The Back-up Plan

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.

Alan Poul (Swingtown and Six Feet Under) is directing.  Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch (The Pursuit of Happyness, Knowing) are producing through their Escape Artists banner.  Kate Angelo (Will & Grace, What About Brian) wrote the screenplay.

Watch the Trailer and Promo:

• The Back-up Plan is the second feature release for CBS Films.
• Plan B was the initial title for the movie. Although titles cannot be copyrighted, they can be registered with the MPAA and as ‘Plan B’ was already registered by another studio, CBS Films went with The Back-up Plan instead.
• The Back-up Plan is director Alan Poul’s first feature film production.
• The movie’s initial release date was January 23, 2010. It was then postponed to April 16 before April 23 was selected as the final release date. 
• Principal photography kicked off on May 11, 2009 in LA and was completed on July 25, 2009 in New York City. One or more scenes involving Alex O’Loughlin were reshot during the third weekend in December in LA.
• Three rescued but able-bodied Boston terriers portray Nuts, Zoe’s disabled dog. They were trained by Marley & Me trainer, April Macklin. According to Jennifer Lopez, “One was good at faces, one was good at walking in the chair, and one was good at moving his head and fighting with you.”
• The world premiere is scheduled to take place on April 21, 2010 at Mann’s Village Theatre, Westwood, California.
• The London premiere will take place on April 28, 2010 at the West-End Vue, Leicester Square, London.

Memorable Quotes:

• Los Angeles, California, USA
• Pasadena, California, USA
• Central Park/Fifth Avenue, New York
• Tribeca Farmer’s Market, New York
• Park Avenue, New York
• Gray’s Papaya on Sixth Avenue, New York
• Forest Park, Queens, New York