Seann William Scott is in talks to join Billy Bob Thornton in New Line Cinema's comedy
Mr. Woodcock, says the Hollywood Reporter.
The feature, helmed by Craig Gillespie, centers on a young man, to be played by Scott, who returns to his hometown to stop his mother from marrying his old high school gym teacher, who made life a living hell for him and many of his classmates. Billy Bob Thornton will play the gym teacher.
"It's really a good comedic pairing," New Line's Toby Emmerich. "It's like the first time you heard Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro teaming up. It feels good."