Vacation Friends

Vacation Friends is an upcoming American comedy film directed by Clay Tarver from a screenplay by Tom Mullen and Tim Mullen. It stars John Cena, Lil Rel Howery, Yvonne Orji, Meredith Hagner, Lynn Whitfield, Robert Wisdom and Tawny Newsome.

Vacation Friends
Directed byClay Tarver
Produced byTodd Garner
Written by
  • Tim Mullen
  • Tom Mullen
Starring
Edited byEvan Henke
Production
companies
Distributed byHulu
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cast

Production

In March 2014, it was announced Chris Pratt and Anna Faris had joined the cast of the film, with Steve Pink set to direct from a screenplay by Tom and Tim Mullen, with 20th Century Fox set to distribute.[1] In November 2015, it was announced Ice Cube had joined the cast of the film, to replace Pratt, with Farris no longer attached.[2] In December 2019, it was announced John Cena, Lil Rel Howery, and Meredith Hagner had joined the cast of the film, with Clay Tarver replacing Pink, and 20th Century Studios attached to produce instead of distribute, with Hulu set to distribute instead.[3] In January 2020, Yvonne Orji joined the cast of the film.[4] In March 2020, Tawny Newsome and Barry Rothbart joined the cast of the film.[5] In September 2020, Lynn Whitfield, Robert Wisdom and Kamal Bolden joined the cast of the film.[6]

Filming

Principal photography began in March 2020.[7] However, production was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] Production resumed in September 2020.[9] and concluded in October 2020.[10]

References
  1. Fleming Jr, Mike (March 25, 2014). "Fox Acquires 'Vacation Friends,' Pairing Chris Pratt And Anna Faris". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  2. Busch, Anita (November 3, 2015). "Ice Cube Attached To Star In 'Vacation Friends' At Fox In Casting Revamp". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  3. N'Duka, Amanda (December 3, 2019). "John Cena, Meredith Hagner, Lil Rel Howery To Star In 'Vacation Friends' Comedy From 20th Century Fox & Hulu". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  4. N'Duka, Amanda (January 15, 2020). "'Insecure's Yvonne Orji Joins John Cena & Lil Rel Howery In 'Vacation Friends' Comedy". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  5. N'Duka, Amanda (March 13, 2020). "Sean Patrick Flanery & More Star In 'Assault On VA-33'; Cleopatra Acquires 'Skin Walker'; Tawny Newsome, Barry Rothbart Join 'Vacation Friends'- Film Briefs". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  6. N'Duka, Amanda (September 25, 2020). "'Vacation Friends': 'Greenleaf' Star Lynn Whitfield & More Cast In Hulu Comedy". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  7. Ho, Rodney (June 1, 2020). "What is filming in Georgia in March? 39 projects including two Bruce Willis movies and comedy with John Cena". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  8. Dennis, Ryan (March 16, 2020). "What's NOT filming in Georgia because of coronavirus". WXIA-TV. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  9. Road Productions, Broken (September 11, 2020). "Six months to the day and we're finally back together! Let's finish this sucker! @johncena @comedianlilrel @cbtarver". Instagram. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  10. Road Productions, Broken (October 28, 2020). "And that's a wrap on Vacation Friends. I am so blessed to get to make movies and am feeling especially grateful to have been allowed to finish this very funny movie during these challenging times. I truly love this cast and crew and when I think back on this movie, it will be to this moment when we knew we were going to shut down, but soldiered on in spite of it! Thank you so much @cbtarver @comedianlilrel @johncena @yvonneorji @merediththeweasel and all our cast and crew! You are all rock stars!". Instagram. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
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