Tag: John Cheng

  • Horrible Bosses on the lookout for new a new Boss

    Horrible Bosses on the lookout for new a new Boss

    MUMBAI: The first movie opened to some spectacular reviews with Colin Farrell getting named as the worst boss in the movie. However, in the sequel, New Line is trying to find a replacement who can be an even worse boss than Farrell.

     

    Apparently, they have checked out Chris Pine and Christoph Waltz to play a father and son duo of Horrible Bosses in the upcoming flick. However, rumours are that Waltz hasn’t agreed but Pine has.

     

    The movie also has a new director- Sean Anders. The cast is Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Dey. It’s produced by Brett Ratner and Jay Stern while John Cheng and John Rickard are exec producers.

     

    The first movie collected an astonishing $200 million worldwide and was directed by Seth Gordon. The sequel is to be written by John Daley and Jonathan Goldstein who worked on the first one as well.

  • Horrible Bosses 2 sets Thanksgiving release date

    Horrible Bosses 2 sets Thanksgiving release date

    Mumbai: With a recurring cast the New Line movie is slated to release on 26 November 2014. With a new director- Sean Anders – the cast is Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Dey.

     

    It’s produced by Brett Ratner and Jay Stern while John Cheng and John Rickard are exec producers. Only one other movie is releasing on the same day, Fox animated ‘Home’. Another movie releasing near the date is Lionsgate’s ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay’ on 21 November.

     

    A lot is expected from the second installment since the first one got more than $200 million worldwide. It was directed by Seth Gordon. Filming will begin in November this year. John Daley and Jonathan Goldstein will be scripting the sequel as well.

  • ‘Horrible Bosses 2’ ropes in ‘We’re the Millers’ writers to direct, produce

    ‘Horrible Bosses 2’ ropes in ‘We’re the Millers’ writers to direct, produce

    MUMBAI: Sean Anders and John Morris, who penned New Line’s surprise comedy runaway hit We’re the Millers, have been tapped by the company to tackle its comedy Horrible Bosses 2. Anders will helm the project while Morris will join the project as a producer.

    Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day and Jamie Foxx are set to reprise their roles in the workplace comedy.

    John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, who worked on the first movie, penned the original draft for the sequel. Anders and Morris recently did a rewrite.

    Brett Ratner and Jay Stern are producing while John Cheng, John Rickard and Diana Pokorny are executive producing.

    Anders directed Sex Drive and That’s My Boy, the latter starring Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg. The duo is known for their comedy-writing work on She’s Out of My League and Hot Tub Time Machine. They also worked on Dumb and Dumber To, the upcoming sequel to the Jim Carrey/Jeff Daniels classic Dumb and Dumber.