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Jason Bateman casts a couple of Avengers in next directing venture

Pic, about the race to space, will be an Apple TV+ original

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“Ozark” star, director and executive producer Jason Bateman has cast Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson in “Project Artemis”.

The title, which has landed at Apple TV+, is said to fix on the race to space (a storyline also being covered in the upcoming fifth “Indiana Jones” film). Rose Gilroy penned.

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Johnson and Bateman will also produce the film.

Via ‘Deadline

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