Hey all you cool cats and kittens. Before we dive into this week’s Meet Cute stories, we’re introducing a new feature to our newsletter: the Rom-Com Radar! Organized for your viewing pleasure, we’ll collect all the upcoming romantic comedy films and series you should put on your calendar. This time we’re focusing on Netflix’s mighty arsenal of fresh spring rom-coms. Lean back and get ready to watch some trailers.
🚨 The Rom-Com Radar 🎯
April 27th: Never Have I Ever. After Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) loses her father to a sudden heart attack, she decides to “rebrand” her life and become one of the most popular kids in school... and seduce her cool crush. The 10-episode coming-of-age comedy was created by rom-com TV royalty Mindy Kaling.
April 29th: Summertime. Inspired by Federico Moccia's popular novel Tre Metri Sopra il Cielo, this Italian Netflix series is a star-crossed love story about two young adults from different worlds. Don't you wish you were on Italy's Adriatic Coast right now?
May 1st: The Half of It. When shy teen Ellie Chu (Leah Lewis) agrees to ghost-write a love letter for sweet jock Paul (Daniel Diemer), they strike up an unlikely friendship… until she falls for his crush too. This queer rom-com for teens was created by Alice Wu, the director behind the lesbian classic Saving Face.
May 13th: The Wrong Missy. Tim (David Spade) invites the wrong woman (Lauren Lapkus) to his company’s work retreat in Hawaii. Spoiler alert: Missy is a lot. We’ll watch anything starring Lapkus and her wild facial expressions.
May 22nd: The Lovebirds. Jibran (Kumail Nanjiani) and Leilani (Issa Rae)’s relationship isn’t doing so hot. When their car is commandeered by a criminal and used to commit manslaughter, they’re plunged into a murder mystery. We’ll take a ride with Issa and Kumail anywhere they want to go.
🎉 Meet Cute presents 🎉
This week’s batch of Meet Cute audio rom-coms spans history — and the globe.
When a Visigoth barbarian invades Paula's mansion during the fall of Rome, his plan to pillage and murder goes awry. You've never heard a rom-com quite like this before, we promise.
Listen to Paula and the Visigoth now.
Long lost childhood friends Christopher and Bella run into each other at the Climate Strike, but their reunion is... bumpier than expected. Can Chris convince Bella that he's woke enough to be her boyfriend?
Celebrate Earth Day with Climate Changers.
Sparks fly on the tarmac when baggage handler Josie catches lawyer Emma's wind-blown boarding pass. Will Josie decide Emma's carbon footprint is too much baggage for her to handle?
Find out if their chemistry has mileage in Frequent Flyer.
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