EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures and Universal Television have made a two-year first-look producing deal with Aggregate Films, the production company formed by Jason Bateman. As an actor, Bateman has been around long enough to remember that the bungalow on the Universal lot that will be his headquarters is the same one where he did his homework while working on the series
Silver Spoons. Bateman, who got his second wind as an actor on the sitcom
Arrested Development (a movie’s in the works), has starred in such Universal releases as
The Change Up, Couples Retreat,�
State of Play, The Break Up and
The Kingdom. He also recently starred in the hit New Line comedy
Horrible Bosses. More recently, Bateman got bit by the producing bug. His first major film credit at Universal will come on
Identity Theft, a project written for Bateman to play a man who has his identity stolen and life turned upside down. The original intent in the Steve Conrad and Craig Mazin-scripted comedy was for another actor to play the thief, until Bateman saw Melissa McCarthy’s scene-stealing work in the Universal comedy
Bridesmaids, and pushed for her to be in the movie. That mvie will get underway early this year. Bateman also set up
Under the Banner of Heaven, a drama based on the Jon Krakauer nonfiction book at Warner Bros, which has Ron Howard ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures and Universal Television have made a two-year first-look producing deal with Aggregate Films, the production company formed by Jason Bateman. As an actor, Bateman has been around long enough to remember that the bungalow on the Universal lot that will be his headquarters is the same one where he did his homework while working on the series Silver Spoons. Bateman, who got his second wind as an actor on the sitcom Arrested Development (a movie’s in the works), has starred in such Universal releases as The Change Up, Couples Retreat,�State of Play, The Break Up and The Kingdom. He also recently starred in the hit New Line comedy Horrible Bosses. More recently, Bateman got bit by the producing bug. His first major film credit at Universal will come on Identity Theft, a project written for Bateman to play a man who has his identity stolen and life turned upside down. The original intent in the Steve Conrad and Craig Mazin-scripted comedy was for another actor to play the thief, until Bateman saw Melissa McCarthy’s scene-stealing work in the Universal comedy Bridesmaids, and pushed for her to be in the movie. That mvie will get underway early this year. Bateman also set up Under the Banner of Heaven, a drama based on the Jon Krakauer nonfiction book at Warner Bros, which has Ron Howard ... Read More »
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