In an Instagram post<\/a> celebrating the reunion<\/a> with her former Dawson’s Creek<\/a> costar in their new movie Happy Hours<\/a>, the actress-filmmaker, 47, hit the like button on several lovey-dovey comments.<\/p>\n The April 16 post shows a professional shot of Holmes with her arms around Jackson, 47, with the caption, \u201cWe are so thrilled to be a part of the Tribeca Film Festival this June with our film Happy Hours. So many beautiful people worked on this project. And working with Josh again was a dream.\u201d<\/p>\n Holmes evidently \u201cliked\u201d the messages from many enthusiastic commenters. \u201cThey should be a couple,\u201d wrote one such message. Another wished the post \u201cwas a hard launch\u201d for a romantic relationship between the two old friends.<\/p>\n Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson on the set of ‘Happy Hours’ in July 2025 Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n A rep for Holmes did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.<\/p>\n Holmes and Jackson did indeed date for a year<\/a> early in the filming of Dawson’s Creek between 1998 and 1999. The costars continued working together until the WB teen drama ended in 2003. The pair recently walked the red carpet together<\/a> at the New York Gala screening of Brunello: The Gracious Visionary in New York City on April 14.<\/p>\n Happy Hours<\/a>, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 6, is a New York City-set drama about two former lovers reuniting “years after their relationship ended without closure,” per a synopsis. Holmes wrote, directed and starred in the feature, which costars Mary-Louise Parker<\/a>, Joe Tippett and Constance Wu<\/a>.<\/p>\n Joshua Jackson and Katie Holmes at the ‘Brunello: The Gracious Visionary’ New York Gala screening on April 14 \u201cKatie wrote this beautiful story for the two of us,\u201d Jackson said on the Today<\/a> show in March, raving<\/a> about the project. \u201cThere are these people in your life \u2014 she’s a lifelong friend now \u2014 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Jackson married Jodie Turner-Smith<\/a> in 2019 and had daughter Juno<\/a> before splitting in 2023<\/a>. Holmes was married to Tom Cruise<\/a> from 2006 to 2012; the exes share daughter Suri<\/a>.<\/p>\n Happy Hours does not yet have a theatrical release date.<\/p>\n Read the original article on People<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Katie](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9a7c0639caa4d06a0b3b9ac1b12ae251.jpeg\"\/)
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