Horrible Bosses

Producers

Brett Ratner and Jay Stern

Director

Seth Gordon

Screenplay

Michael Markowitz,John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein

Cast

Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey,Donald Sutherland and Julie Bowen

Release Date August 5

Three friends Nick Hendricks (Jason Bateman),Kurt Buckman (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale Arbus (Charlie Day) are harassed by their intolerable bosses. So they devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers. Their only way out is murder. They hire a conman (Jamie Foxx) for the job.

Based on the recession era,Horrible Bosses has Jason Bateman,Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis playing the three hapless workers,while Jennifer Aniston,Colin Farrell and two-time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey star as their unbearable bosses.

The buzz

* Jennifer Aniston wore a brown wig to make her character— that of a brunette— more believable. The look is a departure from her girl-next-door persona. American actor Jamie Foxx has a cameo in the film and plays a murder consultant.

* Vince Vaughn,Owen Wilson,Matthew McConaughey,Dax Shepard,Ashton Kutcher,Paul Rudd,Philip Seymour Hoffman,Jeff Bridges and Tom Cruise were all rumored to be cast at some point.