Kevin Costner, Jake Gyllenhaal Azzato Photography; Momodu Mansaray/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment It's been a courtship lasting over 20 years, but Honeymoon with Harry is one love story that Hollywood can't quit. Amazon MGM has landed the rights to the long-in-the-works feature dramedy, setting Kevin Costner and Jake Gyllenhaal to star. Glenn Ficarra and John Requa are on board to direct the project that has a script by Dan Fogelman. The trio were behind the well-regarded dramedy Crazy, Stupid, Love and worked together on the Fogelman-created Hulu series Paradise. Related Stories TV Mandy Moore Reunites With 'This Is Us' Creator Dan Fogelman on Hulu NFL Drama Business Kevin Costner's 'Horizon' Settles Lawsuit Over Unpaid Costume Fees Amid Financial, Legal Woes The project has been in the works since 2004, and is based on a then unpublished novel by Bart Baker, it told the story of a man (Gyllenhaal) as he decides to go on a honeymoon with his would-be father-in-law (Costner) after his fiancée dies two days before their wedding. Fogelman is producing along with Mike Karz of Gulfstream Pictures. Another notable name on the producer list is Jennifer Salke, the former head of Amazon MGM, who will produce via her newly launched Sullivan Street Productions banner. Honeymoon with Harry will mark Salke's first project with Amazon MGM and her producing debut. Karz first set up Honeymoon at New Line Cinema 21 years ago, and he project always attracted the A-list. Paul Haggis, the filmmaker behind the Oscar-winning Crash, wrote a draft and was going to direct a version that had Vince Vaughn and Jack Nicholson circling. Jonathan Demme also flirted with it when it had a script by Jenny Lumet, the writer of Rachel Getting Married and co-creator of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Fogelman first came on board to write it in 2015, when New Line had Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro as the intended leads. And in 2017, Nick Cassavetes was attached to direct. Karz never gave up on it and, when the rights eventually lapsed, he tenaciously worked to find it a new home, keeping the Fogelman version. Honeymoon reunites Karz and his Gulfstream Pictures with Amazon MGM as he recently produced the romantic comedy Upgraded, starring Camila Mendes, and One Fast Move, starring KJ Apa and Eric Dane, for the streamer. Gyllenhaal is an Amazon favorite thanks to starring in last year's remake of Road House, which became one of streamer's biggest hits ever. A sequel is prepping to shoot later this fall. The actor also starred in Apple TV+'s Presumed Innocent, which put him in the Emmy race this year with a nom for outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie. Costner, the Dances with Wolves Oscar winner and former star of Yellowstone, has spent the last several years working on his passion project, Horizon: An American Saga, an ambitious multi-part Western. Only two of the four parts have been made, and only the first one was released. Gyllenhaal is reped by WME and Goodman, Genow while Costner is represented by WME. Ficarra and Requa are repped by CAA and McKuin Frankel and Fogelman by WME. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Nia DaCosta Nia DaCosta Reveals Her One Amendment to Alex Garland's '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' Script - "More Infected" Heat Vision Netflix Giving Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' a Theatrical Release After All Venice Film Festival Jharrel Jerome and Teo Yoo Join Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary Jury at Venice Sharon Stone Sharon Stone Slams Amazon's Plan to Reboot 'Basic Instinct': "Good F***ing Luck" Toronto Film Festival Donna Langley, Edward Berger, Sterlin Harjo Join Toronto Film Fest Industry Conference Lineup Slow Horses Gary Oldman on Almost Playing Edward Scissorhands, Bonding With Bowie and His "Diabolical Good Luck" Nia DaCosta Nia DaCosta Reveals Her One Amendment to Alex Garland's '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' Script - "More Infected" Heat Vision Netflix Giving Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' a Theatrical Release After All Venice Film Festival Jharrel Jerome and Teo Yoo Join Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary Jury at Venice Sharon Stone Sharon Stone Slams Amazon's Plan to Reboot 'Basic Instinct': "Good F***ing Luck" Toronto Film Festival Donna Langley, Edward Berger, Sterlin Harjo Join Toronto Film Fest Industry Conference Lineup Slow Horses Gary Oldman on Almost Playing Edward Scissorhands, Bonding With Bowie and His "Diabolical Good Luck"