Back in Action is headlined by Cameron Diaz's comeback after 11 years away from acting, but Netflix's most viewed weekend premiere in nearly three years is also Seth Gordon's return to feature filmmaking.
Seth Gordon discussed the emergency surgery that saved his life along with star Jamie Foxx suffering a stroke while making the thriller.
In an interview with Decider to promote his new Netflix action comedy, Back in Action, Gordon revealed he has been working on a documentary about what are considered to be one of the most valuable pieces of movie paraphernalia of all time: The ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz.
Director Seth Gordon recounts the first meeting he had with Jamie Foxx when he returned to set after collapsing while in production on "Back in Action."
Netflix's Back in Action is an all-new action comedy franchise, but the film feels eerily similar to this popular animated Pixar franchise.
Netflix has released a new original movie that has immediately rocketed to #1 on the service, but is Back in Action with Cameron Diaz worth watching?
Netflix’s Back in Action, starring Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx, dominated as the platform’s most-watched title for the week of January 13-19.
Back in Action director Seth Gordon was a few beers deep at a Dodgers game in 2019, when he started joking about a fake movie he called Baby Bjorn Identity. “What happen if Jason Bourne had kids?
As “Back in Action” goes through its paces, you’ll find echoes of such films as the Bob Odenkirk-starring “Nobody” and the Mark Wahlberg vehicle “The Family Plan,” as well as “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” and even a little of “Knight and Day,” which starred Diaz and that Tom Cruise fella.
Andrew Scott, Kyle Chandler and Glenn Close also star in Seth Gordon’s caper about a pair of retired undercover agents dragged back into the spy game along with their unknowing children.
Back In Action marks Jamie Foxx’s second Netflix release since being hospitalized after falling ill in April 2023. In December 2024, the Texas native released the Netflix comedy special, What Had Happened Was, his first stand-up film in over two decades.
Eight-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close discussed working with the cast members and director of the new Netflix action comedy "Back in Action."