What Happens Later is a romantic drama film directed by the star Meg Ryan, from a screenplay by Steven Dietz and Kirk Lynn. The film revolves around two exes who bump into each other at an airport because of delayed airplanes. Both of them spend the night at the airport while reminiscing about their past. What Happens Later also stars David Duchovny. So, if you loved the film here are some similar movies you could watch next.
When Harry Met Sally (Showtime & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Warner Bros.
Synopsis: Rob Reiner’s romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan as the title pair. The film opens with the two strangers, both newly graduated from the University of Chicago, share a car trip from Chicago to New York, where they are both going to make their way. During the trip, they discuss aspects of their characters and their lives,...
When Harry Met Sally (Showtime & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Warner Bros.
Synopsis: Rob Reiner’s romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan as the title pair. The film opens with the two strangers, both newly graduated from the University of Chicago, share a car trip from Chicago to New York, where they are both going to make their way. During the trip, they discuss aspects of their characters and their lives,...
- 11/5/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
A24’s Priscilla by Sofia Coppola catapults from four screens to 1,300, Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers from Focus Features expands to 60 from six and two new indies have wide debuts — What Happens Later from Bleecker Street, directed by and starring Meg Ryan, opens at 1,400 locations and Daisy Ridley-starring The Marsh King’s Daughter from Roadside Attractions at over 1,000.
What Happens Later moved here from its original Oct. 16 perch, avoiding The Eras Tour opening crush. The rom-com debut of Meg Ryan after a long hiatus co-stars David Duchovny. Based on the play Shooting Star by Steven Dietz, the pic follows a chance encounter between two ex-lovers, Willa and Bill, who are snowed in at a regional airport and indefinitely delayed. See Deadline review.
The Marsh King’s Daughter stars Daisy Ridley and Ben Mendelsohn in an adaptation of a bestselling 2017 thriller by Karen Dionne,...
What Happens Later moved here from its original Oct. 16 perch, avoiding The Eras Tour opening crush. The rom-com debut of Meg Ryan after a long hiatus co-stars David Duchovny. Based on the play Shooting Star by Steven Dietz, the pic follows a chance encounter between two ex-lovers, Willa and Bill, who are snowed in at a regional airport and indefinitely delayed. See Deadline review.
The Marsh King’s Daughter stars Daisy Ridley and Ben Mendelsohn in an adaptation of a bestselling 2017 thriller by Karen Dionne,...
- 11/3/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
At the end of Meg Ryan’s beguiling and grown-up new romantic comedy What Happens Later, a simple dedication card shows on screen that says “For Nora.” And for star, director and co-writer Ryan, that says it all. After an eight-year absence from the screen, Ryan has returned, both in front of and behind the camera, to a genre that made her a huge star thanks also in large part to the late great Nora Ephron, whose trio of collaborations with Ryan — When Harry Met Sally (directed by Rob Reiner), Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail — truly defined what a joyful experience a romantic comedy could be when in the right hands.
Ryan clearly learned at the altar of a master, and it is all on display in this lilting, wistful, magical and wise confection, a two-hander about an accidental reunion of two college lovers some 30 years older. They make a new,...
Ryan clearly learned at the altar of a master, and it is all on display in this lilting, wistful, magical and wise confection, a two-hander about an accidental reunion of two college lovers some 30 years older. They make a new,...
- 11/3/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Meg Ryan and David Duchovny swung by “The Kelly Clarkson Show” on Friday to talk all things rom-coms — including their new one together, “What Happens Later.”
Kelly Clarkson was shocked to find herself needing to remind Duchovny of a movie he starred in over 20 years ago, because it happened to be one of her favorites of the genre: “What!”
“So I have to say, you’re both in rom-coms that are so massively popular that people love and adore,” Clarkson began before getting cut off by the actor.
“But I’m not, she is,” Duchovny said, pointing to Ryan.
“You are!” Ryan responded, assuringly.
“‘Return to Me’ is like, one of my favorite… what?” Clarkson said in visible disbelief.
“Ok!” Duchovny said, conceding that he had, in fact, starred in a romantic comedy.
Duchovny starred in the charming heart transplant romance “Return to Me” opposite Minnie Driver in 2000. From director...
Kelly Clarkson was shocked to find herself needing to remind Duchovny of a movie he starred in over 20 years ago, because it happened to be one of her favorites of the genre: “What!”
“So I have to say, you’re both in rom-coms that are so massively popular that people love and adore,” Clarkson began before getting cut off by the actor.
