Kasdan to helm 'Office' duo's 'Teacher'

Jake Kasdan has signed up to direct Columbia Pictures comedy Bad Teacher, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Scripted by The Office duo Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg, the film involves a teacher who is dumped by her rich boyfriend and begins to pursue one of her colleagues. Along the way, she encounters competition from the school's model teacher.

Kasdan, the son of Indiana Jones and Empire Strikes Back writer Lawrence Kasdan, has previously directed Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and Zero Effect.

Writers Stupnitsky and Eisenberg have Harold Ramis-directed comedy Year One opening in June and are also working on the script for Ghostbusters 3.