‘Horrible Bosses’ Director Seth Gordon Signs On for ‘Identity Theft’ with Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman

By Mike Lee • January 17, 2012 • 1 Comment

Seth Gordon and Melissa McCarthy will see if they can continue their recent success at the movies with a brand new comedy. Gordon is coming off the sleeper hit Horrible Bosses as well as McCarthy with he performance in Bridesmaids. Now Deadline reports that the two will team up for Identity Theft, a new comedy that has Jason Bateman already attached to appear. The project itself was announced last summer, but there were reports that it has been retrofitted so that McCarthy will be able to express your own brand of comedy in the movie.

The report says that the movie will follow a man (played by Bateman) whose identity is stolen by McCarthy’s charter. The stie adds that Bateman requested that the movie’s script be changed so that McCarthy can appear opposite him because he was fond of her performance in Bridesmaids. Good to know that McCarthy’s performance hasn’t gone unnoticed. Bateman is also producing the film which is based on a script written by Steve Conrad with rewrites from Craig Mazin.

Though the details are light, the movie sounds like it could be a hit, and I can’t wait to see what Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy can bring to the big screen, especially under Seth Gordon’s direction. The movie has no release date.

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