Jason Bateman and Jude Law are set to star and executive produce Netflix’s upcoming limited series, Black Rabbit. The premise of the series is about an owner of a New York City hotspot who allows his turbulent brother back into his life and escalates dangers that threaten to bring down everything he has built.
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Cleopatra Coleman (Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire), Amaka Okafor (Bodies), Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (Gangs of London), and Dagmara Dominczyk (Succession) are all set to be part of the series alongside Bateman and Law. Netflix announced the casting news for the show earlier this week.
CREATIVES BEHIND BLACK RABBIT
This isn’t Jason Bateman’s first rodeo when it comes to directing. He made his first directorial debut back in 1989 at 20 years old with The Hogan Family episode “Educating Rita” (Season 5, Episode 10). At the time, he set the record for the youngest director in the Directors Guild of America. In 2019, he was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for his direction of Ozark and has won three Screen Actors Guild Awards for his performance. Bateman will be directing the first two episodes of Black Rabbit while he and Michael Costigan’s Aggregate Films will be producing the series.
When it comes to English actor Jude Law, he has received multiple awards and nominations, including a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and the Honorary César. He has been nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role as well as a total of two Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. Law was also named a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. Law and Ben Jackson’s Riff Raff Entertainment company will be executive producing the series.
Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Zach Baylin and Kate Susman will write the series based on an original idea and according to Netflix, the series is categorized as a one-hour drama genre. Those who will also be executive producing Black Rabbit with Law and Bateman are Zach Baylin and Kate Susman’s Youngblood Pictures, Andrew Hinderaker, Zac Frognowski, Justin Levy, and David Bernon.
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Black Rabbit is the latest series out of Aggregate’s creative partnership with Netflix. The series doesn’t have an official release date but it will stream exclusively on the popular service soon.
About Black Rabbit
Release Date: TBA
Director: Jason Bateman
Creators/Writers: Zach Baylin and Kate Susman
Executive Producers: Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan’s Aggregate Films; Jude Law and Ben Jackson’s Riff Raff Entertainment; Zach Baylin and Kate Susman’s Youngblood Pictures; Andrew Hinderaker, Zac Frognowski, Justin Levy and David Bernon.
Genre: One-hour Drama
Production: Netflix
Distribution: Netflix
Cast: Jason Bateman, Jude Law, Cleopatra Coleman, Amaka Okafor, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and Dagmara Dominczyk.
Logline: When the owner of a New York City hotspot allows his turbulent brother back into his life, he opens the door to escalating dangers that threaten to bring down everything he’s built.
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SOURCE: Netflix
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