'13 Going On 30' Is Getting A Netflix Reboot: Here's Everything We Know

Less than 30 years aft “13 Going On 30” made legions of young millennials want to beryllium “big-time mag editors,” nan classical rom-com is getting a reboot.

Jennifer Garner, who starred successful nan 2004 original arsenic nan 30, flirty and thriving Jenna Rink other Mark Ruffalo’s Matt “Matty” Flamhaff, is executive producing nan project. “People We Meet connected Vacation” prima Emily Bader and Logan Lerman, known for “Oh, Hi!” and “Perks of Being a Wallflower,” will prima successful nan reboot.

Brett Haley, who directed Netflix’s “People We Meet connected Vacation,” will reunite pinch Bader to helm nan project.

In a connection to “Deadline,” Haley said, “’13 Going On 30’ is 1 of those rare, cleanable films. Funny, emotional, profoundly human, pinch unforgettable performances from Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, and Judy Greer. I’m a longtime fan, truthful stepping into this reimagining comes pinch tremendous responsibility.”

“Jennifer Garner being connected committee arsenic an executive producer, aft playing specified a large portion of what made nan original special, is particularly meaningful,” Haley continued. “I besides couldn’t beryllium much excited to reunite pinch Emily Bader aft ‘People We Meet connected Vacation.’ She and nan amazingly talented Logan Lerman are a magical pairing. I consciousness incredibly fortunate to beryllium trusted pinch thing that intends truthful overmuch to truthful galore people.”

In lawsuit you missed it (or were surviving nether a stone successful 2004), our erstwhile Los Angeles Times movie professional Manohla Dargis wrote of nan film: “Another loop connected nan apparently indestructible body-switching premise, ’13 Going On 30’ intimately adheres to nan basal gimmick and learning curve introduced to superior effect successful nan 1988 deed ‘Big.’

“After a disastrous day statement and a foolish wish to go ‘30, flirty and thriving’ (some alliterative propaganda she’s publication successful a manner magazine), Jenna wakes 1 greeting to observe that she’s metamorphosed into an older, taller, somewhat curvier type of herself. Now played by Garner, nan wild-eyed teen comes look to look pinch a wish fulfillment of a life that comes pinch a designer Manhattan apartment, an executive position astatine a slick women’s magazine, a hockey-star fellow who likes to portion to Vanilla Ice, and statement upon statement of designer shoes.”

While mum’s nan connection connected crippled specifics, nan book for nan reboot is by Hannah Marks, who penned and directed “Mark, Mary, & Some Other People,” pinch revisions by Flora Greeson, who wrote “The High Note.”

Once news of nan reboot collapsed online, societal media chatter picked up, pinch fans speculating which eras nan movie whitethorn beryllium group in. If, for illustration nan original, nan protagonist wakes up arsenic a 30-year-old successful today’s modern world, immoderate interest nan flick won’t beryllium arsenic lighthearted arsenic nan original.

One personification connected Threads said, “The conception of a 13 Going connected 30 wherever a teen successful 2009 now wakes up successful THIS reality successful her 30s feels for illustration scary not romcom.”