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Meg Ryanis revisiting the art of the rom-com.
On Tuesday, theWhen Harry Met Sallyactress, 60, announced that she is directing and starring in a new romantic comedy titledWhat Happens Later, sharing the screen withCalifornicationandX-Filesalum David Duchovny. Ryanshared a posterfor the film on Instagram and wrote in the caption, “HERE WE GO!!”
Ryan previously directed and starred in the 2015 coming-of-age period pieceIthaca. In March, Deadlinereportedthat Ryan will direct the upcoming movie adaptation of the novelA Lady’s Guide To Selling Outfor Netflix.
“It is exciting to have Meg Ryan bring the weight of her experience in the genre to the director’s chair and to matchmake her with such a wonderful sparring partner in David Duchovny,” Gabrielle Stewart from distributor HanWay Films said in a statement to the outlet. “This is exactly what audiences everywhere are looking for and HanWay is thrilled to be partnering once again with our friends at Bleecker Street.”
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Speaking about her classic Nora Ephron rom-coms, RyantoldThe New York Times Magazineback in 2019 that she was writing something in the genre that she hoped to direct.
“I’m aware now that romantic comedies are confections, but they have construction. There’s architecture. It’s not something I was aware of back then,” she said at the time, adding, “But I don’t think that because things are tragic they’re deeper. Think about Nora Ephron. Her observation about romantic comedies is that they were commenting on their time in an intelligent way, but with the intention to delight.”
source: people.com
