM
Bust out the apple sauce — the beloved ’80s motherhood comedy “Baby Boom” is getting a reboot at Amazon MGM Studios. The streamer has set prolific filmmaker Michael Showalter (“The Idea of You,” “Hello, My Name is Doris”) as director for a new take on the film. The original was a vehicle for the comic genius of the late Diane Keaton. She starred as a hard-driving career woman in the retail food business, unexpectedly saddled with an infant. Th…
Michael Showalter To Direct ‘Baby Boom’ Reimagining For Amazon MGM
Ahead of the release of his Amazon MGM holiday comedy Oh. What. Fun., Michael Showalter has inked a deal to reteam with the studio as the director of a modern reimagining of the 1987 Diane Keaton dramedy Baby Boom, Deadline can confirm. Plot details on the new take are under wraps. Producers include Stacey Sher […]
A classic comedy by Diane Keaton, Baby Boom, from 1987, will soon have a remake, which will be directed by filmmaker Michael Showalter, according to media reports such as Deadline and The Wrap. The original film, written by Nancy Meyers and directed by her then husband, Charles Shyer, portrays a woman entrepreneur addicted to work who is forced to raise her cousin's baby. The couple collaborated with Keaton in The Father of the Bride, 1991 and h…
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