Plot details are still under wraps, and no release date has been announced for the 1998 rom-com's new version.
Warner Bros. is developing a new take on You've Got Mail, the 1998 romantic comedy, and Jason Orley is set to direct. Variety and PEOPLE both confirmed the project on November 10, and ABC News reported it the same day. Deadline was first to report the news, Variety noted.
Orley, who made his feature debut with Big Time Adolescence at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, is also writing the current draft. That draft is based on a screenplay by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont, who are known for writing and directing Can't Hardly Wait and Josie and the Pussycats. Orley also directed I Want You Back, an Amazon rom-com starring Charlie Day, Jenny Slate and Gina Rodriguez, and he recently wrapped post-production on Close Personal Friends, an Amazon comedy.
The plot is still under wraps. The Hollywood Reporter says the film will follow a new story rather than remake the 1998 original, while Variety and ABC News call it a reboot. Neal Moritz and Tania Landau are producing via Original Film.
The original, directed by Nora Ephron, cast Tom Hanks as Joe Fox, a corporate bookstore executive, and Meg Ryan as Kathleen Kelly, who runs an independent children's bookstore. The two are rivals who fall for each other online without realizing it. The film was based on Miklós László's play Parfumerie, which had also been adapted in 1940 as The Shop Around the Corner. It grossed more than $250 million worldwide, and Variety puts its budget at about $65 million. Parker Posey, Greg Kinnear, Steve Zahn, Dave Chappelle, Heather Burns and Jean Stapleton also had starring roles.
Delia Ephron, who co-wrote the film with her late sister Nora, told PEOPLE in an October 2024 interview why they made Ryan's character a children's bookstore owner. "The love for that movie is very meaningful to me because Nora and I love books," she said.
A release date for the new version has not yet been announced.
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