Overview

• Netflix has greenlit Bad Day for production beginning this fall in New York with additional shooting in New Jersey.
• Laura Solon penned the screenplay, which centers on a single mother racing through a catastrophic day to keep a promise to her daughter.
• Director Jake Szymanski and producer Beau Bauman, both of whom worked on Diaz’s Back in Action, lead the creative team under Good One Productions.
• The film is described as a comedic reimagining of the 1993 thriller Falling Down, replacing its darker themes with family-centered humor.
• Bad Day marks Diaz’s second Netflix collaboration following her January comeback and is slated for release in the second half of 2026.