Best known for his stunt work in movies like John Wick: Chapter 2, and F9: The Fate of the Furious, JJ Perry will make his directorial debut with a high-octane vampire hunter film called Day Shift. The screenplay was co-written by Netflix Original Army of the Dead writers Shay Hatten and Tyler Tice. Day Shift will star Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained).
Despite Perry's first time in the director's chair, his extensive stunt and martial arts background means that audiences can only expect an action-packed movie, full of realistic effects. Chad Stahelski (John Wick), who has worked with Perry numerous times in the past, will executive produce alongside Jamie Foxx and Peter Baxter.
As Fox says in the Inside Look teaser trailer, the movie will have plenty of "popcorn-eating moments" where viewers can't tear their eyes away from the screen but keep stuffing their faces with their favorite movie snacks. JJ Perry takes a new twist on the traditional vampire myth in this upcoming action-comedy thriller. This article will tell you everything you need to know about Day Shift coming to Netflix in August 2022.
What is day shift?
Jamie Foxx plays a father in San Fernando Valley working as a pool cleaner to provide a good life for his 8-year-old daughter. Or at least it looks like it on the surface. In reality, he uses pool cleaning for his real source of income: killing vampires. He is basically paid to chase vampires and is paid while delivering their fangs.
Have a day shift trailer?
Netflix released an "inside look" for Day Shift on June 7, 2022, which includes behind-the-scenes footage of some of the practical effects employed in the film. Jamie Foxx also gave a better visual display of the term "eating popcorn moment" as he described his reaction to filming certain scenes. Check out the inside look teaser below!
Netflix released the official full trailer for Day Shift on July 11, 2022, giving us a better look at all the vampire mayhem in the action-horror comedy.
release date
Day Shift is slated to release on Friday, August 12, 2022. The movie will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix upon release.
Who is on the day shift cast?
As previously mentioned, Jamie Foxx will play the lead role in this movie, but the supporting cast is nothing to sniff at either. Zion Broadnax (Abbott Elementary) will play Paige, Fox's quick-witted daughter. Steve Howe ( Shameless ) is in the cast list, but like the rest of the main cast, his character's name and role in the movie have yet to be revealed.
Dave Franco (The Now), Meagan Good (Shazam!), Natasha Liu Bordizzo (The Voyeurs), and C.S. Lee (Dexter) is also included in the cast of unnamed characters along with the infamous Snoop Dogg. In addition to the more easily recognizable cast members, there are two other cast members whose filmography leans more towards director JJ Perry's own background.
Tetiana Gaidar, portrayed by Sophia in Day Shift, was a tactical weapons instructor in the television series Resident Evil and Hunters, as well as the movie Borderlands, which is based on the first-person looter/shooter game of the same name. Along with Gaidar, Scott Adkins will also be on the day shift, no doubt showcasing his skills in fight choreography and stunt acting in films like IP Man 4: The Finale, Accident Man and Accident Man 2. He will also be in the upcoming John Wick. : Chapter 4.