Cinema Science

I really like the fact that Jason Bateman is getting a variety of movie roles these days. I knew he would be offered more comedies after starring in Arrested Development but I never thought he would be starring along side Bradd Pitt and Edward Norton in a political drama or playing a bomb expert in a thriller/action movie (The Kingdom). Anway, Bateman is the latest addition to the cast of the Kevin Macdonald-directed adaptation of the British miniseries State of Play. The story centers on a newspaper's investigation of the murder of a girlfriend of a fast-rising congressman (Norton). Pitt plays the former campaign manager of the politician who spearheads the paper's investigation, and Bateman plays one of the key reporters chasing the story. Bateman will next be seen in the Peter Berg-directed Universal drama The Kingdom, followed by the Zack Helm-directed Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, and the Jason Reitman-directed Juno. Universal is also developing Remarkable Fellows, a Bateman pitch that is being written and directed by Joe Carnahan