Jason Bateman Is ‘IPO Man'; He’ll Direct, Star As Man Who Sold Stock In Himself

EXCLUSIVE: Fox Searchlight has acquired Meet The Man Who Sold His Fate To Investors At $1 A Share, a Wired magazine article by Joshua Davis that will be crafted into a starring and directing vehicle for Jason Bateman. He'll play a man who found a novel commodity for a public offering: himself. It created a host of problems for the actual guy, Mike Merrill, when shareholders demanded control over life decisions like whether to have a vasectomy or even whether he should…

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