It is the action film of the beginning of the year on Netflix, Back in Action has all the ingredients for fans of stunts, stunts and comedy. Directed by Seth Gordon (How to Kill Your Boss?, Night Agent), this feature film tells the story of a couple of ex-CIA agents who quit their jobs to start a family.
Years later, Emily and Matt find themselves spying when their cover is blown. They must do everything to protect their children and return to normal life.
Reuniting two stars who have come a long way, Cameron Diaz’s big comeback
Back in Action is an opportunity for Seth Gordon to bring together two stars of the big screen who have come a long way. On one side we meet Cameron Diaz, who stopped his career 10 years ago.
The actor known for his roles in Mary at All Cst, Vanilla Sky, Gangs of New York, Charlie’s Angels, The Holiday and Shrek Saga is back for this family action film thanks to his co-star and longtime friend Jamie Foxx. with whom he had already collaborated in Sunday in Hell by Oliver Stone and Annie Will Gluck.
If the latter did not end his career like Cameron Diaz, he was still forced to leave filming due to health problems. In 2023, Jamie Foxx said he came back from Hell after being hospitalized. For more than a year, the actor had to recover from a stroke, which he revealed during the Netflix show “Jamie Foxx: What Ha Happened Was…”.
Cameron Diaz’s next projects
a few months ago Bloomberg revealed that Netflix has signed Cameron Diaz to a $45 million deal to star in two movies, one of which was Back in Action. Information about the second feature film has not been released at this time.
But that won’t be all, Cameron Diaz is also in the cast of the sequel, according to IMDb. This is Jonah Hill’s next feature film, in which he is expected to appear alongside Matt Bomer, Keanu Reeves, Kaia Gerber and Laverne Cox.
Finally, the actress will once again voice Princess Fiona in the animated film Shrek 5, the next part of the saga of the famous Dreamworks studio, which is scheduled for release in July 2026.
Jamie Foxx’s next projects
Jamie Foxx, on the other hand, had many projects announced that never saw the light of day, such as a miniseries about Mike Tyson, which was supposed to be produced by Martin Scorsese, in which he was supposed to play the famous boxer, but also. The movie All-Star Weekend, which he co-starred with Eva Longoria and Robert Downey Jr. in 2016, never came out and may never have.
Among Jamie Foxx’s upcoming projects that we don’t have news on yet but are in post-production are Tin Soldier, the Brad Furman thriller in which he stars alongside Robert De Niro and Scott Eastwood, and the Taylor Hackford biopic Signal. Hill, in which he stars alongside Anthony Mackie and Elizabeth Banks.
The actor has also been announced as part of the remake of one of the worst superhero movies, Spawn. Titled King Spawn, the feature film will be produced by renowned horror film producer Jason Blum’s Blumhouse.
Finally, Jamie Foxx has found success with the series Alert, which he created with John Eisendrath, which will air on Fox in the United States from 2023. This detective series, which has already been renewed for a third season, has been running on the M6 in France ever since. January 18.
The movie “Back in Action” is available on Netflix.
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