16 Upcoming Netflix Original Series To Be Excited About (That Aren't Marvel)

11. Ozark

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Netflix already enjoying a working relationship with Jason Bateman, thanks to their revival of Arrested Development, and they're strengthening that bond further with Ozark.

Not only is Bateman set to star in the series, but he'll be executive producing and, interestingly, directing, while Media Rights Capital - the company behind House of Cards - are producing. Bill Dubuque, who wrote the Robert Downey Jr. starring The Judge, and forthcoming Ben Affleck thriller The Accountant, is the creator of the series.

Ozark - which takes its name from the Lakes of the Ozarks - will take place in the world of drug-money laundering, with Bateman's character a man who moves to the Ozarks and has to pay a debt to a ruthless drug lord.

Though there's no release date yet, it'll be good to have Bateman back on TV screens whenever it does happen, and tackling more dramatic fare, which he's shown he can handle in films like The Gift.

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