Intrigued? Here’s what you need to know.

What is the plot of What Happens Later?

As you’ve likely gathered from the trailer, the film follows two exes with some serious unfinished business.

And so, when Willa and Bill unexpectedly run into one another after their flights get delayed due to a snow storm, they spend the night at the airport reliving their past and dwelling on (wait for it) missed connections.

“It’s a love story with romcom elements,” Ryan says in an interview about the film with The LA Times. “And love stories are really only as good as their obstacles. In this case, the obstacles are who they are.”

Don’t go in, then, expecting your typical happy ending. You’ve been warned.

Who stars in What Happens Later?

It’s a teeny weeny cast for this one: Ryan stars as Willa, Duchovny is Bill and Hal Liggett is (ahem) the airport voice.

What are people saying about What Happens Later?

Ryan says she came up with the idea for this movie during lockdown, when she felt the “ache for connection”.

What Happens Later sees Meg Ryan write, direct and star in her very own romcom