On today’s The Contenders Emmys panel featuring the stars of Netflix drama Ozark, moderated by Mike Fleming Jr., Jason Bateman said he had some fun throwing away some of his Marty Byrde character’s “icy, no-emotion” demeanor to show a few frayed edges in the series’ second season.

Bateman said that as Marty, a financia…

EXCLUSIVE: Jason Bateman has set a deal with Netflix to direct an untitled action comedy script by Game Night and Accepted screenwriter Mark Perez. Bateman will produce with Michael Costigan through their Aggregate Films banner, teaming with Jeff Kirschenbaum and Joe Roth. Casting is underway but Bateman will not star…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a promising update on an intriguing project: Ozark’s Julia Garner is in negotiations to play the lead in Kitty Green’s (Casting JonBenet) upcoming movie charting a day in the life of one of Harvey Weinstein’s assistants.

Due to shoot in New York next year, the as-yet-untitled narrative feature is bein…

Fox Searchlight, Warner Bros and A Star Is Born led all film noms at the 25th annual SAG Awards nominations announced this morning at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. Fox Searchlight, which also topped the studio list last year, and Warner Bros led with five nominations each, and A Star Is Born with four. T…

UPDATED with more info, full list of nominees: Warner Bros’ A Star Is Born solidified its status this awards season this morning at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, where it collected a film-side-leading four nominations including in the marquee ensemble category. Meanwhile on the TV side…

EXCLUSIVE: Skylar Gaertner, who plays Jonah Byrde opposite Jason Bateman and Laura Linney on Ozark and young Matt Murdoch on Marvel’s Daredevil, has signed with ICM Partners.

His TV credits also include roles on FX’s recently concluded The Americans and Showtime’s Nurse Jackie. On the film side, he most recently…

A little more than a month after the second season of Netflix’s Ozark was released, the drama series starring, directed and executive produced by Jason Bateman has been renewed for a 10-episode third season. Chris Mundy is set to return as executive producer and showrunner.

Ozark, created by Bill Dubuque and Mark…

As he set out on Season 1 of Netflix crime drama Ozark, cinematographer Ben Kutchins' challenging objective was clear: to visually shape a world that was both highly cinematic and "grounded at all times,” a world where brutal psychological and physical violence go hand in hand. Following a series of conversations with…

TV critics expecting to get even more intel on Netflix’s Ozark Season 2 or, 3 may have come away from the hot series TCA Q&A disappointed, with Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, and Julia Garner all deferring to writer/producers who were not on stage. Bateman did, however, promise the writers “understand the audience…

Today Jason Bateman turned out to be a double threat Emmy nominee for his Netflix/Media Rights Capital noir series Ozark, not just earning a nomination for lead actor in a drama series, but also for directing as well.

While Bateman has continually been lauded for his comedy acting chops throughout the years, largely fo…

The Byrdes are back. Netflix released a first-look teaser announcing that the second season of Ozark starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney will return for your bingeing pleasure on August 31.

The 40-second teaser for the crime drama — watch it above — gives us flashes of the second season that features a voice-over o…