“But I’m not, she is,” Duchovny said, pointing to Ryan.
“You are!” Ryan responded, assuringly.
“‘Return to Me’ is like, one of my favorite… what?” Clarkson said in visible disbelief.
“Ok!” Duchovny said, conceding that he had, in fact, starred in a romantic comedy.
Duchovny starred in the charming heart transplant romance “Return to Me” opposite Minnie Driver in 2000. From director...
- 11/3/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
It makes sense that Meg Ryan would want to direct a romantic comedy like “What Happens Later” — her performances in “When Harry Met Sally,” “You’ve Got Mail” and others just about define the genre. So she knows a thing or two about capturing that spark between two fledgling lovers.
Speaking with TheWrap ahead of the movie’s Friday release thanks to its SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement, the rom-com icon said that the very best of the genre should center on characters that keep an audience “yearning.”
“You just want to root for them,” she said. “I want that feeling, to root for these two people, to know better than they do, as the audience, that they’re perfect together.”
“What Happens Later” marks Ryan’s second directorial effort following 2015’s “Ithaca.” The wintry feature stars Ryan as Willa and David Duchovny as Bill, two ex-lovers who broke up 25 years ago just...
Speaking with TheWrap ahead of the movie’s Friday release thanks to its SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement, the rom-com icon said that the very best of the genre should center on characters that keep an audience “yearning.”
“You just want to root for them,” she said. “I want that feeling, to root for these two people, to know better than they do, as the audience, that they’re perfect together.”
“What Happens Later” marks Ryan’s second directorial effort following 2015’s “Ithaca.” The wintry feature stars Ryan as Willa and David Duchovny as Bill, two ex-lovers who broke up 25 years ago just...
- 11/3/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Meg Ryan has returned to rom-coms, but sadly, even one she co-wrote and directed is not worthy of her charm. Ryan co-stars alongside David Duchovny in “What Happens Later,” based on the play “Shooting Star” by Steven Dietz. Ryan co-wrote the script along with playwright Dietz and Kirk Lynn; the film marks her sophomore directorial effort following 2015’s WWII drama “Ithaca.”
In the film, Ryan and Duchovny play two halves of the same whole — literally. Both star-crossed characters are named W. Davis, which the script reminds audiences every ten minutes or so in metronome-like precision. The first W. Davis, William, who goes by Bill (Duchovny), is a former poet and songwriter-turned-stockbroker whose youthful artistic hopes are rekindled after running into his ex-girlfriend, Willa (Ryan). Their bickering turns to banter turns to, yes, an inevitable return to romance as both W. Davises are stuck in a podunk airport 25 years after last seeing each other.
In the film, Ryan and Duchovny play two halves of the same whole — literally. Both star-crossed characters are named W. Davis, which the script reminds audiences every ten minutes or so in metronome-like precision. The first W. Davis, William, who goes by Bill (Duchovny), is a former poet and songwriter-turned-stockbroker whose youthful artistic hopes are rekindled after running into his ex-girlfriend, Willa (Ryan). Their bickering turns to banter turns to, yes, an inevitable return to romance as both W. Davises are stuck in a podunk airport 25 years after last seeing each other.
- 11/2/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
After October began and ended with two monstrous box office hits, November starts a bit quieter with a few lower-key releases that may have trouble making a significant mark. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.
A24 will be releasing Sofia Coppola‘s “Priscilla,” starring Cailee Spaeney as Priscilla Presley and Jacob Elordi as Elvis Presley, nationwide on Friday after a platform release into four theaters in New York and L.A. this past weekend, where it averaged a solid $33k per location. Adapted by Coppola from Priscilla Presley‘s 1985 memoir “Elvis and Me,” the movie shows a darker side to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll in the toxic and abusive treatment of his younger wife.
Obviously, two things going for “Priscilla” is Coppola’s own popularity as a filmmaker going back to 1999’s “The Virgin Suicides” and more recent films like “The Bling Ring” in 2013, although...
A24 will be releasing Sofia Coppola‘s “Priscilla,” starring Cailee Spaeney as Priscilla Presley and Jacob Elordi as Elvis Presley, nationwide on Friday after a platform release into four theaters in New York and L.A. this past weekend, where it averaged a solid $33k per location. Adapted by Coppola from Priscilla Presley‘s 1985 memoir “Elvis and Me,” the movie shows a darker side to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll in the toxic and abusive treatment of his younger wife.
Obviously, two things going for “Priscilla” is Coppola’s own popularity as a filmmaker going back to 1999’s “The Virgin Suicides” and more recent films like “The Bling Ring” in 2013, although...
