{"id":1463170,"date":"2022-05-04T07:59:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T11:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1463170"},"modified":"2022-05-04T07:59:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T11:59:46","slug":"can-meg-ryan-revive-the-rom-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/can-meg-ryan-revive-the-rom-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Meg Ryan Revive the Rom-Com?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcan-meg-ryan-revive-the-rom-com%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1463170&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Actresses routinely age out of gigs in Hollywood.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anyone surprised Kelly McGillis, 64, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/kelly-mcgillis-says-she-wasnt-asked-to-be-part-of-top-gun-sequel-exclusive-129341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">isn\u2019t part of the upcoming \u201cTop Gun: Maverick,\u201d<\/a> while a 78-year-old Harrison Ford returns as Indiana Jones in 2023? Or that the female brides of the \u201cBill &#038; Ted\u201d franchise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/geena-davis-woke-hollywood-older-actresses\/\">got swapped out for younger stars<\/a> when \u201cBill &#038; Ted Face the Music\u201d dropped in 2020?<\/p>\n<p>Ageism is inextricably linked to the Hollywood experience, even if it doesn\u2019t get as much attention as, say, inclusion riders.<\/p>\n<p>Father Time clearly had an impact on Meg Ryan\u2019s career. The Oscar nominee worked aggressively in the \u201980s and \u201990s, but many know her best for her rom-com triumphs like \u201cWhen Harry Met Sally,\u201d \u201cYou\u2019ve Got Mail,\u201d \u201cSleepless in Seattle\u201d and \u201cJoe vs. the Volcano.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, Ryan is returning to her roots, but on her terms.<\/p>\n<p>The actress will direct and star in \u201cWhat Happens Later,\u201d based on the play \u201cShooting Star\u201d by Steven Dietz. She\u2019ll be joined by David Duchovny of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sho.com\/californication\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Californication<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/x-files-calls-out-islamic-terrorism\/\">The X-Files\u201d<\/a> fame. The film, an \u201cevolved and nostalgic take on the romantic comedy,\u201d according to Bleecker Street, awaits a release date.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the official description:<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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, in-transit, at an airport overnight. Willa is still the wilful, independent spirit 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, along with what could have been and what might well be again. But when the versions of their shared history don\u2019t quite add up, where do they go from there?<\/p>\n<p>Ryan is 60. Duchovny is 61, so the pairing is close from that perspective.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, the film represents an anomaly in Hollywood \u2013 middle-aged romances. Most modern romances feature much younger protagonists. Streamers like Netflix deliver youthful rom-coms, while major studios skew a tad older \u2014 think \u201cCrazy Rich Asians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Middle-aged romances do exist, but you have to squint to see them. Think \u201cLast Chance Harvey\u201d (2008), \u201cAt Middleton\u201d (2013) and \u201cEnough Said\u201d (2013).<\/p>\n<p>That isn\u2019t the only factor to consider with \u201cWhat Happens Next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rom-coms, once a reliable money generator for Hollywood, no longer dominate the box office. A look at the last three years finds zero rom-coms in the top 10.<\/p>\n<p>This year, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/lost-city-review-bullock-tatum\/\">The Lost City<\/a>\u201d is in the running, but the summer film season will likely push it out of the Top 10.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Happens Next\u201d likely won\u2019t chart like a superhero film or big-money sequel. Still, the actress who reigned supreme over the genre could show today\u2019s stars just how it\u2019s done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actresses routinely age out of gigs in Hollywood. Anyone surprised Kelly McGillis, 64, isn\u2019t part of the upcoming \u201cTop Gun: Maverick,\u201d while a 78-year-old Harrison Ford returns as Indiana Jones<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":489,"featured_media":1894240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1463170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1463170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1894240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1463170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1463170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1463170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}