The Back-up Plan - Spring 2010
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. 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.
Official Site:The Back-Plan Official Site
Facebook Page:The Back-Up Plan on Facebook
Crew:
- Director: Alan Poul
- Screenplay: Kate Angelo
Cast:
- Zoe....Jennifer Lopez
- Stan....Alex O'Loughlin
- Michaela Watkins....Mona
- Eric Christian Olsen..
- Noureen DeWulf..... Daphne
- Jennifer Elise Cox .... Babyland Sales Lady
- Melissa McCarthy .... Support Group Leader
- Maribeth Monroe .... Lori
- Linda Lavin .... Nana
- Danneel Harris....
- Adam Rose ...
The Back-up Plan News
Available August 24th, the Blu-ray & DVD versions contain never-before-seen deleted scenes and exclusive bonus features including an all-new “Belly Laughs: Making The Back-up Plan” featurette. Become a fan of the official Facebook Page and follow the release on Twitter for updates, movie facts, and new clips, too!
You can read more about the film and see the trailer here:
The Back-up Plan at AOLdotOrg
You can see a great collection of images from the film in our gallery: The Back-up Plan Gallery
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THE BACK-UP PLAN hits streets August 24, 2010 on DVD/Blu-ray!
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Synopsis:
Jennifer Lopez stars as Zoe, a single New Yorker who dreams about meeting Mr. Right, having a baby and living happily ever after. But after a string of Mr. Wrongs, Zoe commits to her back-up plan: to take on motherhood alone. Zoe's plan proves far from foolproof when moments after her procedure she's swept up into a whirlwind romance with Stan (Alex O'Loughlin), the man of her dreams. Can Zoe hide her pregnancy until Stan is ready for the truth? Or will the truth send him packing? The Back-Up Plan is a hilarious romantic comedy about courtship, love, marriage and parenthood - but not necessarily in that order!
Actors:
Jennifer Lopez
Alex O'Loughlin
Eric Christian Olsen
Anthony Anderson
Linda Lavin
Blu-Ray & DVD Special Features:
Belly Laughs: Making The Back-Up Plan Featurette
Deleted Scenes
movieIQ™+sync and BD-Live connect you to real-time information on the cast, music, trivia and more while watching the movie! (Blu-ray only)
The release dates for The Back-up Plan DVD is have been announced :
USA: Release date on the 24 Aug 2010
UK : release date on the 20 Sep 2010
Watch the Video HERE:Alex O'Loughlin on the Aussie takeover in H'wood at ITN
For a long while it has been the Brits, but it seems Australian actors are the new black in Hollywood.Alex O'Loughlin, who was born in Canberra, thinks they are taking over tinseltown. He stars alongside Jennifer Lopez in The Back-Up Plan.
"You can't turn around without hearing an Aussie accent now," said the 33-year-old. "I used to feel special and people would go "Ahhh you're Australian". Now they're like "Oh. You're Australian"".
O'Loughlin first found fame in the States in US TV shows The Shield and Moonlight. Besides Avatar's Sam Worthington, who has featured in some of the biggest blockbusters of the past year, other stars from down under making waves in the US include True Blood's Ryan Kwanten, Miley Cyrus' new beau Liam Hemsworth and Emilie de Ravin, who was last seen in the movie Remember Me alongside Robert Pattinson.
O'Loughlin explained why he believes more talented Aussies are flocking across the pond: "It's a boutique industry. There's a little bit of stage, there's a bit of film and TV. But there isn't the money or the industry that's in the States. So we go there as do a lot of people from the UK to work," he said.
O'Loughlin is one of the few to make a name for himself without the help of Australian soaps Home And Away or Neighbours. "They wouldn't have me," he said. "But they might now!"
HeatWorld.com posted this video interview with Alex where they talk about JLo, his abs, his fans and his marital status...
This video wasn't "embeddable", so click on the image below to go to the video source :
We've added a bunch of photos from the London premiere of The Back-up Plan to our gallery. You can see them here: The Back-up Plan London Premiere 28 Apr '10
You've got to wait through the trailer...
Another one...
The Australian actor stars opposite Jennifer Lopez in the romantic comedy.
By Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times
April 27, 2010
For someone so new to Hollywood, Alex O'Loughlin is very Hollywood.
"Do you mind?" he said, motioning toward his pack of cigarettes while sitting poolside at the Roosevelt Hotel earlier this week. "Or are you going to write in the interview, ‘and then he lit a Camel?'"
