Hugh Grant and director Marc Lawrence have worked together three times before in the past, and it appears they’re channelling at least one of their previous projects, Music And Lyrics, for new rom-com The Rewrite. Check out what we mean by watching the first trailer for the film below.
Grant swaps being a songwriter for a screenwriter in this one. He’s Keith Michaels, a man who once ruled the world in Hollywood with awards aplenty, a hit film on his resume and a beautiful wife. But cut to 15 years later and he’s divorced, broke, depressed and hasn’t written a successful film in ages.
When his agent suggests he take a job as a screenwriting teacher at a small town university, he initially scoffs at the idea before realising he needs a paying job – any job. Grouchily taking the gig because he thinks it’ll be a chance to keep the lights on and potentially research a new script, he’s also delighted to see he can select his students, and starts loading up his class with attractive young women.
Yet even as he rubs the rest of the faculty the wrong way, he finds an unexpected bond with Holly (Marisa Tomei), a single mother working two jobs to pay for her education, and he realises he’s been looking for connection in all the wrong places.
Yes, it doesn’t look like there are too many surprises here, but Grant gets to be grouchy and he’s surrounded by a good cast that includes Allison Janney J.K. Simmons, Chris Elliott and Bella Heathcote. The Rewrite has flown somewhat under the radar so far and is set to arrive here on October 10. We can only hope there's a comedy moment as golden as Music And Lyrics' Pop! Goes My Heart{