Happily Ever After: Love Unwritten in the Summer Sun

Production Details

Title: Happily Ever After

Format: Feature Film

Production Begins: June 1

Filming Dates: June 1 – July 24, 2026

Filming Location: Toronto

Producer: Neil Moritz – Karina Rahardja

Writer/Director: Yulin Kuang

LP: Whitney Brown

PM: Kim Bradley

PC: Krista Colosimo

DP: Steve Yedlin

Cast: Phoebe Dynevor – Patrick Schwarzenegger

CD: John Buchan – Jason Knight

Synopsis: A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast. They’re polar opposites. In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they’re living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer’s block. Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She’ll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he’ll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no one will fall in love. Really.

Production Companies

Tcs US Productions 105, INC
Tcst Productions
Original Film
20th Century Studios

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About Happily Ever After

In this feature film, two writers with opposing views on love are forced into a summer collaboration. January Andrews, known for her popular romance novels, and Augustus Everett, a literary fiction author, find themselves living side by side in beach houses while grappling with writer’s block. Their different approaches to storytelling highlight their contrasting beliefs about relationships and narratives. As the summer unfolds, they challenge each other to break free from their creative barriers. January’s lighthearted adventures clash with Augustus’s more serious undertakings, yet their interactions spark unexpected developments. This film explores themes of creativity, personal growth, and the unpredictability of love, ultimately questioning what a happy ending really means.