The rom-com genre is making a comeback - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity Queen of rom-coms Meg Ryan is bringing our favourite film genre back By Sophie Hines - May 5, 2022 From Sleepless in Seattle to 10 Things I Hate About You, romantic comedies spent decades as the staple entertainment of every teen girl’s life. In fact, even now we’re proper grown-ups, we’re still very happy to curl up in front of a surprise Channel 4 rom-com. It’s a bit like our enjoying our favourite comfort food or a wrapping our hands around warm cup of tea – there’s a cosy, predictable and soothing aspect to those old romantic comedies, where we know that in the end, all will be well. Rex Recently however, it seems the genre has rather fallen out of favour – or become so naff that even we can’t suspend our disbelief and absorb ourselves in the action. This is why we – and many others – were extremely pleased to hear that the queen of rom-coms herself, Meg Ryan, is bringing the genre back, by starring and directing in a new romantic comedy. Getty The star of films including When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail is returning alongside David Duchovny (of X-Files fame), in a film called What Happens Later. She announced the news in an Instagram post sharing the film’s poster, with the caption ‘HERE WE GO’. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Meg Ryan (@megryan) It’s Meg’s first film since 2015’s Ithica, and according to Variety will put an ‘evolved and nostalgic’ spin on the rom-com genre. What Happens Later is based on Steven Dietz’s play Shooting Star, which follows two ex-lovers who reuinte after being snowed in at an airport overnight. READ MORE: The best upcoming book-to-screen adaptations Speaking about romantic comedies in 2019, Ryan told New York Times Magazine: ‘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’s not the only big star to be giving the rom-com world another whirl. Julia Roberts is also returning to the genre this year, starring in Ticket to Paradise alongside George Clooney. Pass us the popcorn… RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved