The firm that Chris Rock works for is called Pupkin and Langford. This is an homage to the Jerry Lewis/Robert DeNiro movie "The King of Comedy" where DeNiro played Ruppert Pupkin and Lewis played Jerry Langford.
Chris Rock decided to direct the film after Steven Spielberg recommended to Rock that he should direct his own films.
Film reunites 'Chris Rock' and 'Kerry Washington' from where they played love interests in the film 'Bad Company(2002)'.
The film's tagline, 'In Marriage, No One Can Hear You Scream', is a play on the tagline for Alien (1979), which was, 'In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream'.