<P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . It was released on Netflix on June 24, 2016 . </P>

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