Jason Bateman to Direct and Star in 'IPO Man'

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The 'Bad Words' director will play a real-life man who is caught up in a series of problems after selling himself to investors.

October 29, 2014

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Jason Bateman is going to follow up his directorial debut in "Bad Words" with "IPO Man". It's a movie based on a Wired magazine article about a "Man Who Sold His Fate to Investors at $1 a Share".

Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster write the screenplay for Fox Searchlight. According to Deadline, the "Horrible Bosses" actor is tapped to portray the lead character in addition to serving behind the lens.

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The story revolves around a real-life man named Mike Merrill who gave himself for a public offering. He did it out of curiosity but soon found himself in a complicated situation when shareholders demanded control over his personal life decisions like whether he should have a vasectomy or whether he should move in with his longtime girlfriend.

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