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May 15, 2018 · Holderman’s research was in service of “Book Club,” the Diane Keaton and Jane Fonda-starring romantic comedy that marks his directorial debut. It’s the story of four longtime friends who decide to tackle the E.L. James novel for their monthly, you guessed it, book club.
May 18, 2018 · Book Club: Directed by Bill Holderman. With Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen. Four lifelong friends have their lives forever changed after reading 50 Shades of Grey in their monthly book club.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Bill Holderman
- 2018-05-18
May 10, 2023 · Director Bill Holderman and writer Erin Simms discuss making a sequel to their surprise hit.
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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...
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.
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 ...
May 17, 2018 · Cultured Vultures had the opportunity to sit down with director/co-writer Bill Holderman and co-writer Erin Simms to discuss their new film, Book Club, during a roundtable interview.