- 11/1/2023
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
Meg Ryan is “enchanting.” It’s hard to think of a better word to describe her than the one Nora Ephron used in the “You’ve Got Mail” script — a word repeated four times in the first 30 minutes of the 1998 film.
My ears perk up when Ryan uses it now, nearly 25 years later. We’re sitting across from each other in a suite at the Four Seasons hotel in Beverly Hills, meeting to speak about her new film — her first in eight years. She’s the co-writer, director, executive producer and co-star, alongside David Duchovny, of “What Happens Later,” an enchanting romantic comedy about ex-lovers who find themselves stranded by a snowstorm.
There’s no denying that Ryan, 61, is a movie star. Only, she doesn’t seem to know it: She pulls her overcoat tight around her body to cover up any ostentatiously fancy garments she may have underneath. Throughout our conversation,...
My ears perk up when Ryan uses it now, nearly 25 years later. We’re sitting across from each other in a suite at the Four Seasons hotel in Beverly Hills, meeting to speak about her new film — her first in eight years. She’s the co-writer, director, executive producer and co-star, alongside David Duchovny, of “What Happens Later,” an enchanting romantic comedy about ex-lovers who find themselves stranded by a snowstorm.
There’s no denying that Ryan, 61, is a movie star. Only, she doesn’t seem to know it: She pulls her overcoat tight around her body to cover up any ostentatiously fancy garments she may have underneath. Throughout our conversation,...
- 10/28/2023
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
Meg Ryan’s highly anticipated return to the rom-com genre in “What Happens Later” has secured an interim agreement with SAG-AFTRA, according to an updated list of projects.
David Duchovny also stars in the romantic comedy. Bleecker Street is releasing the film on Nov. 3.
Ryan, rom-com royalty from “When Harry Met Sally” to “Sleepless in Seattle,” also directed the film. Based on Steven Dietz’s play “Shooting Star,” the film follows two ex-lovers, Bill and Willa, who are snowed in at a regional airport overnight. Their reunion becomes unexpectedly prolonged when their flights to Boston and Austin are delayed.
The film’s official synopsis is as follows: “Indefinitely delayed, Willa (Ryan), a magical thinker, and Bill (Duchovny), a catastrophic one, find themselves just as attracted to and annoyed by one another as they did decades earlier. But as they unpack the riddle of their mutual past and compare their lives...
David Duchovny also stars in the romantic comedy. Bleecker Street is releasing the film on Nov. 3.
Ryan, rom-com royalty from “When Harry Met Sally” to “Sleepless in Seattle,” also directed the film. Based on Steven Dietz’s play “Shooting Star,” the film follows two ex-lovers, Bill and Willa, who are snowed in at a regional airport overnight. Their reunion becomes unexpectedly prolonged when their flights to Boston and Austin are delayed.
The film’s official synopsis is as follows: “Indefinitely delayed, Willa (Ryan), a magical thinker, and Bill (Duchovny), a catastrophic one, find themselves just as attracted to and annoyed by one another as they did decades earlier. But as they unpack the riddle of their mutual past and compare their lives...
- 10/18/2023
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Meg Ryan’s much-anticipated return to the rom-com, What Happens Later, has landed an interim agreement from SAG-AFTRA ahead of its Nov. 3 theatrical release.
Bleecker Street is releasing the film nationwide, which stars David Duchovny and Ryan as a former couple who get snowed in at a regional airport overnight. The synopsis of the film reads: “Indefinitely delayed, Willa (Ryan), a magical thinker, and Bill (Duchovny), a catastrophic one, find themselves just as attracted to and annoyed by one another as they did decades earlier. But as they unpack the riddle of their mutual past and compare their lives to the dreams they once shared, they begin to wonder if their reunion is mere coincidence, or something more enchanted.”
The film is seen as a nod to Ryan’s longtime collaborator Nora Ephron, who directed the star in Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail, among other titles.
Ryan directed What Happens Later,...
Bleecker Street is releasing the film nationwide, which stars David Duchovny and Ryan as a former couple who get snowed in at a regional airport overnight. The synopsis of the film reads: “Indefinitely delayed, Willa (Ryan), a magical thinker, and Bill (Duchovny), a catastrophic one, find themselves just as attracted to and annoyed by one another as they did decades earlier. But as they unpack the riddle of their mutual past and compare their lives to the dreams they once shared, they begin to wonder if their reunion is mere coincidence, or something more enchanted.”
