We finally have a fresh update on the movie that three key Hollywood figures are hoping to finally make a reality after 20 years in

development limbo. Talking with Collider’s Steve Weintraub at CCXP in Brazil, Paradise creator Dan Fogelman (This Is Us) gave an updated

timeline on Honeymoon with Harry, a film slated to feature Yellowstone’s Kevin Costner and Road House’s Jake Gyllenhaal. Earlier this

 

year, it was confirmed that Amazon MGM will be the film’s home once it’s complete, and now Fogelman has exclusively revealed to Collider when filming may begin and other behind-the-scenes details about the dramedy. Speaking to Collider about the “odyssey” that led to the film’s current iteration, Fogelman said:

 

 

Fogelman says that Honeymoon with Harry is based on a book he read more than two decades ago. “It was a self-published novel by a wonderful writer named Bart Baker,” Fogelman tells Collider. As for the film’s plot itself, without giving too much away, of course, he says. “Basically, it’s a fucked up young guy who meets the girl who changes everything, and her father, who she’s very close with, from the

 

 

moment he meets this guy, is just not a fan. They wind up, through circumstances, having to basically go take the trip on their honeymoon together.” He tells Collider, “It’s a complicated premise to give, and I don’t know how much I can spoil. It’s a male drama, a father-son story. It’s a story about life.”

Fogelman compares Honeymoon with Harry to the likes of Kramer vs. Kramer, Terms of Endearment, Jerry Maguire, and Almost Famous in terms of genre. It’s a kind of movie that he loves, “but I rarely get to make any more. It’s funny, but it’s sad, and it’s touching, and it hopefully moves people. It’s like an old 1970s James Brooks movie.” He says that’s in part to Hollywood’s current landscape. “We’re just making less and less of these types of films, and so I’m excited about this movie, and hopeful that it keeps going and gets made and gets received well.” Fogelman confirms that the film seems to be closer than ever to reality, but says, “I mean, listen, I don’t believe anything’s officially going until your cameras are rolling, and the movie stars are on set. We’re as close as you get. It’s as close as this one’s gotten before. We’re making plans, so it’s pretty close.”