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Ozark showrunner Chris Mundy has dropped a small hint about what’s in store for the fourth and final season of the Netflix series when it returns to screens for a two-halve run. Speaking during a pre-recorded online session for PaleyFest LA, Mundy said the fourth season marks the final chapter in the Byrde family's…

EXCLUSIVE: After earning his third consecutive Emmy nomination earlier this week, Jason Bateman has now turned his sights on what comes after Ozark finishes shooting its final season, and he may have found his next project. We are hearing Bateman is in early negotiations to direct the Netflix heist pic Here Comes the F…

EXCLUSIVE: Following the news of Ozark and Stranger Things each earning Emmy noms for Best Drama series, Netflix is looking to stay in business with the shows’ respective leads on a new film project. We are hearing Netflix is adapting Tess Sharpe's novel The Girls I’ve Been into a feature film with Millie Bobby Brown…

Jason Bateman, reigning Emmy winner for director in a drama series, is a double threat on the acting side this year. He landed his third consecutive nomination in the Lead Actor In a Drama series category for his starring role as Martin ‘Marty’ Byrde on Netflix’s Ozark. Additionally, he is nominated as a Guest Actor…

Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes are launching a "three-headed beast" of a podcast. Arrested Development stars Bateman and Arnett and Will and Grace star Hayes will launch Smartless on July 20 with episodes airing every Monday. The show is centered around the element of surprise with each episode starting…

During the Ozark portion of Netflix’s panel at Deadline’s Contenders Television livestream event, star-producer-director Jason Bateman talked about how the show has suddenly exploded in popularity in its third season, and gave much of the credit to the times we are living through right now. "We are very proud of what…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has set a deal for two feature starring vehicles for Reese Witherspoon, her first with the streaming service. Her Hello Sunshine has teamed with Aggregate Films’ Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan to produce Your Place Or Mine, a romantic comedy that will mark the feature directorial debut of Aline B…

Tensions are clearly on the rise between Marty (Jason Bateman) and Wendy Byrde (Laura Linney) in season 3 of Ozark as they fight to keep their casino alive. The first trailer opens with Wendy apparently pointing a gun at Marty and the drama and violence increase from there. Produced by MRC Television and created by…

HBO premiered The Outsider on January 12 and it serves another helping of Stephen King fare translated to TV.  In it, Cynthia Erivo plays private investigator Holly Gibney who uses her uncanny abilities to help police detective Ralph Anderson (Ben Mendelsohn, who was unable to attend TCA as he was sick with pneumonia…

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary Television has closed a deal to develop the Jonathan Lethem novel Gun, With Occasional Music for a TV series. Johan Renck, coming off his Emmy-winning work on the acclaimed HBO miniseries Chernobyl, has been set to direct. He will be executive producer along with David Flebotte, who’ll be the…

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh from winning the Emmy for Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series for Ozark, Jason Bateman has found his next feature film to direct. He’ll helm Shut In, the spec script by first time scribe Melanie Toast that New Line acquired in September. Bateman had been developing to direct a film based on the…

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh from Sunday’s Emmy win for Best Directing in a Drama Series for Netflix’s Ozark, Jason Bateman is in early talks direct Ryan Reynolds in Clue, the live-action feature adaptation of the Hasbro board game for Fox/Disney. Bateman also plans to star in the film, though it’s early going. Bateman, who won…