The Back-up Plan
March 16, 2010 by Maura Reilly
Filed under 2010 Releases
The Back-up Plan is a comedy that explores dating, love, marriage and family “in reverse.”
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. That same day, 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.
Jennifer Lopez (Monster-In-Law, Shall We Dance) and Alex O’Loughlin (August Rush, “Three Rivers”) star in The Back-up Plan for CBS Films, the film division within CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS). The project, which commenced principal photography in Los Angeles on May 11, will debut in theaters spring of 2010.
The Back-up Plan is rated PG-13 and opens April 23rd.
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I’m really looking forward to this film. Alex and JLo really seemed to have good chemistry during the filming. I enjoyed The Wedding Planner..hoping that this film will have a similar feel to it. Can’t wait!!
I can’t wait to see The Back-Up Plan, Alex O’Loughlin and Jennifer Lopez are fabulous in this movie, April 23 can’t get here fast enough!
Thank you for the trailer!
Thanks for the trailer – I can’t wait to see this movie. Each time I watch a trailer I just sit there and smile. This is going to be fun and funny – and Alex? Well, perfect, as always.
This movie is going to be absolutely awesome! Alex and JLo look like they great chemistry, but Alex O’Loughlin would have great chemistry with just about anybody! I can’t wait!
This looks really cute and different. Knocked Up was about the guy, but this looks like it might have more substance. And the leads look great together!
I plan on seeing this movie, I loved Jlo in The Wedding Planner and Monster In Law and would enjoy seeing Alex in any show or movie.I hope it does well.