During a press event, Netflix film chiefs Dan Lin and Jinny Howe announced a new feature film: “The Cackling of the Dodos,” directed by Jason Bateman.
Furthermore, the film will star—the always-welcome Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson—and is adapted from an original screenplay by novelist Rye Curtis, known for Kingdomtide.
“The Cackling of the Dodos” follows small-town farmer George, whose already terrible day takes a darker turn when he discovers a corpse in a grain bin—and soon finds himself reluctantly drawn into a clumsy, ill-conceived cover-up orchestrated by his boss, Denny.
People often overlook Bateman’s cred as a director. He received a DGA nomination for his work on “Ozark” and won the Emmy for Outstanding Directing in 2019. On the feature side, while opinions have been mixed, he has also directed “Bad Words” and “The Family Fang.”