Cameron Diaz, who after a near-decade hiatus made a return to acting this year with Netflix’s hit Back in Action, is continuing to be back in action.
The actress has reunited with the streaming giant and signed on to star in Bad Day, an action comedy to be directed by Jake Szymanski, who helmed the well-regarded comedy series Jury Duty as well as Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates.
Beau Bauman, who produced Back in Action, is producing with his Good One Productions.
Written by Laura Solon, the original script centers on a single mom fighting to keep one little promise to her daughter on the absolute worst day of her life.
The project has been described as a comedic version of Falling Down, the 1993 drama directed by Joel Schumacher that starred Michael Douglas as a man who hits his breaking point while trying to get to his daughter’s birthday party.
Solon will executive produce as will Mark Moran. This is the third collaboration for the Solon and Bauman, who previously worked together on comedies Office Christmas Party and Let it Snow. The scribe wrote the script on spec with Bauman helping to develop it.
Netflix is moving fast on this one, which will shoot this fall in New York and New Jersey.
With movies ranging from Something About Mary and The Holiday to Bad Teacher and the Shrek movies, Diaz was one of Hollywood’s most bankable big-screen stars when she took a break in 2014. She was lured back by the previous Netflix regime with the promise of a big paycheck and the chance to reunite with her Annie co-star Jamie Foxx for Back in Action.
The movie, about a married couple who happen to be former spies, debuted in January and became an instant hit on the platform. In just six months, it now sits number six on Netflix’s most watched movie list of all time, per Nielsen.
Back in Action is also the most watched original streaming movie of the year so far, with 5.26 billion minutes viewed, and the third most watched movie on any streaming platform.
Diaz is repped by LBI Entertainment and Jackoway Austen. Szymanski is repped by UTA, Mosaic and Sloane Offer while Solon is repped by Gersh,Independent Talent Group and Jackoway Austen.
