The action-comedy overcame more than the usual amount of hurdles on the way to the screen, all the way up to its New York premiere being canceled in solidarity with the troubling times in Los Angeles.

Back in Action director Seth Gordon was a few beers deep at a Dodgers game in 2019 ... Six years later, that movie is a reality: An action comedy starring Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz as spies who retire to a quiet life with two kids… until they are ...

Back in Action director Seth Gordon spoke to ComingSoon about the new Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz Netflix movie. The Horrible Bosses director discussed the film’s opening plane scene, shared a spin-off idea,

Back in Action' director Seth Gordon tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx supported each other throughout filming — when the actress marked her return to acting with her first movie in over a decade and the actor had a medical emergency during production in April 2023.

Then, later in the movie, like scenes later, movie night comes up again. Alice rejects the idea, so Foxx’s character suggests that he and his wife just have a movie night instead. Diaz’s Emily follows that up by saying they could watch Creed 3, in response, Matt says: To help, I’ll put some baby oil on, like Michael B.

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."

That was ultimately stuff that’s not in the movie,” Gordon told Decider, when asked about the reports of a double replacing Foxx.

Back in Action’ director Seth Gordon praises Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz’s friendship on set of her first movie in a decade

Following a stellar launch last week, we were able to catch up with Back in Action director Seth Gordon to get all the intel on his fun new action comedy starring Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz!

Back in Action' director Seth Gordon tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that Jamie Foxx was Cameron Diaz's 'biggest cheerleader' as she returned to acting with her first movie in more than a decade.

Jamie Foxx ad-libbed baby oil jokes in Netflix's "Back in Action" film. Director Seth Gordon told Business Insider the jokes were filmed a year before the Sean Combs "Freak Offs" scandal. "I don't think that means you're not allowed to use the words baby oil again," Gordon said.

Jamie Foxx hyped Cameron Diaz up on the set of Netflix's "Back in Action," her first film in more than a decade after she retired from Hollywood.