A Family Affair starring Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron and Joey King – Picture: Netflix
Kissing Booth actress Joey King will star alongside Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman within the upcoming romantic comedy A Family Affair. Originally scheduled for launch on Netflix globally in November 2023, the film was finally delayed, had some reshoots, and is now set for a late June 2024 launch. Here’s all the pieces we all know up to now.
Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum, and Alyssa Altman are producing for Roth/Kirschenbaum Films. Tara Feldstein, Chase Paris, and Rich Delia function casting administrators on the undertaking. Andrea Wertheim and Joe Roth are additionally listed as producers.
A Family Affair is directed by Oscar nominee Richard LaGravenese, whose credit embody P. S. I Love You, Paris je t’aime, Freedom Writers, and extra. LaGravenese co-wrote the script with Carrie Solomon.
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Netflix purchased the rights to the script in early 2022, with Netflix asserting the undertaking in June 2022:
Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron and Joey King will star in an upcoming romcom on Netflix — a stunning romance kicks off comedian penalties for a younger lady, her mom and her film star boss as they face the issues of affection, intercourse, and id. pic.twitter.com/L8OnpDlztT
— Netflix (@netflix) June 14, 2022
What’s the Netflix launch date for A Family Affair?
Announced in January as a part of Netflix’s 2023 movie slate reveal, it was introduced that A Family Affair will probably be launched worldwide on Netflix on Friday, November seventeenth, 2023. According to 1 crew member, the film was initially because of be launched in early 2023.
In July 2023, we discovered that the film might have been pushed from its November launch date. Netflix confirmed to What’s on Netflix that the discharge date is in flux however didn’t state when the film can be launched. This is certainly one of a number of motion pictures shifted from their preliminary launch dates.
We can affirm now that the film will lastly be obtainable on Netflix globally on June twenty eighth, 2024.
What’s the plot of A Family Affair?
Previously, not a complete lot was identified concerning the plot, however we had a short logline:
“The story is set following a surprising romance which kicks off comic consequences for a young woman, her mother and her movie star boss as they face the complications of love, sex, and identity.”
An additional synopsis provides a bit extra flesh to the story:
“Work as the assistant to super mega movie star, Chris Cole, a demanding and womanizing narcissist, is beginning to take its toll on Zara. On an impulse she quits her job, only to soon discover that her widowed mother has begun a romance with the famous playboy.”
We don’t have many official photographs for the film simply but past the display screen captures gathered from the 2023 SAVE THE DATES reveal:
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Who is within the solid for Netflix’s A Family Affair?
The film’s primary star would be the iconic actress Nicole Kidman, whose latest credit embody Nine Perfect Strangers, Being Ricardos, and Aquaman. Kidman has additionally labored with Netflix earlier than on Ryan Murphy’s The Prom.
She will probably be joined by Zac Efron (Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, Baywatch) and Joey King (Uglies, The Kissing Booth). Efron has labored with Netflix on the fact sequence Down to Earth with Zac Efron, which returned for a second season.
In August 2022, the solid was expanded to incorporate Kathy Bates and Liza Koshy.
Rounding out the solid are:
- Sherry Cola (Joy Ride)
- Gissette Valentin (Will Trent)
- Olivia Macklin (Psychopomp) as Ashley
When and the place did A Family Affair movie?
Filming started on August 2nd, 2022, and lasted for a couple of months earlier than ending on October 18th, 2022. The movie has been in post-production since October 2022. Filming came about solely in Atlanta, Georgia.
On August ninth, the DailyMail snapped King and Efron on set in Georgia.
On September twenty sixth, Kidman herself took to Instagram to state filming was nonetheless ongoing and that she was presently having fun with a nap.
As we coated in early 2024, some further filming/reshoots involving all of the principal actors within the undertaking came about in early March 2024.
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