The film is seen as a nod to Ryan’s longtime collaborator Nora Ephron, who directed the star in Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail, among other titles.
Ryan directed What Happens Later,...
- 10/18/2023
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Meg Ryan, 61, was spotted on a night out in New York City after news that her upcoming rom-com’s release date has been pushed back.
In a green dress and Dr. Martens Oxfords, with a stylish messenger bag, Ryan and her friend wandered around the busy Soho neighborhood. The actress looked happy despite how her rom-com’s release date was pushed back another month.
Ryan was recently in the news after fans expressed shock over photos of her at the premiere of Michael J. Fox‘s documentary where she looked utterly unrecognizable.
The film’s production company, Bleecker Street, announced that the premiere of Ryan’s highly anticipated return to rom-coms, What Happens Later, was delayed until after the release of Taylor Swift’s Era Tour concerts movie.
Ryan wanted to avoid competition with Swift’s movie at the box office. Originally scheduled to premiere in theaters on October 13, the...
In a green dress and Dr. Martens Oxfords, with a stylish messenger bag, Ryan and her friend wandered around the busy Soho neighborhood. The actress looked happy despite how her rom-com’s release date was pushed back another month.
Ryan was recently in the news after fans expressed shock over photos of her at the premiere of Michael J. Fox‘s documentary where she looked utterly unrecognizable.
The film’s production company, Bleecker Street, announced that the premiere of Ryan’s highly anticipated return to rom-coms, What Happens Later, was delayed until after the release of Taylor Swift’s Era Tour concerts movie.
Ryan wanted to avoid competition with Swift’s movie at the box office. Originally scheduled to premiere in theaters on October 13, the...
- 9/25/2023
- by Bay Zisman
- Uinterview
Meg Ryan joined Interview Magazine for a discussion with comedy legend Carol Burnett, and she admitted that her kids are often embarrassed by one of her most iconic movie scenes: the fake orgasm at Katz’s Deli in “When Harry Met Sally.” In the 1989 romantic comedy, Ryan’s Sally proves to Billy Crystal’s Harry that women can convincingly trick men into thinking they’ve orgasmed by demonstrating as much at the deli table, prompting a fellow customer to say, “I’ll have what she’s having.”
“My son just called me this morning and he’s in New York staying at a hotel that’s right across the street from Katz’s Deli,” Ryan told Burnett. “My daughter was here and everybody was on speaker, and they were like, ‘Mom, this is a very unique embarrassment.’ He said, ‘You know you can go into that deli and there’s an...
“My son just called me this morning and he’s in New York staying at a hotel that’s right across the street from Katz’s Deli,” Ryan told Burnett. “My daughter was here and everybody was on speaker, and they were like, ‘Mom, this is a very unique embarrassment.’ He said, ‘You know you can go into that deli and there’s an...
- 9/1/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
What Happens Later, which has been touted as Meg Ryan’s return to the romantic comedy genre after more than a decade, is the second film to avoid potential bad blood by skipping a face-off with Taylor Swift.
A day after the news that AMC Theatres will release the Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert film in the chain’s theaters Oct. 13, Bleecker Street announced Friday that What Happens Later, which Ryan directs and also stars in opposite David Duchovny, will vacate that weekend and instead open three weeks later on Nov. 3. This follows Universal announcing Thursday that horror sequel The Exorcist: Believer, also previously slated to open Oct. 13, will move up a week to similarly avoid the new competition.
“So we’ll take our time…Are you ready for it?” Bleecker Street tweeted. “Meg Ryan ends her 14-year rom-com hiatus and the #Megaissance begins with #WhatHappensLater, now happening…later.
A day after the news that AMC Theatres will release the Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert film in the chain’s theaters Oct. 13, Bleecker Street announced Friday that What Happens Later, which Ryan directs and also stars in opposite David Duchovny, will vacate that weekend and instead open three weeks later on Nov. 3. This follows Universal announcing Thursday that horror sequel The Exorcist: Believer, also previously slated to open Oct. 13, will move up a week to similarly avoid the new competition.
“So we’ll take our time…Are you ready for it?” Bleecker Street tweeted. “Meg Ryan ends her 14-year rom-com hiatus and the #Megaissance begins with #WhatHappensLater, now happening…later.
- 9/1/2023
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Carol Burnett thinks Meg Ryan’s fake orgasm scene in When Harry Met Sally can’t be topped.
