Ozark star and director Jason Bateman has signed on to direct the movie adaptation of the novel Darkish Wire at Netflix. The FBI surveillance story “uncovers the true story of how the FBI launched a faux telecom firm and have become a telephone service supplier to a few of the world’s most infamous gangs, culminating within the arrest of greater than a thousand worldwide criminals.”
Primarily based on Vice Motherboard journalist Joseph Cox’s upcoming e book, the story is being tailored for the display screen by Matthew Orton (Operation Finale). Tracey Nyberg shall be government producer. Niija Kuykendall is artistic lead on the mission for Netflix, which has offers with each 21 Laps and Bateman’s Mixture.
Different producers embody Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, and Dan Levine for Stranger Issues outfit 21 Laps, and by Bateman and Michael Costigan for Mixture Movies (Sport Night time).
by way of: Deadline
