Mediagazer: Actor and director Jason Bateman has signed a first-look, multiple-year overall film and TV deal with Netflix (Lesley Goldberg/Hollywood Reporter)

10:15 PM ET, July 10, 2018

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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Actor and director Jason Bateman has signed a first-look, multiple-year overall film and TV deal with Netflix

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