EXCLUSIVE: Adeline Rudolph (Mortal Kombat II) is set to star alongside Emily Bader and Logan Lerman in Netflix‘s reboot of rom-com 13 Going on 30, multiple sources tell Deadline.
Reps for Netflix declined comment. Rudolph’s role, and the sequel’s logline, are being kept under wraps. Jennifer Garner, who starred in the original film, has returned as executive producer, with production to kick off in Los Angeles in late June, per our sources.
Released in 2004 by Columbia Pictures, 13 Going on 30 centers on a 13-year-old girl who magically wakes up as her 30-year-old self and must navigate adulthood while rediscovering who she really is.
Garner played the grown-up version of the character, starring opposite Mark Ruffalo in the beloved film from Gary Winick. After grossing around $96 million in theaters worldwide and achieving major success on home video, the film has endured for decades as a cultural touchstone, making a reboot inevitable. Amid development on this film, Garner recently exec produced a stage musical adaptation, directed by Andy Fickman, which world premiered at the Manchester Opera House last fall.
Brett Haley, helmer of Netflix’s hit rom-com People We Meet on Vacation, is set to direct from a script by Hannah Marks (Mark, Mary, & Some Other People) with revisions by Flora Greeson (The Princess Diaries 3). Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum are producing for RK Films, with Garner exec producing alongside Donna Roth and Susan Arnold, Scott Hemming for Revolution Studios, Alyssa Altman for RK Films, and Marks.
Rudolph is a British actress who was most recently seen playing the role of Kitana in Warner Bros.’ Mortal Kombat II. Prior credits include 2024’s Hellboy: The Crooked Man, plus the series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Riverdale and Resident Evil.
Upcoming, Rudolph will be seen in Amazon’s Reacher spin-off Neagley from Nick Santora and Nicholas Wootton. Additionally, she stars opposite Arden Cho in the K-pop thriller Perfect Girl from Hong Won-Ki & Badlands. She is repped by Luber Roklin, IAG, and Rick Genow.
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