Seth Gordon ("The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters") is in final negotiations to direct "Four Christmases" for New Line Cinema reports the trades.

Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn both produce and are starring in the movie, which follows a young married couple -- each one a child of divorced parents -- who struggle to attend four different Christmas Day family celebrations.

Matt Allen and Caleb Wilson penned the screenplay. Gordon is expected to helm this before the feature film remake of 'Kong' which he will also helm.