Jason Bateman, Jude Law team up for Netflix limited series ‘Black Rabbit’

Los Angeles, Mar 16 (PTI) Streaming service Netflix has announced a new limited series starring and executive produced by actors Jason Bateman and Jude Law.

Titled “Black Rabbit”, the show comes from creators Zach Baylin, best known for writing “King Richard” and “Bob Marley: One Love”, and Kate Susman, Netflix said in a press release.

Bateman, who earlier headlined the streaming service’s critically-acclaimed series “Ozark”, will also direct the first two episodes of “Black Rabbit”.

The hour-long drama follows the owner of a New York City hotspot who allows his turbulent brother back in his life, opening the door to escalating dangers that threaten to bring down everything he’s built, as per the official logline.

“Black Rabbit” will also feature “Succession” actor Dagmara Dominczyk as well as Cleopatra Coleman, Amaka Okafor and Sope Dirisu.

The series will be executive produced by Bateman and Michael Costigan’s Aggregate Films; Law and Ben Jackson’s Riff Raff Entertainment; Baylin and Susman’s Youngblood Pictures; Andrew Hinderaker, Zac Frognowski, Justin Levy and David Bernon.

It is the latest series to come out of Aggregate’s creative partnership with Netflix.