In a conversation with each other for Interview magazine conducted before the actors strike, Burnett and Ryan opened up about their decades-long careers, discussing The Carol Burnett Show, Ryan’s upcoming rom-com What Happens Later and more.
The comedian shared that she wanted to thank the actress for “so many wonderful moments” in her movies, specifically praising the famous fake orgasm scene that takes place at Katz’s Deli in the iconic 1989 film.
“We probably did that over and over and over again,” Ryan said of filming the scene. “It’s funny, my son [fellow actor Jack Quaid] just called me this morning, and he’s in New York staying at a hotel that’s right across the street from Katz’s Deli. My daughter was here, and everybody was on speaker, and they were like,...
In a conversation with each other for Interview magazine conducted before the actors strike, Burnett and Ryan opened up about their decades-long careers, discussing The Carol Burnett Show, Ryan’s upcoming rom-com What Happens Later and more.
The comedian shared that she wanted to thank the actress for “so many wonderful moments” in her movies, specifically praising the famous fake orgasm scene that takes place at Katz’s Deli in the iconic 1989 film.
“We probably did that over and over and over again,” Ryan said of filming the scene. “It’s funny, my son [fellow actor Jack Quaid] just called me this morning, and he’s in New York staying at a hotel that’s right across the street from Katz’s Deli. My daughter was here, and everybody was on speaker, and they were like,...
- 9/1/2023
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Movie Theater (Taylor’s Version)? A day after Taylor Swift announced that she’ll be releasing her Eras Tour film on Oct. 13, What Happens Later — the rom-com directed by and starring Meg Ryan — announced it will be pushing back its release two weeks to let Swifties have their moment at the box office.
“So we’ll take our time…Are you ready for it?” tweeted production company Bleecker Street Films, referencing Swift’s Reputation song. What Happens Later was also set to drop Oct. 13. “Meg Ryan ends her 14-year...
“So we’ll take our time…Are you ready for it?” tweeted production company Bleecker Street Films, referencing Swift’s Reputation song. What Happens Later was also set to drop Oct. 13. “Meg Ryan ends her 14-year...
- 9/1/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Meg Ryan plotted her return to Hollywood after being sent the script for 'What Happens Later' during the Covid-19 pandemic.The 'Sleepless In Seattle' star is returning to the big screen for the first time in eight years with the new movie about two former lovers trapped in an airport with the actress starring opposite David Duchovny and also directing the picture - and she's revealed it all came about while she was stuck at home back in 2020.In a chat with Interview magazine - believed to have been given before the Hollywood actors strike - Meg explained: "They sent me the script— which was a first or second draft by the playwright [Steven Dietz] - based on a play called 'Shooting Star'. I had just moved to California at the beginning of the pandemic and it was this big collective pause, so that script got...
- 9/1/2023
- by Louise Mary Randell
- Bang Showbiz
The first trailer for What Happens Later makes it clear the title isn’t supposed to have a question mark at the end. Meg Ryan, a queen of romantic comedies back when rom-coms were smiled upon by audiences and studios, returns to the genre as co-writer, director, and star, teaming with David Duchovny to tell the story of a former couple who find themselves stuck together in an airport.
“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,” explained Ryan in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “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.”
David Duchovny and Meg Ryan in ‘What Happens Later’ (Photo Credit: Bleecker Street)
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“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,” explained Ryan in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “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.”
David Duchovny and Meg Ryan in ‘What Happens Later’ (Photo Credit: Bleecker Street)
The...
- 8/30/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Meg Ryan is returning to (and revamping) the rom-com genre.
The iconic star of “When Harry Met Sally” and “You’ve Got Mail” co-writes, directs, and stars in “What Happens Later,” based on Steven Dietz’s play “Shooting Star.” Dietz and playwright Kirk Lynn penned the script along with Ryan.
The official synopsis reads: Two ex-lovers, Bill (David Duchovny) and Willa (Ryan) get snowed in at a regional airport overnight. Indefinitely delayed, Willa, a magical thinker, and Bill, a catastrophic one, find themselves just as attracted to and annoyed by one another as they did decades earlier. But as they unpack the riddle of their mutual past and compare their lives to the dreams they once shared, they begin to wonder if their reunion is mere coincidence, or something more enchanted.
Ryan reflected on the inspirations for “What Happens Later” during an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “It has a relationship to movies from the ’40s,...
The iconic star of “When Harry Met Sally” and “You’ve Got Mail” co-writes, directs, and stars in “What Happens Later,” based on Steven Dietz’s play “Shooting Star.” Dietz and playwright Kirk Lynn penned the script along with Ryan.
