Fatherhood (film)

Fatherhood is an upcoming American comedy-drama film directed by Paul Weitz from a screenplay by Weitz and Dana Stevens, based upon the 2011 memoir "Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love" by Matthew Logelin. The film stars Kevin Hart, Alfre Woodard, Lil Rel Howery, DeWanda Wise, Anthony Carrigan, Melody Hurd, and Paul Reiser.
Originally produced by Columbia Pictures, "Fatherhood" is scheduled to be released digitally on June 18, 2021 by Netflix.
Premise.
A recently widowed father struggles to raise his daughter after the unexpected death of his wife.
Production.
In May 2015, it was announced Channing Tatum would star and produce the film, based upon a memoir by Matthew Logelin, with TriStar Pictures distributing. In January 2019, it was announced Kevin Hart would star in the film, replacing Tatum, with Paul Weitz directing from a screenplay he wrote alongside Dana Stevens. In May 2019, Melody Hurd and Alfre Woodard joined the cast of the film. In June 2019, Anthony Carrigan, Lil Rel Howery, Paul Reiser and Deborah Ayorinde joined the cast of the film, which had been moved to Columbia Pictures. In July 2019, DeWanda Wise joined the cast of the film.
Release.
"Fatherhood" was initially scheduled to be released on April 3, 2020, but on January 6, 2020, it was delayed to January 8, 2021. Later that year, it was pushed week to January 15, 2021. On March 30, 2020, it was brought forward to October 23, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 24, 2020, it was delayed to April 2, 2021. On November 19, 2020, it got delayed once again to April 16, 2021. It was then announced that Netflix had acquired the worldwide distribution rights to the film from Sony Pictures Releasing (except China) and will be releasing it digitally on June 18, 2021.