Meg Ryan staging rom-com comeback after more than a decade away

Meg Ryan is making her rom-com comeback.

The “When Harry Met Sally” actress will direct and star in an upcoming romantic comedy “What Occurs Later.”

Ryan, 60, shared a poster for the movie onInstagram with the caption: “HERE WE GO!!”

The actress will headline alongside “The X-Recordsdata” star David Duchovny, 61, within the “advanced and nostalgic” spin on a romantic comedy, in response to Selection.

The film is predicated on Steven Dietz’s play “Taking pictures Star” and follows ex-lovers Willa (Ryan) and Invoice (Duchovny), who're reunited by drive once they’re snowed in at an airport in a single day. Willa is impartial, whereas Invoice is just lately separated and assessing his life and relationships along with his estranged spouse and daughter, in response to the Hollywood Reporter.

The official logline reads: “What if late one snowy evening you got here nose to nose with somebody out of your way back? Somebody who as soon as held your secrets and techniques, as a result of as soon as, way back, that individual held your coronary heart,” Selection reported. The movie’s tagline is the travel-ready phrase: “They missed their connection.”

The movie will probably be Ryan’s second directorial credit score after starring in and directing the 2015 film “Ithaca.”

The “Sleepless in Seattle” icon is greatest identified for collaborations with the late author and filmmaker Nora Ephron. 

It’s been almost 25 years since “You’ve Acquired Mail” captured everybody’s hearts, and over a decade since Ryan appeared in a rom-com. In 2009, Ryan starred in Cheryl Hines’ “Critical Moonlight” alongside Kristen Bell and Timothy Hutton.

Ryan advised the New York Instances Journal in 2019 that she was writing a romantic comedy that she hoped to direct.

“I’m conscious now that romantic comedies are confections, however they've building. There’s structure. It’s not one thing I used to be conscious of again then,” she stated on the time.

“What Occurs Later” will start filming in Bentonville, Arkansas, someday this 12 months with a launch date anticipated for 2023. Bleecker Road acquired the rights, with HanWay Movies kicking off gross sales at Cannes Movie Competition. 

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