The Back-Up Plan Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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

Jul. 21, 2010

The Back-Up Plan

Release Date: Friday, April 23, 2010 Nationwide

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

PG-13 Comedy 1 hr, 38 m

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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.

Comedy Romance

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Back-Up Plan.

Jennifer Lopez
Unstoppable, Atlas
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Alex O'Loughlin
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Michaela Watkins
Wanderlust, The American Society of Magical Negroes
Noureen Dewulf
Kickback, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Melissa McCarthy
The Little Mermaid, Spy
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Danneel Harris
Mardi Gras: Spring Break, Fired Up
Eric Christian Olsen
Fired Up, Battle of the Sexes

Crew Behind the Film

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

Studios: CBS Films
Production Company: CBS Films; Escape Artists

Additional Information

MPA Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for sexual content, including references, some crude material and language
Runtime: 1 hr, 38 m
Tagline: Fall in love*. Get married. Have a baby. *Not necessarily in that order.
Also known as: Plan B
Language: English

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Production Details

What we know about the The Back-Up Plan movie production.

Production Updates

Apr 2010

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Nov 2009

Post-Production

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Jun 2009

Production

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Feb 2009

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production.

Dec 2008

Development

The film was tagged as Development.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

The Back-Up Plan was released in nationwide movie theaters 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 Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger.

Movie Theaters

2010-04-23 Nationwide

United States

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