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Cameron Diaz Signs On to Star in Netflix Action-Comedy Bad Day

The project marks the next step in her multi-film deal with Netflix.

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Overview

  • Bad Day follows Diaz’s comeback this year with Netflix’s hit Back in Action and extends her streaming partnership.
  • Laura Solon wrote the screenplay for the action-comedy and will executive produce alongside Mark Moran through Beau Bauman’s Good One Productions.
  • The film’s plot centers on a single mother determined to fulfill a promise to her daughter on a disastrously comic day, described as a humorous take on Falling Down.
  • Netflix has enlisted Jake Szymanski, director of Jury Duty and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, to oversee production.
  • Principal photography is scheduled for this fall in New York and New Jersey as Diaz continues her return to family-focused action comedies.