Back in Action' director Seth Gordon tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx supported each other throughout filming — when the actress marked her return to acting with her first movie in over a decade and the actor had a medical emergency during production in April 2023.

At the end of Back in Action, they open the door for a sequel. Emily (Diaz) and Matt (Foxx) are back in their suburban life. They are joined by Emily's mom, Ginny (Glenn Close), and her boyfriend, Nigel (Jamie Demetriou). However, they are recruited for another mission, which would require the enlisting of her father.

The action-comedy overcame more than the usual amount of hurdles on the way to the screen, all the way up to its New York premiere being canceled in solidarity with the troubling times in Los Angeles.

Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx, the stars of Netflix's action film Back in Action, also led in one of the most quotable football movies ever made.

Seth Gordon upped his game with Back in Action, starring Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx. You may know Seth Gordon for directing the recent Baywatch remake, but his latest movie, Back in Action, is Cameron Diaz's acting comeback and teams her with Jamie Foxx.

The 2025 movie schedule ushered in the return of Cameron Diaz, who came out of retirement to star in Netflix’s Back in Action alongside Jamie Foxx. So far, the film has trended high amongst other titles on the streamer,

Jamie Foxx suffered a stroke during 'Back in Action' filming in April 2023, and Cameron praises his resilience.

Cameron Diaz shared her thoughts about Jamie Foxx and the stroke he suffered back in 2023, calling the ordeal, "terrifying."

Watching "Back in Action," it feels like some producer took the original, overblown, raucous-with-gunfire-and-highway-crashes 2005 movie version of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," the one that wasted Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie,

Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz's new movie 'Back in Action' debuted with 46.8 million views in its opening weekend on Netflix.

That’s how former secret agent Matt (Jamie Foxx) explains that he and wife Emily ... It’s not only the title of director Seth Gordon’s film, but the story of Foxx’s co-star, Cameron Diaz. Back in movies after more than a decade, Diaz retains ...

Cameron Diaz & Jamie Foxx in ‘Back in Action’/John Wilson/Netflix *Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz topped Netflix’s charts this week with their new spy movie, “Back in Action.” Deadline ...