The Back-Up Plan Movie

Fall in love*. Get married. Have a baby. *Not necessarily in that order.

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Who's Involved:

Rodney Liber, Melissa McCarthy, Jennifer Lopez, Todd Black, Steve Tisch, Michaela Watkins, Eric Christian Olsen, Noureen Dewulf, Danneel Harris, Kate Angelo, Alan Poul, Alex O'Loughlin, Jake Blumenthal

Release Date:

Friday, April 23, 2010 Nationwide

PG-13   PARENTS STRONGLY CAUTIONED MPA
sexual content, including references, some crude material and language
Runtime: 1 hr, 38 m
Language: English

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Plot: What's the story about?

After years of dating, Zoe (Jennifer Lopez) has decided waiting for the right one is taking too long. Determined to become a mother, she commits to a plan, makes an appointment and decides to go it alone. On the day of her artificial insemination, Zoe meets Stan (Alex O’Loughlin) – a man with real possibilities.

Trying to nurture a budding relationship and hide the early signs of pregnancy becomes a comedy of errors for Zoe and creates confusing signals for Stan. When Zoe nervously reveals the reason for her unpredictable behavior, Stan commits fully and says he’s in. Never before has love seen a courtship where a wild night of sex involves three in a bed – Stan, Zoe and the ever-present massive pregnancy pillow. Or, where “date night” consists of being the “focal point” at a near-stranger’s water birth which does for kiddie pools what “Jaws” did for swimming in the ocean. The real pregnancy test comes when both of them realize they really don’t know each other outside of hormonal chaos and birth preparations. With the nine month clock ticking, both begin to experience cold feet. Anyone can fall in love, get married and have a baby but doing it backwards in hyper-drive could be proof positive that they were made for each other.


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Who stars in The Back-Up Plan: Cast List


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Who's making The Back-Up Plan: Crew List

A look at the The Back-Up Plan behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Alan Poul last directed Dancer From the Dance. The film's writer Kate Angelo last wrote S** Tape (Cameron Diaz/Jason Segel - 2014) and Corduroy.

Director

Alan Poul

Screenwriter

Kate Angelo

Producers

Todd Black
Jake Blumenthal
Steve Tisch

Companies

CBS Films distributor logo CBS Films

Production Company

CBS Films

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Production: What we know about The Back-Up Plan?

Filming Timeline

  1. 2010 - April: The film was set to Completed  status.
  2. 2009 - November: The film was set to Post-Production  status.
  3. 2009 - June: The film was set to Production  status.
  4. 2009 - February: The film was set to Pre-Production  status.
  5. 2008 - December: The film was set to Development  status.

The Back-Up Plan Release Date: When was the film released?


The Back-Up Plan was a Nationwide release in 2010 on Friday, April 23, 2010 in around 3,280 theaters. There were 8 other movies released on the same date, including The Losers, Paper Man and The Good, The Bad, The Weird.

The Back-Up Plan DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?

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The Back-Up Plan was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 .

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