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- Holderman and co-writer Erin Simms, who are engaged, were just happy the movie resonated in the way it did.
aframe.oscars.org/news/post/book-club-next-chapter-bill-holderman-erin-simms-interviewThe Real-Life Couple Behind 'Book Club' Opens Up About 'The ...
Oct 22, 2024 · When his co-writer and longtime friend, Simms, heard about it, she was perplexed at the openness Holderman had with his mother in his ability to send her a novel predominantly centered around the subject of sex in relationships.
Oct 3, 2024 · He is now working on Bill Holderman’s romantic-comedy-drama film “Book Club 2: The Next Chapter”, which will co-star Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda and Mary Steenburgen, scheduled to premiere in 2023.
May 13, 2023 · Five years ago Bill Holderman and Erin Simms crafted a smartly conceived, grown up romantic comedy in Book Club, the $100 million global hit featuring a quartet of renowned stars—Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen—as septuagenerian pals whose lives and loves comically flowered after analyzing a little book named ...
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By Mother’s Day 2012, James’ books were flying off the shelves, and Holderman was convinced they’d make a good gift for his freewheeling mother. “I knew what they were about, and I was like, ‘My mom’s gonna like these books,'” he said. “So I sent them to her for Mother’s Day, and we were working together at the time, and Erin saw me doing this—” Si...
“In creative endeavors, everyone has their opinions and their way of doing things. For us, we really had a shared sense of story, a shared sense of tone, the type of movies that we liked, the types of movies that we wanted to make,” Holderman said. “When this came up, it was kind of a no-brainer. This was a) something that we both got inspired by a...
They weren’t the only ones. “I remember being really inspired by ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,'” Simms said. “I loved that movie and it was completely out of left field. Somany people loved it. The writing was so smart, and it didn’t matter what age they were, it was a good movie.” John Madden’s 2012 Fox Searchlight feature was a big hit, pullin...
Holderman and Simms’ personal connection to the story — something sprung from the women they loved, something so fun to craft — obscured another unique element of the story: it’s just not the kind of movie that Hollywood makes so much these days. And not just a rom-com starring and aimed at older women, but just a rom-com in general. “Now we look b...
May 8, 2023 · Interview. Jane Fonda. Mary Steenburgen. When Bill Holderman and Erin Simms wrote the script for 2018’s Book Club they envisioned both Diane Keaton and Jane Fonda in their respective roles; now you know why Keaton’s character’s name is Diane!
Book Club is a 2018 American romantic comedy film directed by Bill Holderman (in his directorial debut), who co-wrote the screenplay with Erin Simms.