The official synopsis reads: Two ex-lovers, Bill (David Duchovny) and Willa (Ryan) get snowed in at a regional airport overnight. Indefinitely delayed, Willa, a magical thinker, and Bill, a catastrophic one, find themselves just as attracted to and annoyed by one another as they did decades earlier. But as they unpack the riddle of their mutual past and compare their lives to the dreams they once shared, they begin to wonder if their reunion is mere coincidence, or something more enchanted.
Ryan reflected on the inspirations for “What Happens Later” during an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “It has a relationship to movies from the ’40s,...
- 8/30/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Meg Ryan; David DuchovnyScreenshot: Bleecker Street/YouTube
Romantic comedy lovers, our queen has finally returned. After a long hiatus, Meg Ryan—When Harry Met Sally’s Meg Ryan, Sleepless In Seattle’s Meg Ryan—has returned to the genre that made her a household name. And in What Happens Later,...
Romantic comedy lovers, our queen has finally returned. After a long hiatus, Meg Ryan—When Harry Met Sally’s Meg Ryan, Sleepless In Seattle’s Meg Ryan—has returned to the genre that made her a household name. And in What Happens Later,...
- 8/30/2023
- by Mary Kate Carr
- avclub.com
Meg Ryan is channelling her rom-com roots. The “When Harry Met Sally” star is endearing as ever in the trailer for “What Happens Later”, co-starring opposite David Duchovny in the new airport-set romance.
In the film, which is also co-written and directed by Ryan, the actors play former lovers who are reunited and snowed in as a storm delays their respective connecting flights. As optimist Willa (Ryan) and pessimist Bill (Duchovny) unpack their shared history, two decades after their split, their enduring personal connection appears undeniable.
“When people break up, there’s the thing that they tell each other and then there’s the truth,” Willa declares at one point. “But you never told me.”
Bill fires back, “I was in love with you! And I couldn’t turn that on and off like a switch.”
Later, Willa asks, “Have you ever wondered, ‘What if?'”
“What Happens Later” is...
In the film, which is also co-written and directed by Ryan, the actors play former lovers who are reunited and snowed in as a storm delays their respective connecting flights. As optimist Willa (Ryan) and pessimist Bill (Duchovny) unpack their shared history, two decades after their split, their enduring personal connection appears undeniable.
“When people break up, there’s the thing that they tell each other and then there’s the truth,” Willa declares at one point. “But you never told me.”
Bill fires back, “I was in love with you! And I couldn’t turn that on and off like a switch.”
Later, Willa asks, “Have you ever wondered, ‘What if?'”
“What Happens Later” is...
- 8/30/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
An empty airport, a pair of ex-lovers, and a forced proximity trope set the stage for Meg Ryan’s What Happens Later in the film’s official trailer. In addition to directing, the actress stars in the film alongside David Duchovny, which follows the unexpected reunion of their characters Willa and Bill after more than two decades.
Despite all of the life they’ve managed to live without one another, their chance encounter that leaves them both stranded overnight at a regional airport brings back to the surface all of...
Despite all of the life they’ve managed to live without one another, their chance encounter that leaves them both stranded overnight at a regional airport brings back to the surface all of...
- 8/30/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Meg Ryan and David Duchovny are two former lovers who are getting a second chance more than 20 years after a missed connection when they were younger in the first trailer for What Happens Later.
Released on Wednesday, the first look at the upcoming Bleecker Street film directed by and starring Ryan sees Bill (Duchovny) and Willa (Ryan) stranded in an airport after their flights to Austin and Boston are indefinitely delayed amid inclement weather.
Together — with the narration of an uncannily aware airport announcer — magical thinker Willa and catastrophic thinker Bill must navigate their unexpected connection that sees them not only thrust together, but, once again, equally attracted to and annoyed by each other.
“Relax, you’re already living out your worst case scenario,” Ryan’s Willa says in the trailer, before Duchovny’s Bill responds, “What? Being stuck here with you?”
While not exactly the reunion either of them imagined,...
Released on Wednesday, the first look at the upcoming Bleecker Street film directed by and starring Ryan sees Bill (Duchovny) and Willa (Ryan) stranded in an airport after their flights to Austin and Boston are indefinitely delayed amid inclement weather.
Together — with the narration of an uncannily aware airport announcer — magical thinker Willa and catastrophic thinker Bill must navigate their unexpected connection that sees them not only thrust together, but, once again, equally attracted to and annoyed by each other.
