Jason Bateman will let shareholders run his life in IPO Man

Posted 11 years ago

Deadline is reporting Jason Bateman will direct and star in IPO MAN for Fox Searchlight. The film will follow the true story of Mike Merrill, who sold himself as stock and let the shareholders control his life, and is based...

Christopher Walken joins Jason Bateman’s The Family Fang adaptation

Posted 12 years ago

Jason Bateman's next project as a director will be an adaptation of the Kevin Wilson novel The Family Fang, and he's landed a fantastic actor for his upcoming film. Christopher Walken has joined THE FAMILY FANG, and will star alongside...

Exclusive 1:1 Interview: Bad Words Star Kathryn Hahn!

Posted 12 years ago

Kathryn Hahn is hilarious. From her terrific work in such films as WE’RE THE MILLERS, WANDERLUST and STEP BROTHERS she has proven to be a hell of a great comedic actress. In her latest entitled BAD WORDS she portrays an...

Exclusive 1:1 Interview: Bad Words Director and Star Jason Bateman!

Posted 12 years ago

In BAD WORDS, the feature film directorial debut of Jason Bateman, the incredibly funny actor takes on the very frightening world of a national spelling bee. Bateman plays 40-year-old Guy Trilby who is not the nicest guy on the planet....

Review: Bad Words

Posted 12 years ago

This review of BAD WORDS originally ran as part of our TIFF 2013 coverage. PLOT: Guy (Jason Bateman) is a forty-year old high school dropout, who uses a loophole to enter the National Spelling Bee, where he’s pitted against ten-year-olds....

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Set Visit: Bad Words – The Filmmakers

Posted 12 years ago

Click here to read Part One of our set visit: The Cast! Jason Bateman, Director, Actor On why he chose to direct: They don’t hand out a lot of movies to direct. I guess there’s that. I did do a...

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Set Visit: Bad Words – The Cast

Posted 12 years ago

The first piece of direction I hear Jason Bateman say on the Golden Quill stage set of BAD WORDS was, I imagine, not meant to be heard by the rest of us. He leaned into an actor playing one of the...

New clip from Jason Bateman’s Bad Words has a serious chat about nipples

Posted 12 years ago

One of the comedies I'm most looking forward to this year is Jason Bateman's BAD WORDS. Bateman has "risen through the ranks" to become one of the most reliable comedic talents working today, be it in classic shows like Arrested...

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The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Philip Seymour Hoffman

Posted 12 years ago

Shortly after I completed last week’s column on Bill Murray, the sad news of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman’s passing started to make the news. In the talk-back section of the Murray column, a reader wrote that it was unfortunate Hoffman...

New green-band trailer for Jason Bateman’s directorial debut Bad Words

Posted 12 years ago

A new green-band trailer for the Jason Bateman directed BAD WORDS has hit the web, featuring a toned-down version of the hijinks in the red-band version. However, that doesn’t stop the movie from still looking hilarious with a good layer...

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