Production
Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freeland were inspired to write Due Date in 2008, after they both were placed on the No Fly List in addition to being fathers. During the 2010 "Writers Roundtable" from The Hollywood Reporter, Todd Phillips claimed that he co-wrote the script with star Robert Downey Jr., but the Writers Guild of America denied giving credit to the latter.
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