Goldstein, a supervising producer on The New Adventures of Old Christine, and Daley, an actor-turned-writer who will always be remembered as Sam Weir on Freaks and Geeks, wrote the final draft of Horrible Bosses, and according to The Hollywood Reporter, they're now on board for the sequel as well.
Apparently the studio has also entered early negotiations with Seth Gordon to return as director. Gordon earned a lot of attention with his excellent 2007 documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, but Horrible Bosses is his biggest film so far. The comedy, made with a budget somewhere in the neighborhood of $35 million, broke the $100 million mark domestically and pulled in a global total over $200 million.
Back in June, Gordon struck a deal with MGM to develop a remake of WarGames, and its unknown how that might be affected by his involvement with Horrible Bosses 2.
Goldstein and Daley are busy these days. They contributed to Burt Wonderstone, the magician comedy starring Steve Carell and Jim Carrey, and they're currently at work on a Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs sequel.
Over the summer, The Hangover Part II proved yet again that satisfying comedy sequels are a tricky business, one in which you don't want to simply reuse a concept just because it worked the first time. Basically, let's hope that a Horrible Bosses sequel doesn't find Bateman, Day, and Sudeikis going, "Oh no, we work for terrible employers all over again!" As far as formulas go, though, they'll probably benefit commercially from having Jennifer Aniston once again enthusiastically fellating a banana.
