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Laura Linney joins Jason Bateman’s Netflix drama Ozark

Netflix has ordered “Ozark”, a 10-episode first season, one-hour drama, from Media Rights Capital, starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney.

Bateman also serves as an executive producer and director on the series.

Grounded in dark reality, this money-centric present day story revolves around financial planner Marty (Jason Bateman) and Wendy Bird (Laura Linney) and their family’s sudden relocation from the suburbs of Chicago to a summer resort community in the Missouri Ozarks.

Rather than the familiar skyscrapers and trading floors, “Ozark” explores capitalism, family dynamics, and survival through the eyes of (anything but) ordinary Americans. The series will premiere worldwide on Netflix in 2017.

Bill Dubuque (The Judge) created the series and will executive produce alongside showrunner Chris Mundy (Hell on Wheels, Criminal Minds) and Jason Bateman (Bad Words, The Family Fang). The series is produced by Bateman’s Aggregate in association with Media Rights Capital for Netflix.

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