“Relax, you’re already living out your worst case scenario,” Ryan’s Willa says in the trailer, before Duchovny’s Bill responds, “What? Being stuck here with you?”
While not exactly the reunion either of them imagined,...
- 8/30/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bleecker Street released the trailer for rom-com “What Happens Later” starring Meg Ryan and David Duchovny, which will be released on Oct. 13.
Ryan, rom-com royalty from “When Harry Met Sally” to “Sleepless in Seattle,” directed the film in addition to starring alongside Duchovny. Based on Steven Dietz’s play “Shooting Star,” the film follows two ex-lovers, Bill (David Duchovny) and Willa (Meg Ryan) who get snowed in at a regional airport overnight. Their reunion becomes prolonged when both — and only — their flights to Boston and Austin get delayed.
“Relax,” Ryan’s Willa tells Duchovny’s Bill. “You’re already living out your worst-case scenario.”
“What, being stuck here with you?” Bill says to which Willa says “Yeah.”
“You make a good point,” Bill concludes.
Willa’s whimsy and Bill’s anxiety, stronger than ever, resurface in their familiar camaraderie as they weather the storm in an increasingly desolate airport. They...
Ryan, rom-com royalty from “When Harry Met Sally” to “Sleepless in Seattle,” directed the film in addition to starring alongside Duchovny. Based on Steven Dietz’s play “Shooting Star,” the film follows two ex-lovers, Bill (David Duchovny) and Willa (Meg Ryan) who get snowed in at a regional airport overnight. Their reunion becomes prolonged when both — and only — their flights to Boston and Austin get delayed.
“Relax,” Ryan’s Willa tells Duchovny’s Bill. “You’re already living out your worst-case scenario.”
“What, being stuck here with you?” Bill says to which Willa says “Yeah.”
“You make a good point,” Bill concludes.
Willa’s whimsy and Bill’s anxiety, stronger than ever, resurface in their familiar camaraderie as they weather the storm in an increasingly desolate airport. They...
- 8/30/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Actress Meg Ryan will direct and star alongside ‘Californication’ star David Duchovny in ‘What Happens Later’, an “evolved and nostalgic” take on the romantic comedy. The film is based on the play ‘Shooting Star’ by American playwright Steven Dietz, who also co-wrote the screenplay with playwright and novelist Kirk Lynn, and Ryan, reports ‘Variety’. ‘What […]...
- 5/4/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
You may be sleepless over this news: Meg Ryan is returning to the world of rom-coms. Meg, 60, will be directing and starring in the upcoming romantic comedy What Happens Later, co-starring The X-Files actor David Duchonvy, she shared on Instagram on May 3. The movie will be based on the Steven Dietz play Shooting Star, with Steven co-writing the screenplay with Meg and novelist Kirk Lynn, according to Variety. So what exactly happens…later? The film will follow two characters named Willa (Ryan) and Bill (Duchovny) who used to be in a relationship long ago, per the outlet. As luck (and the world of rom-coms) would have it, the two are reunited after being snowed-in at an airport decades after their...
- 5/4/2022
- E! Online
Meg Ryan is set to direct and star alongside David Duchovny in romantic comedy What Happens Later, a film based on Steven Dietz’s play Shooting Star.
Bleecker Street has picked up U.S. rights to the title and is planning a 2023 theatrical release while HanWay Films has boarded international sales and is launching the title at Cannes this month.
Story follows ex-lovers Willa (Ryan) and Bill (Duchovny) who are reunited for the first time since their split decades prior when they both find themselves snowed in, in-transit, at an airport overnight. Willa is still the wilful, independent spirt she once was, free of any ties. Bill, recently separated, is reassessing his life and his relationships with his estranged wife and daughter. All each wants is to get home but over the course of the night they find themselves at first reluctantly drawn together yet compelled to revisit their past,...
Bleecker Street has picked up U.S. rights to the title and is planning a 2023 theatrical release while HanWay Films has boarded international sales and is launching the title at Cannes this month.
Story follows ex-lovers Willa (Ryan) and Bill (Duchovny) who are reunited for the first time since their split decades prior when they both find themselves snowed in, in-transit, at an airport overnight. Willa is still the wilful, independent spirt she once was, free of any ties. Bill, recently separated, is reassessing his life and his relationships with his estranged wife and daughter. All each wants is to get home but over the course of the night they find themselves at first reluctantly drawn together yet compelled to revisit their past,...
- 5/3/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
HanWay Films to launch international sales in Cannes.