It's not that the 33-year-old is consumed with his own image - like some industry A-listers - but that he already understands its importance. Even the outfit he was wearing, which he would show off later that evening on " Jimmy Kimmel Live," had been selected by a stylist: distressed jeans, a pair of quirky bright green boots and trendy skinny tie.
To read the entire article click
here.
Alex O'Loughlin, the Irish-Australian star of "The Back-Up Plan," (above with co-star Jennifer Lopez), says he's glad he's not Robert Patttinson.
O’Loughlin - who is being hailed as Hollywood's hottest leading man - says he's happy to dodge the limelight, for now.
“I don’t really act like I’m famous. I just do my thing. I’m not that famous, dude," he laughed.
"Sometimes I get pointed out or some people shuffle up and ask for an autograph or a photograph, but I’m not at a point where I can’t leave the house, thank God."
Not like uber-hot "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson whose anonymity was blown away by his role as vampire Edward Cullen.
"I think the downsides would be losing your anonymity and not being able to trust people, to tell whether people want to be with you and get to know you because of your celebrity or because of who you are," says Alex
O'Loughlin says his co-star Jennifer Lopez is one smart cookie.
"She’s a very smart businesswoman because she’s made a lot of money, I presume, and she’s had a lot of success and is very well-known.
“She’s a very talented woman, an incredible singer, dancer and writer who’s very good at what she does, as opposed to these people you see these days who are famous for being famous.
O'Lougholin took a swipe at certain reality show celebs when he said some celebs just aren't worth the paper their faces are printed on.
"There are celebrities in this day and age who really have offered nothing artistically but they’re on the cover of magazines and stuff. That world, I don’t really get it.”
Irish Central.com:
Although The Back-up Plan was in 1st place on Friday, it slipped to #2, behind "How to Train Your Dragon" animated film which took in $15 million. The following items help put the box office numbers in perspective:
From The LA Times:
- Jennifer Lopez's romantic comedy "The Back-Up Plan" opened to a soft but not disastrous $12.25 million. The second release from CBS Films started far better than its first, the flop "Extraordinary Measures," and should hold up well in the coming weeks if it performs like other romantic comedies.
BackUpPlan "The Back-Up Plan," which cost about $35 million to make, opened below several other Lopez films in the same genre, such as 2001's "The Wedding Planner" and 2002's "Maid in Manhattan," despite years of ticket-price inflation, though both of those had bigger-name male costars.
From The Wall Street Journal:
- “The Back-Up Plan” (CBS Films) brought in $12.3 million for a second place finish.
Steven Friedlander, Executive Vice President: Distribution, for CBS Films, said in an email that the box-office gross for “The Back-Up Plan” was “exactly in line with our internal projections as well as what most tracking services had us at. This number means that the film will be profitable for CBS Films, given the modest $35 [million] production budget.”
From BoxOfficeMojo:
- In terms of attendance, The Back-Up Plan likely was the weekend's No. 1 draw. That's because 67 percent of How to Train Your Dragon's weekend gross came from 3D showings, which carry a significant ticket price premium over regular showings. Specifically, 56 percent was from normal 3D, while 11 percent was from the even pricier IMAX 3D. Dragon's estimated attendance would likely rank it second for the weekend.
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Mandi Bierly at PopWatch wrote a hysterical, yet very true review of Alex in The Back-up Plan. You can read the full story here:The Back-up Plan: 5 Ways It Made Alex O'Loughlin Look Good, but here is just the introduction. (P.S. Do you remember when Alex held up the "Hi Slezak" sign a long time ago?? Obviously the obsession for Slezak continues!)
- Is Alex O’Loughlin a movie star? That’s the question I wanted to answer when I went to see The Back-up Plan this weekend. For all my documented appreciation of his hotness, I was surprisingly skeptical. I feel like for a TV actor to make it on the big screen, his lure should be so powerful that you have to watch whatever series he appears on — and even though I’d been bitten by Moonlight, I never actually made it to Three Rivers. Would his charisma carry to the back of the theater?
Thanks to Sonia for these scans.. both the French (Famous Quebec) and English (Famous) versions. You can see them in our gallery here: Famous Quebec/Famous April '10 Scans
Preliminary numbers are in for the Friday and "The Back-up Plan" was number 1. The bad news is that most industry experts expect "How to Train Your Dragon" to win the weekend. Hopefully they can be proved wrong. The following is from The Hollywood Reporter:
- Jennifer Lopez's new romantic comedy "The Back-Up Plan" claimed a modest No. 1 slot in the Friday rankings, but it will probably cede that spot to DreamWorks Animation's indefatigable dragons as the weekend proceeds.
