Seth Gordon On For Identity Theft

He'll direct the comedyLooks like Jason Bateman and director Seth Gordon had a good time working on Horrible Bosses, because they've decided to team up for another comedy. Gordon is now on to make Identity Theft, which will star Bateman and Melissa McCarthy. Theft has been bubbling away for a few months now, and while it was originally conceived by The Pursuit Of Happyness' Steve Conrad as a tale of Bateman's character getting his identity hijacked by another guy, it's since been refashioned to feature McCarthy. Bateman was apparently so impressed with her scene-stealing work on Bridesmaids that he pushed to have the script retooled. The Hangover Part II's Craig Mazin got the job done and now Universal is putting the pieces together.Gordon got his start with ace video game documentary The King Of Kong (which he's said will get remade as a comedy drama, but there's been no sign of it leaving development hell yet). He graduated to slightly shonky Vince Vaughn comedy Four Christmases in 2008 but scored the Bosses job, which did decent business at the box office last year. He's also currently attached to remake War Games for MGM, though it now looks as though ID Theft will come first.