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Jason Bateman to Direct Netflix’s 'The Cackling of the Dodos' Starring Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson

The project extends Bateman’s Netflix partnership as his third feature directing effort.

Overview

  • Netflix announced the film during its Next on Netflix presentation led by Dan Lin and Jinny Howe.
  • The story follows small-town farmer George, who finds a corpse in a grain bin and is pushed into a chaotic cover-up by his boss, Denny, per the official synopsis.
  • Novelist Rye Curtis wrote the original screenplay, marking an original, not adapted, project.
  • Bateman is reported to produce via his Aggregate banner alongside Michael Costigan, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
  • The casting pairs Rockwell and Harrelson for a reunion after previously appearing together in Seven Psychopaths.