Joshua Jackson and Katie Holmes reunite for the film Happy Hours, which Holmes is directing and starring in
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The project explores three phases of a love story, with the first part focusing on falling in love
Jackson reflected on their lasting chemistry nearly 30 years after Dawson's Creek premiered during an appearance on the Today show on March 10
Joey and Pacey have still got it!
Dawson's CreekcostarsJoshua JacksonandKatie Holmesare reigniting their on-screen love story with anew project titledHappy Hours. Holmes is directing and starring in the film, which Jackson, 47, shared in a new interview will hopefully be the first of three films documenting a couple's evolving relationship.
"That time in my life would be for most people like their college years, right?" Jackson said on theTodayshow on Tuesday, March 10, referencing hisDawson's Creekdays. "And there are these people in your life — she's a lifelong friend now — and for us to be able to go back and do this again, and, honestly, for her to be able to create that space for us was kind of magical."
The film follows past loves who cross paths and rekindle their connection years later.
"Katie wrote this beautiful story for the two of us that is the three phases of a love story," Jackson shared of the project. "So we shot the fun part, which is the falling in love, and she's cutting it together now. And that will come out and hopefully it will give us the opportunity to go back and make the other two."
Jackson and Holmes, 47, made headlines in July 2025 when they were photographed on the streets of New York City filmingHappy Hoursand looking just as smitten as they had as teens. The actor said that working with Holmes was just as special as it appeared.
"More than anything, for me, selfishly, it was an opportunity to get to work with Kate again," Jackson said on the3rd Hour of Today. "We spent so much intense time at a particular moment in our lives and then we have maintained our friendship for all of these years, but we've never had a chance to be on camera together, and it was magic. It was so nice to go back into that place. And, you know, you never know until you're actually doing the thing, but to still have chemistry with somebody after all of those years is nice."
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However, despite their chemistry, Jackson said that Holmes had no problem taking charge on set.
"Oh, she was bossing me around back there," he quipped. "I was fully prepared for her to be my boss."
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After six seasons of will-they-won't-they, Holmes' Joey Potter and Jackson's Pacey Witter ended up together at the end ofDawson's Creek. The show premiered in 1998 and ran until 2003.
Their costarJames Van Der Beek diedlast month at the age of 48 after being diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer.
Jackson alsospoke out about the loss of Van Der Beekduring hisTodayshow appearance.
"He became what we used to just call a 'good man,' a man of the kind of belief, the kind of faith that allowed him to face the impossible with grace, an unbelievable partner and husband, right?" Jackson said of Van Der Beek, who played Dawson Leery. "Just a real man who showed up for his family and a beautiful, kind, curious, interested, dedicated father. And so while on the one hand that's beautiful and I think he did lead a very good life and he was a good man, it is also, the tragedy of that loss for his family is enormous."
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