Meg Ryan Directs Rom-Com Return With David Duchovny as Her Old Flame

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Rom-com star Meg Ryan returns to her genre with David Duchovny for Bleecker Street’s upcoming love story What Happens Later.

Based on Steven Dietz’s play “Shooting Star,” the film follows two old flames who, after bumping into each other when their flights get snowed in, spend the night in an airport reliving the past.

In addition to her lead role, Ryan served as director and co-writer.

Ryan stars in the film as Willa with Duchovny leading alongside her as Bill. The ex-lovers engage in an awkward meet-cute (for a second time in their lives) before discovering that their two flights have been moved due to a snowstorm.

Ryan is no stranger to the rom-com, having led a trio of Nora Ephron’s silver screen love stories with “When Harry Met Sally,” “You’ve Got Mail” and “Sleepless in Seattle.” Now, “What Happens Later” marks her sophomore directorial endeavor but her first time directing and writing a rom-com.

“It has a relationship to movies from the ’40s, like ‘Bringing Up Baby,’ in terms of the banter and the rhythm of things and a lot of that era of filmmaking,” Ryan said of the film.

“Nora Ephron used to say about rom-coms that they were really a secretly incredible delivery system to comment on the times, and we do that in this movie.”

Along with Dietz and Ryan, the film was also written by Kirk Lynn. “What Happens Later” will get its theatrical debut on October 13.

Watch the trailer below.

What Happens Later: Meg Ryan Directs Rom-Com Return With David Duchovny as Her Old Flame–Trailer

Meg Ryan Directs Rom-Com Return With David Duchovny as Her Old Flame

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