Taglines: They missed their connection.
What Happened Later movie storyline. Two ex lovers, Bill (David Duchovny) and Willa (Meg 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.
What Happens Later is a 2023 American romantic comedy film directed by Meg Ryan, written by Ryan, Steven Dietz and Kirk Lynn, and starring Ryan and David Duchovny. The film follows two exes who, after bumping into each other when their flights get delayed due to a snowstorm, spend the night at the airport reliving their past.
What Happens Later was released by Bleecker Street on November 3, 2023. The film was originally scheduled to be released in theaters on October 13, 2023, but was moved to November 3 to avoid competition with the Taylor Swift concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour. In North America, the film made $601,372 from 1,492 theaters in its first day, and went on to make $1,522,750 from its opening weekend, finishing in ninth.
What Happened Later (2023)
Directed by: Meg Ryan
Starring: Meg Ryan, David Duchovny, Hal Liggett, Rob Gilchrist, Eric Gletzlaf, Faron Ledbetter, Will Reed, Jarred Rogers, Patricia Rouse
Screenplay by: Steven Dietz, Kirk Lynn, Meg Ryan
Production Design by: Jordan Crockett
Cinematography by: Bartosz Nalazek
Film Editing by: Jason Gourson
Costume Design by: Kiley Ogle
Art Direction by: Felicia Maunu
Music by: David Boman
MPAA Rating: R for language, some sexual references and brief drug use.
Distributed by: Bleecker Street
Release Date: November 3, 2023
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