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Kevin Costner & Jake Gyllenhaal To Star In Amazon MGM Dramedy ‘Honeymoon With Harry’ Penned By Dan Fogelman; Jennifer Salke Among Producers

Amazon MGM revives the long-delayed dramedy with Kevin Costner and Jake Gyllenhaal; the story explores grief and healing after a fiancée's death, with production now underway.

  • Amazon MGM Studios secured the rights to the dramedy Honeymoon with Harry starring Kevin Costner and Jake Gyllenhaal, announced on Monday.
  • The film has been in development since 2004, originally planned at New Line Cinema with high-profile actors considered for the lead roles in 2015.
  • Honeymoon with Harry centers on Gyllenhaal's character who, after the loss of his fiancée just two days before their wedding, chooses to accompany his future father-in-law, played by Costner, on what would have been their honeymoon trip.
  • Dan Fogelman wrote the script based on an unpublished Bart Baker novel, with directing by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, who previously worked with Fogelman.
  • This film marks Salke’s producing debut and the first on-screen collaboration between veteran actors Costner and Gyllenhaal, reflecting the project’s momentum after years in development.
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Kevin Costner is a great Western fan. But now he is working with Jake Gyllenhaal for an unusual tragicomedy. After a death they go on a honeymoon together.

The Oscarized Kevin Costner and Jake Gyllenhaal will star in the film “Honeymoon With Harry”, a dramatic comedy acquired by Amazon MGM based on Bart Baker’s unpublished novel, as reported on Monday, August 18, The Hollywood Reporter. The film’s argument, still with no release date, is about a man who decides to leave on a honeymoon with his father-in-law after the death of his fiancée two days before his wedding. In development in Hollywood sinc…

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Deadline broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Monday, August 18, 2025.
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