The PG-13 "Plan," released by the the fledgling CBS Films, took in an estimated $4.2 million in its first day of release in 3,280 theaters in North America, but Paramount's release of "How to Train Your Dragon," beginning its fifth weekend, ranked number two with about $3.7 million, and with the help of matinee moviegoers it could well climb to the top spot for the three days.
You can read the full story:HERE
Last night was the LA Premiere of "The Back-up Plan". We've added a bunch of photos to our gallery.. check back for more over the next few days. This first batch is courtesy of LovelyLopez.net. You can see them all here:The Back-up Plan Premiere and After Party Album
Below is a video of Alex on the red carpet!
enews — April 21, 2010 — The hot Aussie actor co-stars with Jennifer Lopez in "The Back Up Plan"--but how well does he know her? See him get quizzed!
Stan (Alex O'Loughlin) removes a tag from Zoe's (Jennifer Lopez) dress.
Live Stream of April 21 Premiere
Part 1
Part 2
Alex's interview covers a WIDE variety of topics and we learn how Alex "really" got to elementary school when he was little. Jimmy also explains that "mate" has a completely different meaning in the United States.
Jennifer Lopez & Alex O’Loughlin Interview THE BACK-UP PLAN from ColliderVideos on Vimeo.
This interview was a "bit" different than most. Listeed before are some of the highlights of the interview. Be sure to watch it til the very end!
*Have they been to Brazil
*Did they go after the project or did it come after them
*Twitter talk
*If you could go to NYC for one day, where would you go and why
*Lots of back and forth between Jennifer and Alex…
*A funny Twitter question for Alex
MovieWeb had the opportunity to sit down and talk with the internationally famous superstar, Jennifer Lopez, as well as her co-star Alex O'Loughlin to discuss their new film; its great cast, which includes comedian Anthony Anderson and TV legends Tom Bosley and Linda Lavin, and the film's most hilarious scene.
Co-starring alongside Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin stopped by to speak about his new role in a romantic comedy movie The Backup Plan.
After a one night stand, Stan (Alex) plays the guy who commits to Zoe's (J.lo) plan.
The Backup Plan hits movie theaters April 23, 2010
As part of the promotion of The Back-up Plan, both Alex and Jennifer Lopez will be doing all sorts of TV appearances this week. I'm only going to list the ones that Alex will be on below, but you can check out JLo's schedule on LovelyLopez.net
- Mon April 19: Jennifer and Alex host the CBS Comedy Lineup (starts 8pm)
- Mon April 19: Alex on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC (12:05am)
- Wed April 21: Alex on Racheal Ray Show
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Thanks to Elemental for these scoops...
- The Back-up Plan Film Premiere
28th April 2010
Vue Cinema, Leicester Square
Jennifer Lopez had previously announced she would attend the UK premiere, but we didn't have confirmation on Alex. Yesterday, Alex fan "Soby", was at the plaza outside The Early Show and she asked Alex if he'd be at the premiere and he said he would be. So thanks to Soby for the scoops.. seems about as good a "confirmation" as you can get.
source:WestEndLondon.com
The following video is to thank everyone on twitter for their support of The Back-up Plan:
Thanks to Natalie (@TalkinToU ) for this video interview with Alex.
The date for the premiere of "The Back-up Plan" has been changed from April 20th to April 21st.
CBS Films'
"Back Up Plan"
(Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin, et al.)
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - time TBA
(arrivals are likely to start between 5 PM and 6:30 PM)
at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
6925 Hollywood Blvd, in Hollywood
Visit the Mann's / Grauman's Chinese Theater Web Sitefor updated info and web cams on the night of the premiere.
Check out the new behind the scenes featurette for The Back-up Plan starring Jennifer Lopez and Alex O’Loughlin in theaters April 23rd, 2010. With new interviews and scenes from the film
Thanks to Natalie, we've added 90+ trailer screencaps to our gallery
You can see them all here:TBUP Trailercaps Album
The Back-up Plan Official Site
Today we want to tell you about the fun, interactive "Love Shot" Game! You can also play in on Facebook: ‘Love Shot’ on Facebook
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