The Fundamentals of Caring

The Fundamentals of Caring
Directed by	Rob Burnett
Produced by	Rob Burnett Jon Beckerman
Written by	Rob Burnett
Based on	The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison
Starring	Paul Rudd Craig Roberts Selena Gomez
Music by	Ryan Miller
Cinematography	Giles Nuttgens
Edited by	Christopher Passig
Production company	Worldwide Pants Levantine
Distributed by	Netflix
Release dates	January 29, 2016 (2016-01-29) (Sundance Film Festival) June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24) (Worldwide)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Fundamentals of Caring is an American drama film directed and written by Rob Burnett, based on the 2012 novel of same name by Jonathan Evison. The film stars Paul Rudd, Craig Roberts, and Selena Gomez. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 29, 2016. It is scheduled to be released on June 24, 2016, by Netflix.

Cast

• Paul Rudd as Ben
• Selena Gomez as Dot
• Craig Roberts as Trevor
• Megan Ferguson as Peaches
• Jennifer Ehle as Elsa
• Frederick Weller
• Bobby Cannavale
• Julia Denton as Janet

Production

On October 11, 2012, Worldwide Pants' Rob Burnett and Jon Beckerman acquired the film rights to Jonathan Evison's novel The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving. Burnett would adapt and direct the film. On January 7, 2015, Paul Rudd was added to the cast to play the male lead, which Donna Gigliotti and James Spies would produce. On January 13, Selena Gomez also joined the film.

On December 7, it was announced that the original title, The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, had been changed to The Fundamentals of Caring. It was later revealed Bobby Cannavale and Frederick Weller had been cast in the film.

Filming

Filming began on January 22, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. In early February filming took place in Cartersville, Georgia. Filming concluded on February 26, 2015 after 26 days of filming.

Release

The film had its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival as the Closing Night Film. In January 2016, prior to the film's premiere at the festival Netflix acquired global distribution rights to the film. The film will debut on Netflix on June 24th 2016.

External links

• The Fundamentals of Caring at IMDb