The news that Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson are working together again, 22 years after the final episode of Dawson's Creek, has sent fans on a nostalgia trip.
The pair are teaming up for Katie's new film Happy Hours, which she is writing, directing and starring. Joshua has joined the cast alongside Mary-Louise Parker, Constance Wu, Joe Tippett, John McGinty, Donald Webber Jr, Nathan Darrow, Johanna Dias-Watson and Jack Martin.
The film follows two people, played by Katie and Joshua, and their relationship as they navigate the challenges of their careers, family responsibilities and the pursuit of love. It's billed as a character-driven dramedy exploring the emotional journey of young loves who reconnect again as adults.
Of course, those who have followed Katie and Joshua's careers and know that they dated during Dawson's Creek's run in the late '90s, will think the plot sounds rather familiar.
'I am so very grateful to be working again with so many wonderful friends on this film Happy Hours,' Katie announced. 'And working with Josh after so many years is a testament to friendship. Happy Hours is a love story that includes so many people I adore. We can't wait for everyone to see what we make.'

When did Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson date?
Despite their on-screen characters Pacey and Joey having an on-off relationship throughout the show (and ultimately ending up together at the end), Katie and Joshua also dated in real life.
The two actors dated for a year during the early days of Dawson's Creek between 1998 and 1999 and continued working together until 2003. Katie has described Joshua as her first love.

Are Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson in relationships?
Katie is not currently dating anyone. Her relationship with musician Bobby Wooten III ended in December 2022 after eight months of dating. Prior to this, she was seeing chef Emilio Vitolo Jr in 2020. Of course, Katie's most notable relationship was with Tom Cruise, with whom she shares her daughter Suri. They married in 2006 and divorced in 2012. After this relationship, Katie was with actor Jamie Foxx for six years.
Meanwhile, Joshua was married to British actress Jodie Turner-Smith between 2019 and 2023 and they welcomed a daughter in 2020. In December 2023, it was announced that Joshua was dating Lupita Nyong'o but the relationship ended the following October.
Prior to this, Joshua was in a 10 year relationship with German actress Diane Kruger between 2006 and 2016. It is thought that he is currently single.
How have fans reacted to Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson's reunion?
All of this information is enough for Dawson's Creek fans to think it's time to buy a hat. 'Kids nowadays will never know the history makers Joshua Jackson and Katie Holmes were. Their chemistry was so organic, real, palpable that the writers changed the storyline and wrote them as endgame despite that never being the plan,' reads on post on X.
Another fan wrote, 'Katie Holmes literally said I am writing, directing and starring in my own movie trilogy this is so important. Who is the one person on this EARTH I will have the most chemistry possible with? And immediately called Joshua Jackson. Sick I am sick.'
'Joshua Jackson and Katie Holmes filming together 20 years later I've prayed for times like these,' joked a third X user. 'When this becomes my entire personality don't even judge me.'
A fourth picked up on the parallels between the plot and real life. 'Katie Holmes wrote a romcom about young lovers falling in love again as adults and the first person she thought to cast as the male lead was Joshua Jackson and unfortunately I will have to deal with this devastating information for the rest of my life.'
Nikki Peach is a writer at Grazia UK, working across entertainment, TV and news. She has also written for the i, i-D and the New Statesman Media Group and covers all things pop culture for Grazia (treating high and lowbrow with equal respect).