"Mean Girls" director working for "Minimum Wage"

By Borys Kit

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Mean Girls" director Mark Waters is in negotiations to sign on for "Minimum Wage," a timely comedy that tackles the effects of greed.

The story centers on a corrupt corporate executive who is convicted of fraud and sentenced to a year living on minimum wage in the town his company bankrupted.

It is being produced by Participant Media, which aims to make commercial films with a social bent. This year, it was behind such movies as Tom McCarthy's "The Visitor" and Errol Morris' "Standard Operating Procedure."

Waters last directed "The Spiderwick Chronicles." His comedy "The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" is in the can and set for a May 1 release.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter