Meg Ryan is moving from in front of the camera – to behind it!

For the first time, Meg will be directing a film, according to Variety. Titled “Into The Beautiful,” the film centers on friends reuniting after a long time apart.

“I’m often drawn to pictures that make you laugh and cry,” the film’s producer Wendy Finerman told the trade publication. “I think this is the perfect project for Meg to bring to life. She’s poignant and funny and heartfelt.”

Ryan’s career has slowed of late; best known for hit romantic comedies “When Harry Met Sally,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” and “You’ve Got Mail,” she was last seen on the big screen in a less sucessful romcom, “Serious Moonlight,” in 2009. She starred in another poorly reviewed effort, “The Women,” in 2008.

In her own romantic life, she’s been frequently seen out with John Mellencamp since the winter.

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Wow! Meg Ryan’s son has grown up!

Jack Henry, who will turn 19 next month, is her son with Dennis Quaid, whom she was married to for nine years.

Trivia: When I was looking up how old Jack is, I found out that Meg’s name is actually Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra. That’s quite a name!

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Meg Ryan stops in the Soho area of New York City, New York yesterday (March 20). The actress picks up a few items at the local market and a bundle of plants before heading home.

But seriously… what’s up with her hair? She should have shopped around for some hair products.

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Now isn’t that precious. Meg Ryan and boyfriend John Mellancamp are spotted with their heads together, snuggling outside their downtown hotel, in New York City.

Meg has been following John around while he tours.

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According to Rob Shuter with Pop Eater, Meg Ryan is quite happy being back in the spotlight, and she doesn’t care how she got there. Why am I surprised?

Apparently Meg, who hasn’t had a major movie release since ‘The Women’ two years ago, is loving the attention she’s getting now that she’s hooked up with John Mellencamp. John was married for 18 years, and then Meg came along. I’m not saying it’s Meg’s fault – it just certainly doesn’t look good for either of them. Cheating looks good on no one.

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“Meg couldn’t be happier,” a friend of the actress tells me. “Not only has she got a great new guy, she’s back in the headlines. It’s not easy going from being one of the highest paid actresses in the world to an anonymous New Yorker. Meg’s loving all this attention again.”

The newly formed couple hasn’t exactly been trying to hide their love as they’ve been seen strolling through [New York's] West Village and spending time on Martha’s Vineyard. And now insiders tell me the two of them are in talks with a major magazine to do a photo shoot together.

“Meg would much rather be back on the cover of the magazines announcing a hit new movie, but unfortunately that isn’t the case,” an insider tells me.

The 49-year-old beauty is fully aware how the world of celebrity has changed since she was burning up the box office in landmark hits like ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ and ‘You’ve Got Mail.’

“Now folks are much more interested in your private life than if you have a hit movie,” the insider says. “Look at Kate Gosselin or Kim Kardashian. They are always on magazine covers talking about their love life.”

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Meg Ryan and John Mellencamp stepped out together today, pretty much confirming what we all believe – they’re a couple.

In these new photos, Jack and Diane, er John and Meg, step out of a car together in New York and Meg seems enraptured by her new beau, who coolly stares ahead, with a lit cigarette in his mouth. (For the record, the singer had a heart attack in 1994 and took off more than a year).

John’s son, Speck, started a Facebook campaign in 2009, asking one million people to join a group and then John would quit smoking. (Looks like that didn’t work out so well.)

But Meg at 49 is still smokin’ hot and was apparently pals with John and his wife during the marriage. Now, as you can see, things have changed.

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I posted a story yesterday about Meg Ryan and John Mellencamp dating – and man, everyone got all up in a huff about it! No way – not your John Mellencamp! He wouldn’t do that!  Never doubt the power or Meg’s magic, that’s what I should have said. Looks like Johnny boy did leave his wife of 18 years for Meg Ryan – and this isn’t her first rodeo. She’s back in the center of another alleged affair! (She left her husband, Dennis Quaid, shortly after an affair she had with Russell Crowe.)

According to People (will you argue with People!?) – Meg and John ARE secretly dating!

The pair have spent time together on Martha’s Vineyard and in New York City in recent days, enjoying a fresh romance just as Mellencamp has announced his separation from wife Elaine after 18 years of marriage.

A source close to Ryan, 49, says the actress and the rock star, 59, began dating about seven weeks ago, and that Mellencamp and his wife had been separated for some time before that.

The pair have been spotted having coffee at Espresso Love, one of Ryan’s favorite spots on the Vineyard, and grocery shopping at Gourmet Garage in New York’s SoHo neighborhood – where observers tell PEOPLE they seemed happy and at ease.

“She usually comes in by herself or with her daughter. I thought that was her husband because they seemed for comfortable and familiar with each other, just like an old married couple,” one observer says.

What’s your opinion now? Has it changed?