In May 2016, the release date was moved up to September 9, 2016. On April 13, 2016, Sony Pictures released the first trailer for the film. On March 30, 2015, Screen Gems announced that "When the Bough Breaks" was to be released on September 16, 2016. Charles Avenue in early March and was scheduled to end in mid-March 2015. The film's production was first set to begin in late-January 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana.įilming began on Februin New Orleans and it was later confirmed by Screen Gems on February 11. On January 8, 2015, Theo Rossi was added to the film. On December 16, 2014, Jaz Sinclair signed on to star in the film. On November 18, 2014, Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall were added to the cast to play the lead roles. On October 29, 2014, Sony's Screen Gems hired Jon Cassar to direct "When the Bough Breaks" which Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne were set to produce. The couple becomes caught up in Anna’s deadly game and must fight to regain control of their future before it’s too late.
John and Laura Taylor (Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall) are a young, professional couple who desperately want a baby and after exhausting all other options, they finally hire Anna (Jaz Sinclair), the perfect young woman to be their surrogate, but as she gets further along in her pregnancy, so does her psychotic and dangerous fixation on the husband.