Jason Bateman To Direct And Star In ‘IPO Man’
By Angie Han/Oct. 29, 2014 10:30 am EST
In 2008, Merrill put himself on the market with 100,000 shares costing $1 apiece. 929 of them sold, and he kept the other 99,071 as a non-voting shareholder. His investors voted on everything from whether he should have a vasectomy (no) or invest in a Rwandan chicken farmer (yes). When Merrill’s IPO scheme cost him his girlfriend, a minority shareholder who was fed up with having strangers interfere in their lives, other investors weighted in on new potential love interests.
Bateman made his feature filmmaking debut this year with Bad Words, and quickly followed it up with his sophomore effort The Family Fang. The latter stars Nicole Kidman and Christopher Walken alongside Bateman and is expected out next year. His other recent projects as an actor include the dramedies The Longest Week and This Is Where I Leave You. Next month, he’ll be seen re-teaming with Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis for Horrible Bosses 2.
