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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.
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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.
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.
- August 5, 2011 (United States)
- David Dobkin, Neal H. Moritz
Aug 3, 2011 · Written by. Jon Lucas. Scott Moore. "The Change-Up" is one of the dirtiest-minded mainstream releases in history. It has a low opinion of men, a lower opinion of women, and the lowest opinion of the intelligence of its audience. It is obscene, foulmouthed, scatological, creepy and perverted. As a bonus, it has the shabbiest low-rent main titles ...
Directed by David Dobkin Starring Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, Olivia Wilde Featuring Ming Lo as Ken Kinkabe in a scene with Jason Bateman and Gregory Itzin imdb:…
