Ozark's Jason Bateman is moving behind the camera once again for Netflix thriller Dark Wire.
According to Deadline, the Marty Byrde actor has been hired to direct an adaptation of Joseph Cox's upcoming book, which unravels the truth behind how the FBI operated a fake telecom company and became the phone service provider to some of the world's most notorious gangs.
This resulted in the successful arrest of thousands of criminals.
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Bateman previously directed the movies Bad Words (2013) and The Family Fang (2015), as well as two episodes of HBO's The Outsider and nine episodes of Ozark.
Production companies Aggregate Films and 21 Laps are behind Dark Wire – the latter belonging to Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Dan Cohen (Stranger Things).
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Back in June, an availability window opened up in Bateman's schedule, after he dropped out of directing Chris Evans/Scarlett Johansson epic Artemis. It was said at the time that his exit was due to creative differences.
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Elsewhere on the Netflix movie train is the divisive Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde, starring Ana de Armas.
Defending the flick's various explicit scenes, the actress recently shared: "It's harder for people to watch than for me to make [those scenes], because I understood what I was doing and I felt very protected and safe.
"I didn't feel exploited because I was in control. I made that decision. I knew what the movie was doing. I trusted my director. I felt like I was in a safe environment."
She also spoke about how having an intimacy coordinator was "very helpful" on the set of the film.
Ozark seasons 1-4 are streaming on Netflix, as is Blonde.
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