by Alex Billington
May 12, 2026
Source: YouTube
“What if I misread this whole situation?” “You’re going to find someone who gets you.” Focus Features has debuted a new official US trailer for the awkward romantic comedy movie Finding Emily, opening first in UK cinemas in May before arriving in the US in August. When a lovesick musician is given a wrong number for a dream girl that he randomly met one night in Manchester, he decides to team up with an ambitious psychology student to try and find her on campus. Together, they spark a hilarious campus-wide frenzy that tests their own hearts and ambitions along the way. Starring Angourie Rice & Spike Fearn as the two goofy leads, with Minnie Driver, Ella Maisy Purvis, Yali Topol Margalith, Kat Ronney, Timothy Innes, and Nadia Parkes. This campus romantic comedy involves a wacky conceit where this boy tries to do everything he can to get his lost Emily love, while this girl Sami tries to help him and falls in love with him in the process. Cute and wonky and amusing enough for a watch. This new US trailer is a remix of the original UK one with added subtitles for American audiences who don’t understand the British English. Ha.
Here’s the official US trailer (+ new poster) for Alicia MacDonald’s film Finding Emily, from YouTube:
You can view the original UK trailer for Alicia MacDonald’s Finding Emily film right here for the first look.
“Looking for love… finding chaos.” When a lovesick musician (Spike Fearn) is given the wrong number for his dream girl, he teams up with a driven psychology student to find her. Together, they spark a hilarious campus-wide frenzy that tests their own hearts and ambitions along the way. Finding Emily is directed by British filmmaker Alicia MacDonald, making her feature directorial debut after directing mostly for TV including eps from “Pure”, “Flack”, “The Outlaws”, “SisterS”, “Too Much”. The original screenplay is written by Rachel Hirons. Produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Olivier Kaempfer. Made by Working Title Films & Parkville Pictures. Universal Pictures UK releases MacDonald’s Finding Emily romcom film in UK cinemas first starting May 22nd, 2026 this summer. It will also open worldwide in the summer. Focus Features will finally release the film in select US theaters starting August 28th, 2026 later. Who’s ready to watch?
