The Other Woman is a 2014 American romantic comedy film directed by Nick Cassavetes and written by Melissa Stack. The film stars Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, with Nicki Minaj, Taylor Kinney and Don Johnson in supporting roles. The film follows three women—Carly (Diaz), Kate (Mann), and Amber (Upton)—who are all romantically involved with the same man, Mark (Coster-Waldau). After finding out about each other, the trio decide to take revenge on Mark.
Development of The Other Woman began in January 2012, when 20th Century Fox hired Stack to write the script, based on the original idea from 1996 comedy The First Wives Club. Casting began in November 2012 and ended in June 2013. Filming began on April 29, 2013 in New York City, using locations like Manhattan, Long Island, The Hamptons, and The Bahamas. Aaron Zigman composed the score and LBI Productions produced the film.
The film was released on April 25, 2014 in the United States, distributed worldwide by 20th Century Fox. Despite negative reviews, the film has been a box office success, becoming number one at the box office during its opening weekend and grossed over $196 million worldwide against its budget of $40 million. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 29, 2014, and earned more than $13 million in home media sales.
Cast:Cameron Diaz as Carly Whitten, an attorney who finds out that her boyfriend Mark is already married and has another girlfriend.
Leslie Mann as Kate King, a housewife who discovers that her husband Mark is cheating on her with two women.
Kate Upton as Amber, an Amazon swimsuit supermodel, Mark's second girlfriend.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Mark King, a wealthy businessman, who is cheating on his wife Kate and two girlfriends Carly and Amber, at the same time.
Nicki Minaj as Lydia, Carly's assistant.
Taylor Kinney as Phil, Kate's brother.
Don Johnson as Frank Whitten, Carly's father who dates women half his age.
David Thornton as Nick
Olivia Culpo as Raven-Haired Beauty
Production
Development
On January 16, 2012, it was announced that 2007 Black Listed screenwriter Melissa Stack was hired by 20th Century Fox to write an untitled female revenge comedy, which Julie Yorn would produce through LBI Productions. The film's script was described as the original idea from the 1996 film The First Wives Club, but with younger leads.On November 13, the film's title was revealed to be The Other Woman.On January 31, 2013, Nick Cassavetes signed on to direct the film.
Casting
On November 13, 2012, TheWrap reported that Cameron Diaz was in talks for the lead role. Diaz's representative also revealed that actress Kristen Wiig was under consideration for the wife role.On March 13, 2012, Leslie Mann and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau were in talks to join the film, while Diaz was confirmed for her role. On April 15, Kate Upton joined the film.The same day, Taylor Kinney was announced to be in talks for a role.On April 25, Nicki Minaj signed on to make her feature film debut.On June 5, Don Johnson also joined the film to play Diaz's character's father.
Filming
In March 2013, the shooting was set to begin late-spring or early summer 2013 in New York. Later it was told that the production would begin in May 2013. Principal photography for the movie began on April 29, 2013 and filming was completed by August 27, 2013.[citation needed] Much of filming took place in parts of New York, including Long Island, The Hamptons, and Westhampton Beach. In the late-June, some scenes were also shot in Chinatown. From July 18-23, filming took place in New Providence, where Nassau, The Bahamas was used as the filming location.Atlantis Paradise Island was also used as the shooting location. Isola Trattoria and Crudo Bar at Mondrian Hotel in SoHo, Manhattan was where the women met for a celebration toast at the end of the film.
Music
The Other Woman's music was composed by Aaron Zigman, who was reportedly set to score the film on May 31, 2013.[better source needed] The full album track list, featuring songs from different artists including Etta James, Ester Dean, Morcheeba, Cyndi Lauper, Britt Nicole, Patty Griffin, Lorde, Keyshia Cole and Iggy Azalea.
Release
On March 31, the film had a premiere in Amsterdam, and the next day on April 1, it was premiered at Curzon Mayfair Cinema in London.The film later had a premiere on December 21 in Westwood, California
On March 25, 2014, Fox appealed the R-rating, which Motion Picture Association of America gave the film for sexual references.But studio wanted to get PG-13, because according to Box Office Mojo, the R-rated movies ever released, all could gross averaged just $7.8 million.So on April 9, the MPAA's rating appeals board took back the R and awarded the film with a PG-13. And the sources confirmed that there were no changes made to get the film PG-13.The Other Woman was released on April 25, 2014 in the United States.
Box office
The film was a box office hit earning over five times its production costs. The Other Woman opened at number 1 in North America on April 25, 2014 in 3,205 theaters debuting atop the weekend box office with earnings of $24.7 million across the three days.The film has grossed $83,911,193 in America and $112,870,000 in other countries for a worldwide total of $196,781,193.
Home media
The Other Woman was released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 29, 2014. The Blu-ray edition features the Gag Reel, Giggle Fit, Gallery and deleted scenes.In the United States, the film has grossed $9,592,336 from DVD sales and $4,163,463 from Blu-ray sales, making a total of $13,755,799.
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