Pacey And Joey Fans, Rejoice: ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Co-Stars Katie Holmes And Joshua Jackson Are Reuniting For A New Movie

‘90s teens, rejoice! Okay, let me rephrase that: ‘90s teens, rejoice, but specifically if you weren’t a Dawson and Joey shipper, because this is for the Pacey and Joey fans specifically. Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson are officially reuniting for a new project, and yes, they’re going to be playing a couple.

Katie Holmes will be writing, directing, and starring in the new project, which is actually set to be a trilogy called Happy Hours. That’s right, we’re getting three films with our favorite Dawson’s Creek couple, who will be portraying the ups and downs of a relationship as a couple navigates their careers, families, and other life responsibilities.

The movie will also star Constance Wu, Joe Tippett, and Mary-Louise Parker, though little is known about their roles currently. 

For those who aren’t in the know, Katie Holmes played the smart and beautiful Josephine Potter (or Joey) in teen coming of age drama Dawson’s Creek. While she was the main love interest for the show’s titular character, Joey also had an enemies-to-friends-to-lovers story arc with Pacey (Joshua Jackson), Dawson’s best friend. Though the love triangle was played up throughout the show, Joey and Pacey ultimately seemed to become the fan favorite, which is part of why this reunion is so sweet for so many people who grew up watching their love story play out on screen.

This will hopefully give Pacey and Joey fans some better closure, especially because, while the couple ended up together at the end of Dawson’s Creek, it was a pretty last-minute pivot, meaning we didn’t get to see the couple happily reunited in the final season aside from a couple of key scenes. While the characters in Happy Hour are sure to go through their own hardships, it will still be nice to see the actors’ insane chemistry finally get some use.

While we don’t yet have a release date, filming will begin in New York this summer, so hopefully we won’t have to wait long before we finally get what we’ve been waiting for—for a long, long time.