Sam Heughan Moves On From Outlander to Love Again: a Remake of an Adaptation

Ever since Outlander premiered in 2014, its lead actor Sam Heughan became a force to be reckoned with, as the handsome Brit basically enchanted audiences with his insane charisma and supreme physique.

Unfortunately, because he has been so busy filming the historical drama for almost a decade now, the rest of the world, apart from the fans of the show, haven't been able to really appreciate Heughan as an actor, remembering him only as 'that Outlander guy.' However, that could all change with the release of the actor's new movie Love Again.

The romantic comedy stars Heughan as journalist Rob, who suddenly starts receiving truly romantic messages from an unknown number. As it turns out, the woman who wrote them, played by Priyanka Chopra Jonas, was sending them to her late fiancé's number, which had been reassigned to Rob. Needless to say, the two fall in love.

The premise of the movie is quite clever for a romantic comedy, and it is actually based on the hugely successful German movie SMS für Dich, which is itself an adaptation of a hit book by Sofie Cramer. However, even with such a pedigree and two very popular actors in the lead roles, fans are not quite sure about how the movie will turn out, noting that it now looks like a forgettable Hallmark movie, not a major Hollywood production.

'Looks like the kind of movie that you'd have forgotten even before the end credits roll. Run of the mill rom-com,' one fan said.

However, the movie might just turn out to be a hidden gem because, as the early May release date proves, Sony Pictures is confident that Love Again will find its audience and make a decent amount of money at the box office. In any case, even if Heughan's name is not yet big enough to draw crowds to theaters (just wait until he is announced as the next James Bond), Chopra Jonas certainly has the power to turn a movie into box office gold!

Love Again is set to premiere on May 12, 2023.

Source: Reddit.