First photos from ‘Bad Teacher’!

As mentioned in the previous post, Cameron Diaz started filming Bad Teacher on Saturday, March 6. Well, yesterday they continued shooting the movie – also starring Justin Timberlake, Jason Segel, Lucy Punch and Molly Shannon – and Cami was photographed on the set!

She looked gorgeous in a yellow dress, in character for “Elizabeth Halsey”. I have added the first two pictures to the gallery, check them out by clicking on the preview above!

‘Bad Teacher’ has started filming

“We’re thrilled to have him! He’s the best person for the job. He’s going to be hilarious. He’s clearly a very talented comedian, look at his ‘Saturday Night Live’ skits. He’s fantastic, he’s going to be so great.”

Whilst being interviewed by Access Hollywood on the red carpet at yesterday’s Oscars ceremony, Cameron Diaz talked about Justin Timberlake joining Bad Teacher. She also shared that they started filming the movie on Saturday, as she had a blast shooting a scene with co-star Jason Segel. Check out the interview below!

Justin Timberlake joins ‘Bad Teacher’

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Justin Timberlake has nabbed the coveted role of the male lead in Bad Teacher, the Cameron Diaz comedy Jake Kasdan is directing for Columbia. Molly Shannon and Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family) are also joining the cast.

The script, by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, follows a foul-mouthed, gold-digging seventh-grade teacher who, after being dumped by her boyfriend, sets her sights on a colleague (Lucy Punch) who is dating a substitute teacher, who also is the scion of a watch fortune.

Jason Segel was cast in the supporting role of a gym teacher, with John Michael Higgins slotted as the principal, but the studio has spent the better part of the new year looking though class photos trying to find its leading man. John Krasinski, Joel McHale, Timothy Olyphant, Guy Pearce, Adam Scott and relative newcomer Cheyenne Jackson were in the mix for table reads and other tests.

Jimmy Miller is producing the feature, which starts filming this month in Los Angeles.

This will be very interesting to see and a guaranteed source for speculation, due to Cameron and Justin’s past. What do you think of Justin Timberlake joining the movie?

Jason Segel joins ‘Bad Teacher’

According to Empire Online, Jason Segel and Christopher Guest regular John Michael Higgins have joined the cast of Cameron Diaz’ new comedy Bad Teacher.

Jake Kasdan is directing the film, which finds a trashy, gold-digging educator (Diaz) on the hunt for a new sugar daddy after being dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to snatch the perfect male teacher who is currently dating one of her colleagues (Lucy Punch). Neither Higgins nor Segel are that model employee – Higgins is paying headmaster Wally Snur and Segel will be the gym teacher.

With a script by Year One writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, it’ll start shooting next month in LA.

Lucy Punch joins Bad Teacher

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lucy Punch has been cast opposite Cameron Diaz in the black comedy Bad Teacher, which Jake Kasdan is directing for Columbia.

Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg wrote the original screenplay about Elizabeth Halsey (Diaz), a foul-mouthed, conniving seventh-grade teacher who pursues a colleague after being dumped by her sugar daddy. The new romantic interest brings her into conflict with Amy Squirrel (Punch), the school’s model teacher.

Jimmy Miller is producing the feature, which starts filming next month in Los Angeles.

New information about Bad Teacher

Thanks to the great JustJared for this interesting piece of news! Bad Teacher, which starts filming next week in L.A., is about a filthy-mouthed middle school teacher who fights for the attention of the school’s model teacher after she’s dumped by her boyfriend. The movie will be directed by Jake Kasdan, and was written by The Office scribes Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky. According to JustJared, actors Bradley Cooper and Jason Segel are both in the running to star opposite Cameron!

What do you think of the choices? And more importantly; who do you want for the part? Bradley or Jason?

Cameron to star in Bad Teacher

Great news! According to the always-reliable Variety, Cameron Diaz is heading back to school for Columbia Pictures’ raunchy comedy Bad Teacher! She will star in the Jake Kasdan-helmed pic, which was penned by The Office scribes Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky.

Story centers on a foulmouthed, gold-digging middle-school teacher who, after getting dumped by her boyfriend, competes with a colleague for the affections of the school’s model teacher.

Mosaic Media’s Jimmy Miller is producing Bad Teacher. Now that the studio has its leading lady, production is set to begin in the spring in Los Angeles. Doug Belgrad and Jonathan Kadin are overseeing for Col, which is working with Diaz on the tentpole The Green Hornet.

So excited to see Cameron in a new comedy from The Office writers! This is destined to be a hilarious movie, for sure! Stay tuned for more info.