Social media is swooning over the dreamy You, Me & Tuscany, which serves the right mix of sweetness and spice with the entire tacky whimsy of a very good rom-com.
The buzzy movie opened to a strong $8 million on the field workplace, marking a promising begin for the movie which may mirror 2023 hit rom-com Anybody However You which ones debuted with solely $6 million earlier than exploding to $220M worldwide.
With robust phrase of mouth, the movie (which price $18M to make) continues to dominate social media discussions, particularly after author/director Nina Lee revealed that she’s rooting for the movie’s field workplace success in hopes that it’ll push studios to greenlight different Black rom-coms, together with her personal venture.
“1. Met with a studio about my already shot romcom and so they gained’t purchase it till they see how You, Me & Tuscany does,” she revealed in a viral tweet on March 25. “2. Met with an exec a couple of romance script I’ve, they gained’t purchase it till they see how You, Me & Tuscany does.”
In a interview with Advanced that made its rounds round social media, Bailey was requested about Black movies being held to unfair requirements in Hollywood and voiced her assist for Lee and different Black creators coping with outdated requirements.
“I really feel prefer it nearly isn’t honest for us to should [hear], you realize, ‘Oh, effectively, we’re gonna watch how this one does. After which we’ll inexperienced gentle you.’ Like, it shouldn’t be like that in any respect,” she stated.
“…I feel that nothing can cease us, nothing can cease that woman, Nina. Like, her film is gonna do nice, and it’s gonna get greenlit as a result of individuals need to see our tales on display.”
In You, Me & Tuscany, Bailey stars as Anna—a 20-something home sitter making an attempt to determine life out after a string of unhealthy selections which result in an opportunity encounter with a good-looking Italian man named Matteo who occurs to have a villa sitting empty in Tuscany.
In true Rom-Com vogue, he evokes her to jet off for Italy the place she crashes at his villa, will get found by his mom, Gabriella (Italian movie icon Isabella Ferrari) unexpectedly, and permits her to imagine that she is Matteo’s fiancée. Uh oh!
Naturally, that one little lie grows into a giant challenge when Matteo’s adopted brother, Michael (Regé-Jean Web page), reveals up and connects with Anna who, as you in all probability can guess, discovers that the warmth between them could ignite a romantic fireplace in Tuscany.
Take a look at the trailer under:
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