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Aug 5, 2011 · The Change-Up: Directed by David Dobkin. With Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Olivia Wilde. Dave is a married man with three kids and a loving wife, and Mitch is a single man who is at the prime of his sexual life. One fateful night while Mitch and Dave are peeing in a fountain, lightning strikes and they switch bodies.
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- Comedy, Fantasy
- David Dobkin
- 2011-08-05
- The Change-Up had actually been in development for years, going through a number of rewrites with different directors attached. The script was originally pitched as the sequel to the Arnold Schwarzenegger/Danny Devito comedy Twins but it was put in turnaround when Arnie ascended to the governor’s mansion.
- Once the film finally landed Dobkin as its director, it was envisioned as a film meant to reunite Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson after the success of The Wedding Crashers.
- The film finally began to come together once Jason Bateman came aboard. Will Smith (his Hancock co-star) was originally asked to co-star, but he declined noting that he preferred to be the sole leading man in his movies.
- Casting the female leads was next. In an ironic twist, Olivia Wilde auditioned for the role of Jason Bateman’s wife, while Leslie Mann auditioned for Ryan Reynolds’ love interest, and they were ultimately cast in each others’ part.
Aug 4, 2011 · The Change-Up, from Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin and written by The Hangover scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, is raucous and entertaining but unexciting. It distinguishes itself from the others by not particularly distinguished means: a headlong rush to an R rating. The two disparate characters swapping places are old friends Dave ...
Aug 5, 2011 · Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images. Leslie Mann, whose long list of comedic successes include Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Funny People, plays Jamie Lockwood, the wife of Jason Bateman ...
61.2M subscribers. Subscribed. 15K. 5.3M views 6 years ago. The Change-Up - Guns Hot: Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) is turned off by Jamie (Leslie Mann) after he watches her experience diarrhea....
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The Change-Up is a 2011 American fantasy romantic comedy produced and directed by David Dobkin, and written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. The film stars Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman as Mitch Planko and Dave Lockwood, two best friends living in Atlanta who “switch bodies” after urinating into the fountain to wish they had each other's lives.
The Change-Up (2011) 7 of 187. Jason Bateman and Leslie Mann in The Change-Up (2011) People Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann. Titles The Change-Up. Photo by Richard ...
