Jason Bateman knows the STATE OF PLAY
Soon to be seen in THE KINGDOM, Jason Bateman has joined the Edward Norton/Brad Pitt political drama based on the British mini-series.
Variety report they will be joined by the cool Jason Bateman, who will be playing one of the key reports involved in an attempt to get to the truth of why the congressman's (Norton) mistress was killed and dumped at a train station. Brad Pitt also plays a reporter on the case but what's interesting is that his character is a former friend of Norton, so cinematically we already feel that they are former friends after they starred together in FIGHT CLUB. That's what makes this so intriguing. The script is good, and they have hired some talent people for this. After THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, the director Kevin Macdonald will probably once again take a back seat, with the actors getting most of the focus, which when you have Norton and Pitt is not a bad thing.