Romantic comedy veteran Meg Ryan is returning to the genre with What Happens Later, which she will direct, and star in opposite David Duchovny for HanWay Films.
The film is based on Steven Dietz’s play Shooting Star, about a couple reunited for the first time in decades when they are snowed in at an airport overnight.
HanWay Films has boarded international sales and will debut the title at the market in Cannes. Bleecker Street has acquired US rights, and is planning a 2023 theatrical release.
The film is produced by Jonathan Duffy...
Romantic comedy veteran Meg Ryan is returning to the genre with What Happens Later, which she will direct, and star in opposite David Duchovny for HanWay Films.
The film is based on Steven Dietz’s play Shooting Star, about a couple reunited for the first time in decades when they are snowed in at an airport overnight.
HanWay Films has boarded international sales and will debut the title at the market in Cannes. Bleecker Street has acquired US rights, and is planning a 2023 theatrical release.
The film is produced by Jonathan Duffy...
- 5/3/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Meg Ryan is returning to her romantic comedy roots and will star and direct a film called “What Happens Later” that will co-star David Duchovny.
“What Happens Later” is described as an evolved and nostalgic take on the rom-com. Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. rights to the film and is planning a 2023 theatrical release. HanWay Films has also come aboard the film to handle international sales and distribution, and will kick off sales at Cannes this month.
Production on the film will begin later this year in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Here’s the logline and full synopsis: “What if late one snowy night you came face to face with someone from your long ago? Someone who once held your secrets, because once, long ago, that person held your heart.
Ex-lovers Willa (Ryan) and Bill (Duchovny) are reunited for the first time since their split decades prior when they both find themselves snowed in,...
“What Happens Later” is described as an evolved and nostalgic take on the rom-com. Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. rights to the film and is planning a 2023 theatrical release. HanWay Films has also come aboard the film to handle international sales and distribution, and will kick off sales at Cannes this month.
Production on the film will begin later this year in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Here’s the logline and full synopsis: “What if late one snowy night you came face to face with someone from your long ago? Someone who once held your secrets, because once, long ago, that person held your heart.
Ex-lovers Willa (Ryan) and Bill (Duchovny) are reunited for the first time since their split decades prior when they both find themselves snowed in,...
- 5/3/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Meg Ryan will direct and star alongside David Duchovny in “What Happens Later,” an “evolved and nostalgic” take on the romantic comedy.
The film is based on the play “Shooting Star” by American playwright Steven Dietz, who also co-wrote the screenplay with playwright and novelist Kirk Lynn, and Ryan. Bleecker Street has snapped up the U.S. rights and is planning a 2023 theatrical release. London-based sales agent HanWay Films has come on board to handle international sales and distribution and will kick off sales at this month’s Cannes Film Festival.
Production will begin later this year in Bentonville, Arkansas.
“What Happens Later” is produced by Independent Spirit Award winners Jonathan Duffy and Kelly Williams through their Ten Acre Films, Independent Spirit Award nominee Laura D. Smith (“I’ll See You In My Dreams”), and Kristin Mann (“The Quarry”). Kerri Elder and Blake Elder of Rockhill Studios are executive producers together...
The film is based on the play “Shooting Star” by American playwright Steven Dietz, who also co-wrote the screenplay with playwright and novelist Kirk Lynn, and Ryan. Bleecker Street has snapped up the U.S. rights and is planning a 2023 theatrical release. London-based sales agent HanWay Films has come on board to handle international sales and distribution and will kick off sales at this month’s Cannes Film Festival.
Production will begin later this year in Bentonville, Arkansas.
“What Happens Later” is produced by Independent Spirit Award winners Jonathan Duffy and Kelly Williams through their Ten Acre Films, Independent Spirit Award nominee Laura D. Smith (“I’ll See You In My Dreams”), and Kristin Mann (“The Quarry”). Kerri Elder and Blake Elder of Rockhill Studios are executive producers together...
- 5/3/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Steven Dietz's landmark play Lonely Planet stars Arnie Burton The Government Inspector and Matt McGrath The Legend of Georgia McBride in a limited Off-Broadway engagement at The Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row 410 West 42nd Street, beginning tonight, October 3rd, and continuing through November 18th only, with opening night set for Thursday, October 19th.
- 10/3/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today Keen Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein announced that Steven Dietz's landmark play Lonely Planet would star Arnie Burton The Government Inspector and Matt McGrath The Legend of Georgia McBride. The design team will include Anshuman Bhatia scenic, Jennifer Paar costumes, Paul Hudson lighting and Bart Fasbender sound.
- 9/6/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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