Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Todd Phillips’ Due Date

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IONCINEMA.com Top 100 Films

#60. Due Date

Director: Todd Phillips
Writer(s): Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland and revised by Adam Sztykiel
Producers: Daniel Goldberg and Philips
Distributor: Warner Bros.

The Gist: This is about fatherhood, an expectant dad (Robert Downey Jr.) and his unlikely travel companion (Zach Galifianakis) race cross-country in hopes of making it home for the birth of his first child.….(more)

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan, Juliette Lewis, Jamie Foxx and Alan Arkin.

Why is it on the list?: The Hangover might have put more money in Todd Phillips’ bank account, but I’m thinking it’ll give him more creative freedom to do as he pleases – and the best Phillips is an uncensored one. The Black List script would see Galifianakis re-team with Phillips, and the Monaghan and Downey Jr. reunion (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) assure the best chemistry possible for what Phillips does best: the road movie. 

Release Date/Status?: Huge release on November 5th.

 

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society), FIPRESCI and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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