Ozark star and director Jason Bateman has signed on to direct the film adaptation of the novel Dark Wire at Netflix. The FBI surveillance story “uncovers the true story of how the FBI launched a fake telecom company and became a phone service provider to some of the world’s most notorious gangs, culminating in the arrest of more than a thousand international criminals.”
Based on Vice Motherboard journalist Joseph Cox’s upcoming book, the story is being adapted for the screen by Matthew Orton (Operation Finale). Tracey Nyberg will be executive producer. Niija Kuykendall is creative lead on the project for Netflix, which has deals with both 21 Laps and Bateman’s Aggregate.
Other producers include Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, and Dan Levine for Stranger Things outfit 21 Laps, and by Bateman and Michael Costigan for Aggregate Films (Game Night).
via: Deadline