Jason Bateman has another film lined up. Deadline reports that Bateman will both direct and star in a film adaptation of the 2013 Wired magazine article by Joshua Davis called “Meet The Man Who Sold His Fate To Investors At $1 A Share.” Bateman will play the lead character based on the real-life story of Mike Merrill, whose decision to sell stock in himself “created a host of problems … when shareholders demanded control over life decisions like whether to have a vasectomy or even whether he should move in with his longtime girlfriend (and minority shareholder).” Transparent writers Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster co-wrote the script. IPO Man will make Bateman’s third directing gig following 2013’s Bad Words and upcoming film The Family Fang starring Nicole Kidman.
Jason Bateman to Direct and Star in ‘IPO Man’
