During a Netflix press event Wednesday, the streamer’s Dan Lin and Jinny Howe announced a new feature film The Cackling of the Dodos that will be directed by Jason Bateman.
The feature puts Netflix back in business with Bateman, the EP/star of Ozark and Black Rabbit.
The Cackling of the Dodos follows small-town farmer George, who has a truly terrible day when he discovers a corpse chilling out in a grain bin and he is unwittingly forced into a chaotic, sloppy cover-up by his boss Denny. Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson will star in the movie, which is based on an original screenplay by novelist Rye Curtis (Kingdomtide).
Rockwell won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Harrelson is a three-time Oscar nominee for Three Billboards (Best Supporting Actor), The Messenger (Best Supporting Actor) and The People vs. Larry Flynt (Best Actor).
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