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    In Back in Action, Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz Are Parents with a Big Secret

    Watch the pair reunite to play suburban spies in the new trailer.

    By John DiLillo
    Nov. 26, 2025

It’s been almost 10 years since Cameron Diaz’s last film appearance — but we have some good news. With Back in Action, Diaz is, well, back in action alongside her Any Given Sunday and Annie co-star Jamie Foxx

“Everybody asks me the question: ‘Is Cameron Diaz coming back?’” Foxx told Netflix. The answer? Yes, and with a vengeance. In Back in Action, Foxx and Diaz play seemingly average parents with a big secret: They used to be incredibly skilled secret agents. “We’re on a mission, and we take this opportunity where people might think we’re dead, to disappear off the face of the planet and start a new life and raise our family,” Diaz told Netflix. Of course, their old life inevitably comes a-knocking. Soon, the two are dragged back into the career they left behind, with explosive results. 

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Read on to learn more about Back in Action, watch the trailer above, and stream Diaz and Foxx now as they take on the action adventure of a lifetime. 

Cameron Diaz as Emily and Jamie Foxx as Matt with crew members on the set of ‘Back In Action.’
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What’s Back in Action about?

Years after giving up life as CIA spies to start a family, Emily and Matt find themselves dragged back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown. Back in Action is directed by Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses, Baywatch), from a script he co-wrote with Brendan O’Brien.  

Can I watch a trailer for Back in Action?

Yes! Join the mission with Foxx and Diaz and check it out at the top of this article. 

Glenn Close as Ginny, Jamie Demetriou as Nigel, Cameron Diaz as Emily, and Jamie Foxx as Matt crowd around a desk and computer in ‘Back In Action.’
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Who’s in the cast of Back in Action?

Back in Action stars:

  • Jamie Foxx (They Cloned Tyrone, Day Shift)
  • Cameron Diaz (There’s Something About Mary, Knight and Day)
  • Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights, Bloodline)
  • Glenn Close (Fatal Attraction, Hillbilly Elegy)
  • Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers, Fleabag)
  • Jamie Demetriou (Barbie, Fleabag)
  • McKenna Roberts (Skyscraper)
  • Rylan Jackson (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves)
Cameron Diaz as Emily and Jamie Foxx as Matt in ‘Back In Action’ key art poster.
John WIlson

When will Back in Action be on Netflix?

Diaz and Fox are Back in Action now on Netflix.

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