Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston reteam for “Significant Other” comedyMarch 9, 2016 - 09:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston are reteaming for Significant Other, a comedy pitch picked up by STX Entertainment, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. Bateman is attached to direct and produce the project and would star in it with Aniston, who is also attached to executive produce. Andrea Seigel, who penned the Keira Knightley-Chloe Grace Moretz movie Laggies, will write the pitch. Significant Other centers on an up-and-coming, type-A businesswoman (Aniston) who is in the final stages of being recruited for a major CEO position, but before she gets the job her company wants to meet and vet her spouse, an unpolished stay-at-home husband (Bateman). Bateman is producing the project via his Aggregate Films shingle, while Aniston is working via her Echo Films banner. Aggregate's James Garavente will shepherd while Sheroum Kim, vp development, is overseeing the project for STX. Bateman and Aniston starred together in the 2010 sperm-donor comedy The Switch, directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck. The two actors are now prepping to reunite for Gordon and Speck’s newest comedy, Office Christmas Party, which will shoot this spring. Bateman made his directorial debut with Bad Words, in which he also starred, and most recently directed The Family Fang, in which he starred with Nicole Kidman. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |