For years Hollywood has been trying to work out what to do with Jason Bateman. They know he’s talented but he hasn’t been given the right vehicles to really launch himself into the upper ranks of movie stars. However with the Horrible Bosses and The ChangeUp due out this year, he’s got his best shot yet of hitting the A-list. Now Deadline reports that he’s is in early talks to join the cast of Universal’s comedy The Insane Laws, alongside Vince Vaughn.
The film is about two best friends (Bateman and Vaughn) whose lives take a bizarre turn when their children fall for each other while away at college. The plot thickens even more when one friend’s son knocks up the other’s daughter, which puts their longtime friendship to the ultimate test.
Jeremy Garelick will make his directorial debut with The Insane Laws, working off his own original screenplay. Bateman and Vaughn worked together in both Couples Retreat and The Break-Up, so it’ll be a nice little reunion for them, especially as Garelick wrote the latter movie.