Taking instant advantage of all that Bridesmaids love, Melissa McCarthy attached herself to a number of projects, and a couple of them will be hitting theaters soon. She's got a guest spot in Judd Apatow's This is 40 coming in December, but her first real starring role arrives just a few months later when the comedy Identity Thief opens. The trailer should be hitting the web tomorrow, but in order to tide us over a pair of character posters have been released with McCarthy and her co-star Jason Bateman.
Taking on a role originally written for a guy, McCarthy stars as Diana, a con artist who has stolen the identity of Sandy Bigelow Patterson(Bateman), and is now living it up down in Miami at his expense. With his life on the verge of imploding, the real Sandy heads to Miami to do whatever it takes to track down and bring Diana to Denver, discovering just how tough it is to get your name back. Seth Gordon(Horrible Bosses) is directing, based on a script by Steve Conrad and Craig Mazin(The Hangover Part II).
Identity Thief opens next year on February 8th. [HuffPo, Moviefone]
