Back in Action is an American action comedy film directed by Seth Gordon from a screenplay he co-wrote with Brendan O’Brien. The film stars Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Kyle Chandler, Andrew Scott, Jamie Demetriou, and Glenn Close. Back in Action was released by Netflix in November 15, 2024.
Principal photography took place in London from December 2, 2022, to March 9, 2023. In late February 2023, Diaz shot scenes at the River Thames. Filming in Atlanta began on March 27 and wrapped in late April. In mid-April, while Foxx was hospitalized for a medical emergency, body doubles were used to film his remaining scenes.
In June 2022, it was reported that Cameron Diaz was coming out of retirement for a Seth Gordon and Brendan O’Brien penned action comedy entitled Back in Action, also set to star Jamie Foxx. Beau Bauman was revealed to be producing for Good One Productions with Seth Gordon producing for Exhibit A and Foxx, Datari Turner, O’Brien and Mark McNair executive producing.
In August 2022, Foxx spoke about persuading Diaz (whose last film prior to her retirement in 2014 was Annie, which he also starred in) to join the cast, telling Entertainment Tonight that “Cameron is such an incredible force and she has done so much in this business” and that he asked her “‘Do you wanna have some fun? Just have some fun!’ And I think that’s what brought her to it…we’re so happy that it’s happening and looking forward to it”.
In November 2022, Glenn Close and Kyle Chandler were added to the cast. In February 2023, Andrew Scott, McKenna Roberts, Rylan Jackson and Jamie Demetriou joined the cast.
Back in Action (2024)
Directed by: Seth Gordon
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Glenn Close, Kyle Chandler, Andrew Scott, Jamie Demetriou, McKenna Roberts, Rylan Jackson, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Andzelika Bobrova, Anna Stadler, Katrina Durden
Screenplay by: Seth Gordon, Brendan O’Brien
Production Design by: Shepherd Frankel
Cinematography by: Ken Seng
Film Editing by: Peter S. Elliot
Costume Design by: Richard Sale
Set Decoration by: Courtney Cocherell, Jenn Sandel
Art Direction by: Sarah Bicknell, Alice Biddle, Susan Garyantes
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Netflix
Release Date: November 15, 2024
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