Nancy Meyers is bringing her filmmaking talents (and her immaculate kitchens) to Netflix, where she’ll write, direct and produce a new feature film.
News of the partnership comes after Meyers and Netflix teamed to release the short film “Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish),” which debuted on the streamer’s social channels in 2020. The special project brought together the cast of “Father of the Bride” and “Father of the Bride Part II” — Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Kieran Culkin, George Newbern and Martin Short — for the first time in 25 years, with Robert De Niro, Florence Pugh, Alexandra Shipp and Ben Platt added to the mix. Meyers wrote and directed the Banks family reunion clip (produced by Reese Witherspoon), which benefitted World Central Kitchen.
Details about the new film are scarce, though the project is described as an ensemble comedy, a formula which Meyers has mastered over her career. After earning an Oscar nod for the “Private Benjamin” screenplay, and writing and producing the “Father of the Bride” films, Meyers made her directorial debut with “The Parent Trap” in 1998. The hit movie starred Dennis Quaid and the late Natasha Richardson and marked Lindsay Lohan’s first feature film. Meyers went on to write, direct and produce such classics as “Something’s Gotta Give,” “The Holiday,” “It’s Complicated,” along with directing “What Women Want.” The new Netflix movie marks her first feature since the 2015 Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro-starrer “The Intern.”
Of Meyers’ prolific filmography, only the 2003’s “Something’s Gotta Give,” starring Keaton and Jack Nicholson, is currently available on Netflix. Her daughter Hallie Meyers-Shyer’s 2017 directorial debut “Home Again,” starring Witherspoon, is also on the streaming service.
Meyers is repped by CAA and attorney Craig Emanuel.
Deadline was first to report news of the deal.
From Variety US