‘Ozark’ Stars Jason Bateman and Laura Linney Reunite to Celebrate His New Netflix Series
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- Jason Bateman and Laura Linney reunite on the red carpet roughly three years after wrapping Ozark
- The actress, who played his wife on the drama series, attended the New York City premiere of his upcoming Netflix limited series, Black Rabbit, on Tuesday, Sept. 16
- Bateman costars in the crime thriller alongside Jude Law
Laura Linney is still rooting for Jason Bateman even after Ozark has ended.
On Tuesday, Sept. 16, the former costars, 61 and 56, respectively, were photographed together as they attended his Netflix premiere of Black Rabbit at SVA Theater in New York City.
The pair posed for photos, smiling on the red carpet beside each other.
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Linney wore a luminous silver pants set with black designs throughout and a black top underneath. Bateman matched The Truman Show actress in an all black ensemble consisting of dress pants, a blazer and a relaxed fit T-shirt.
Ozark, which ran for four seasons from 2017 until 2022, saw the duo as financial planner Marty Byrde and his wife Wendy. The couple and their two young children are forced to flee Chicago to a summer resort community in the Ozarks after a money-laundering scheme goes wrong.
Bateman won a SAG Award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series for his role as Marty in 2023. While accepting, he thanked those who had supported him along his journey, including his wife and kids.
“Thank you to my wife Amanda [Anka], my two kids at home, Maple [and] Francesca, they made me feel like I was a good dad even though I was gone for 6 months every year. They’re better actors than I am,” he said at the time.
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He also thanked “Laura and Julia [Garner] and the rest of the cast [who] taught me so much and made the show everything that it is.”
Now that Bateman has signed on for a new drama series, his new character still has issues with families being on the run.
Netflix’s new limited series Black Rabbit follows the Carry-On actor and Jude Law as they play brothers Vince and Jake, respectively. The siblings must tackle a troubled family business as “everything’s falling apart.”
“When the owner of a New York City hotspot allows his turbulent brother back in his life, he opens the door to escalating dangers that threaten to bring down everything he’s built,” a synopsis reads.
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Ahead of the New York City premiere, Law, 52, spoke exclusively to PEOPLE at the Toronto International Film Festival, where he shared what it was like to work with Bateman.
“It’s very hard to describe. It’s like you’re playing a sport, but you’re not trying to beat the other person, but you’re trying to raise their game,” the Young Pope star said.
“And you are pushing the practice thinking, ‘If I go this far, am I allowed to do this? Are you allowed to do that?’ It was pretty clear, pretty quickly, that we were on the same page,” Law continued.
Black Rabbit premieres on Netflix on Thursday, Sept. 18.
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