The Upside (2017)

Comedy, Drama, General Film

Director: Neil Burger

Writer(s): Jon Hartmere (screenplay), Eric Toledano & Olivier Nakache (original movie “Les Intouchables”)

Starring: Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, Aja Naomi King, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Genevieve Angelson, Golshifteh Farahani, Tate Donovan, Julianna Margulies, Suzanne Savoy, Michael Quinlan, James Georgiades, Rachel Christopher, Diego Aguirre, Fernando Mateo Jr., Kimberly S. Fairbanks, Tatiana St. Phard, Rachel Alana Handler, Ricky Garcia, J.J. Phillips, Zak Corrigan, Jayson Williams, Kittson O’Neill, Brian Gallagher, Phillip Chorba, Julie Potter, Tom Schmitt, Tyrone Mitchell Henderson, Christine Chang, Jason Bowen, Pia Mechler, Rigoberto Garcia, Karen Christie-Ward, John David Miles, Indra A. Thomas, Mikai Anthony, Jane Moore, Madeleine Woolner, Ambur Braid, Erica Brookhyser, John Moore, Yi Li, Michael William Kondyra, Nick Greece, Rob Sporrer, James M Adams, Adriana Alveario, Kristina Aponte, Tariq James Arthur, Gary Ayash, David Baechle, Tony Barber, Ronen Bay, Robert Benn, Kevin D. Benton, Robert Bizik, Sharonda Harris Bunton, Jenniffer Butler, Brant Casey, Lyman Chen, David Collihan, Anthony B. Cooper, Myesha Cooper, Corinne Costa, John Crann, Katia Crivellari, Mathew Darcy, Ernest DiLullo Sr., Casey Donnelly, Mark Falvo, Dave Ferrier, Sonya Giddings, Shawn Gonzalez, Jibril Goodman, Wesley Green, Laura Hart, Dolores Hillgrube, Angelia Holleger, Charles W Harris III, Dominique Janelle, Laura Jean, Charmar Jeter, Kirk Kelly, Mark Kochanowicz, Julia Leusner, James R. Ling, Valerie Logan, Dominic Longo, Michael J. Lyons, Glen Macnow, Dennis P. Marburger, Scott Martin, Red Mattos, Doris McCarthy, Jaclyn McHugh, Gemma McIlhenny, Laura Beth Melchiorre, Jeffrey Mowery, Kevin B. Mulligan, Damian Muziani, Chris Naples, Jeff Ost, Nekoda Phillips, Annie Pisapia, Scheie Poitier, Alisha Poland, Les Price, Jon Douglas Rainey, Bryan Ramona, Chuck Rayner, Ricky Roma, Marco Rosario, Valentino Rudi, Shayna Ryan, Juan G. Sanchez, Michelle Santiago, Erin Shann, David Sheridan, Shawn Shillingford, Nancy Sokerka, Julie Stackhouse, Christopher Rex Stone, Aleksandra Svetlichnaya, Nikki Corinne Thomas, Ursula Triplett, Brian Tronieri, Andre Tucker Jr., Nikee Warren, Donna White, Terron Whitsett, Carl Zingle, Derek Zuzunaga

Synopsis: A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy paraplegic and a unemployed man with a criminal record who’s hired to help him. READ REVIEW

Release Date: January 11, 2019 (USA) | Length: 118 min | Genre: Comedy, Drama | MPAA Rating: NR

Note: Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2017. Story is based on the 2011 film with Omar Sy, The Intouchables. The title was changed from The Untouchables to Untouchable. Also looks like the release date was moved to 2018. The film now has a new title “The Upside!”. Title was changed again to “The Upside”. The US theatre release date was changed from March 9, 2018 to unknown after The Weinstein Company (TWC) pulled the film from its schedule in January 2018. The new release date, if any, will be set by whoever buys TWC.