Rom-com lovers, assemble. A shiny new British romance is heading our way this spring, and if you like your love stories packed with yearning, awkward misunderstandings, Mancusian accents, big feelings, and campus-based chaos, Finding Emily might just be your next comfort-watch obsession.

With Working Title behind it – the studio synonymous with cozy chaos and swoony slow burns – the comparisons to a younger, more Gen Z-era Bridget Jones practically write themselves. And a new trailer just released overnight, there's plenty to be excited about.

Watch the trailer

What’s it about?

The setup is delightfully old-school with a modern twist: a hopelessly romantic musician gets the wrong phone number for the girl he thinks might be “the one.” Instead of giving up and doom-scrolling about it, he teams up with an ambitious psychology student to track her down.

What follows is a madcap hunt across campus that spirals into rumour mills, romantic near-misses, and the kind of escalating antics that feel ripped straight from peak-era Hugh Grant movies – just with smartphones, student cafés, and the emotional chaos of twenty-somethings figuring out who they actually want to be.

Expect laughs, tender moments, and that unmistakable British humour that makes embarrassment oddly charming. We're thinking: Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging type of energy from the trailer alone.

Who’s in the cast?

Leading the charge are Spike Fearn (of Ella McKay and Alien: Romulus) and Aussie actress Angourie Rice (of Mean Girls fame), two actors who slot neatly into the classic rom-com archetypes: earnest dreamer meets sharp, hyper-competent realist. They're flanked by an ensemble of: Ella Maisy Purvis, Minnie Driver,

The film also boasts heavyweight producing talent – Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Love Actually and Notting Hill fame – plus Olivier Kaempfer, who’s been backing buzzy, off-beat crowd-pleasers in recent years.

When will it be released?

Finding Emily lands in cinemas on 22 May 2026.