"Baby Boom" is about to get another remake

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"The Big Sick" filmmaker Michael Showalter will helm a "modern reimagining" of "Baby Boom" for Amazon MGM.

Wesley Stenzel
Tue, November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM PST

• Baby Boom, the 1987 comedy starring Diane Keaton, is getting a "modern reimagining" from Amazon MGM.
  
• Michael Showalter, who previously helmed The Big Sick and The Idea of You, is directing the project.
  
• The news comes six weeks after Keaton died from pneumonia at 79.

A classic Diane Keaton comedy is getting a remake.

Filmmaker Michael Showalter is helming a new iteration of Baby Boom, the 1987 movie that starred the Annie Hall actress as a workaholic businesswoman who is forced to raise her cousin's baby, Entertainment Weekly has confirmed. The Amazon MGM project will be produced by Showalter, Jordana Mollick, and Stacey Sher.

Described as a "modern reimagining" of the original, the film has yet to announce any cast members or screenwriters.

The news comes six weeks after Keaton's unexpected death at 79. The Godfather star's family subsequently announced that she died from pneumonia.

The original Baby Boom was penned by Nancy Meyers and directed by her then-husband, Charles Shyer. The couple reteamed with Keaton on 1991's Father of the Bride and its 1995 sequel, Father of the Bride Part II, and Meyers later directed the Oscar winner in her 2003 film Something's Gotta Give.

Meyers shared a long tribute to Keaton on Instagram shortly after her death. "As a woman, I lost a friend of almost 40 years — at times over those years, she felt like a sister because we shared so many truly memorable experiences," the director reflected. "As a filmmaker, I’ve lost a connection with an actress that one can only dream of. We all search for that someone who really gets us, right? Well, with Diane, I believe we mutually had that."

The filmmaker continued, "She was fearless, she was like nobody ever, she was born to be a movie star, her laugh could make your day and for me, knowing her and working with her — changed my life."

Baby Boom also starred Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis, Sam Wanamaker, and James Spader. The film grossed $26 million at the worldwide box office, on a $15 million budget, and it earned Golden Globes noms for Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical and Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical (for Keaton).

Meyers and Shyer previously adapted Baby Boom into a short-lived NBC sitcom that aired for 10 episodes in 1988, just a year after the movie hit theaters. The show starred Kate Jackson as Keaton's character, and also featured Daniel Bardol, Joy Behar, and Susie Essman. Wanamaker reprised his role from the film, as did the twin sisters Kristina and Michelle Kennedy, who played the protagonist's daughter.

Baby Boom isn't the first Keaton project to be revisited in the wake of her death. Last week, The Family Stone writer-director Thomas Bezucha announced that he's working on a sequel to the chaotic 2005 Christmas comedy film, which saw Keaton's matriarch reunite her adult children for the holidays as she faces a terminal illness.

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It was a cute story. Can't wait to see what they will do with it!!!