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Cameron Diaz Is Having a Bad Day
Meet the rest of the cast starring in the action comedy by Jake Szymanski.
By Brookie McIlvaine
July 31, 2026
Bad Day: Everything to Know About the Cameron Diaz Comedy - Netflix Tudum
Let the chaos begin: Cameron Diaz stars in Bad Day, an action comedy about a single mom fighting to keep one little promise to her daughter on the absolute worst day of her life.
Jake Szymanski (Jury Duty) helms the film, and Beau Bauman produces for Good One Productions, with Mark Moran executive producing. Laura Solon wrote Bad Day and will also executive produce.
Bad Day reunites Bauman and Diaz, who collaborated on Back in Action, which placed six on Netflix’s Most Popular list after spending seven weeks on the Global Top 10 Movies list (English). This is also the third collaboration for Bauman and Solon, who previously worked together on Let It Snow and Office Christmas Party.
Keep reading to learn everything there is to know.
Who else stars in Bad Day?
Joining Diaz are the following:
- Ben Schwartz (Sonic the Hedgehog, The Afterparty)
- K Callan (Knives Out, Sew Torn)
- Ayden Mayeri (Jackpot!, I Love That for You)
- Mark Duplass (The Morning Show, Paddleton)
- Rob Corddry (The Audacity, Bookie)
- Ed O’Neill (Modern Family, Clipped)
- Danielle Brooks (Minecraft, The Color Purple)
- John Higgins (Saturday Night Live, Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain)
- Rhenzy Feliz (The Penguin, How to Rob a Bank)
- Jessica Belkin (Elle, The Hunting Wives)
- Emma Pearson (The Artist, FBI: Most Wanted)
- Retta (Good Girls, Parks and Recreation, Hit Man)
When will Bad Day be released?
The comedy comes out on Dec. 11.
Stay tuned to Tudum for more updates on Bad Day.
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