Cameron Diaz Stars in Netflix's "Bad Day," Arriving 11 December
Netflix has released a trailer for "Bad Day," a film starring Cameron Diaz that lands on the streamer on 11 December.
Variety reported the trailer on 5 November and describes the film as a "big-heart mom-com." Diaz plays a single mother of two daughters. Emma Pearson and Jessica Belkin play the daughters, and Ed O'Neill plays Diaz's father.
Netflix's own Tudum site calls the film an action comedy. In its story, a single mom fights to keep a promise to her daughter. The studio's article is headlined "Cameron Diaz Is Having a Bad Day." Netflix's Tudum pages were published in July.
Jake Szymanski directs the film from a screenplay by Laura Solon. Beau Bauman is a producer. Danielle Brooks and John Higgins play a pair of police officers. Ben Schwartz also co-stars, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which ran a first look in August.
For a streaming release, the trailer serves as the public first look. Netflix films do not play in cinemas on a set schedule the way studio releases do. A film like this reaches viewers on the platform itself, on a date the streamer chooses. The 11 December date gives subscribers about five weeks from the trailer to the premiere.
Diaz, who is a household name from a long run of comedies, has not appeared in a major film role in this kind of family-centred story in recent years. The trailer puts the emphasis on a parent, two daughters and a promise that has to be kept. Those are the threads that will carry the film once it arrives.
