After Fans Express Alarm Over Her Changing Appearance, Meg Ryan Enjoys Night Out Amid Rom-Com Delay

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 movie will now debut on November 3, the last weekend that Swift’s movie is in theaters.

What Happens Later was directed and co-written by Ryan herself, adapted from Steven Dietz’s 2008 play Shooting Star. Ryan stars alongside ​​David Duchovny. Duchovny has starred in TV series such as Californication and The X-Files.

The movie, a story of two ex-lovers stranded at an airport overnight, marks the first rom-com Ryan’s worked on since her 2009 role in Serious Moonlight, alongside actors Kristen Bell and Timothy Hutton. Ryan has a long history in rom-coms – her roles in movies such as Sleepless In Seattle and When Harry Met Sally have earned her a title of “Queen of Rom-coms.”

Ryan has not worked with Duchovny in the past but had met him multiple times and was familiar with his work as an actor. She praised his performance as “funny, and he’s smart, and he’s dear and irresistible.”