Jennifer Aniston And Jason Bateman Reunite For An ‘Office Christmas Party’ With A Hilarious Cast
If you’ve ever held a job in your lifetime, there’s a good chance that you’ve had to deal with the inevitable craziness and/or awkwardness of an office Christmas party. And nowBlades of GlorydirectorsWill SpeckandJosh Gordonwill attempt to bring that to the big screen with the help ofHorrible BossesstarsJennifer AnistonandJason Bateman, as well as two of the best supporting comedy stars working today. Find out more about theOffice Christmas Partymovie after the jump!
THRreports DreamWorks Pictures is behind the new comedy with a script that coincidentally comes fromThe OfficescribesLee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitskyalong withHot in ClevelandwriteLaura Solon. Details aren’t abundant, but the movie is said to follow a cast of characters who have to contend with an office party gone awry. One would have thought that Eisenberg & Stupnitsky dealt with all the office Christmas party shenanigans they could with their work on The Office, but perhaps this will allow them to get a little more crazy and raunchy.
Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston have made a good comedy team before in both of the Horrible Bosses movies as well as The Switch. But personally, I’m much more excited about the prospect ofDeadpoolco-star T.J. Miller and futureGhostbustersstar Kate McKinnon (the best cast member onSaturday Night Liveright now) also starring in the movie along with them.
The movie has seen a variety of iterations over the years, but this seems to be the one that finally gets off the ground with production set to begin this spring in Atlanta, Georgia. Paramount Pictures has already staked out a prime holiday release date onDecember 9this year, giving it a week to breathe beforeRogue One: A Star Wars Storyarrives the following week.
This marks the second holiday themed project that Aniston has coming this year since she’s also appearing inMother’s Daythis Aprilalong with every person who has ever acted before. Meanwhile, Bateman will be seen in animated form soon asone of the lead animals in Disney’sZootopia. As for Miller, he’s got the new season of Silicon Valleycoming on April 24while Kate McKinnon can be seen onSaturday Night Liveas well as inthis year’s Ghostbusters reboot.
Here’s hoping some more great comedy stars end up joining this holiday party comedy.
