Bad Moms

Young Amy (Mila Kunis) has a great husband, overachieving children, beautiful home and successfulcareer. Unfortunately, she's also overworked, exhausted and ready to snap. Fed up, she joins forces with two other stressed-out mothers (Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn) to get away from daily life and conventional responsibilities. As the gals go wild with their newfound freedom, they set themselves up for the ultimate showdown with queen bee Gwendolyn and her clique of seemingly perfect moms.

Initial release: July 29, 2016 (USA)

Directors: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore

Distributed by: STX Entertainment

Music composed by: Christopher Lennertz

Production companies: PalmStar Media, Huayi Brothers

Mila Kunis as Amy Mitchell

Kristen Bell as Kiki

Kathryn Hahn as Carla

Annie Mumolo as Vicky

Jada Pinkett Smith as Stacy

Christina Applegate as Gwendolyn

Lilly Singh as Cathy

Oona Laurence as Jane Mitchell

Emjay Anthony as Dylan

Kesha

Billy Slaughter as Dr. Lars

On April 30, 2015, it was announced that Jon Lucas and Scott Moore were set to direct an untitled female comedy, based on their own original script. Bill Block of Block Entertainment and Raj Brinder Singh of Merced Media Partners would produce the film along with Judd Apatow and Josh Church through Apatow Productions, while Merced Media financing the film. Leslie Mann was set to star for lead role.[8] This would be Bill Block's first film producing through Block Entertainment after leaving QED International. Paramount Pictures acquired the film's distribution rights on May 8, 2015. The film was sold to different international distributors at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.On June 1, 2015, Mann and Apatow exited the film because of the scheduling conflicts. On October 26, 2015, it was reported that Paramount left the project and STX Entertainment now came on board to handle the American distribution.Mila Kunis, Christina Applegate, and Kristen Bell joined the film for the lead roles, while Suzanne Todd would also produce the film along with Block. On January 11, 2016, Jada Pinkett Smith and Kathryn Hahn joined the film, where Smith would play Applegate's blunt bestie, while Hahn would also play a mom.

Principal photography on the film began on January 11, 2016 in New Orleans and concluded on March 1, 2016.