Starz Acquires Jason Bateman Comedic Drama THE FAMILY FANG

Starz announced today that it has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the upcoming Jason Bateman-directed dramedy The Family Fang, starring Bateman alongside Nicole Kidman, Christopher Walken, and Maryann Plunkett. Bateman and Kidman play siblings who are investigating the disappearance of their performance artist parents played by Walken and Plunkett.

This will be Jason Bateman’s second directorial effort, after 2013’s Bad Words. Starz has not announced a release date as of yet, but it will have a significant theatrical release in 2016 followed shortly thereafter by a digital release.

Here’s the official synopsis:

Adult siblings Baxter (Jason Bateman) and Annie (Nicole Kidman), scarred from an unconventional upbringing, return to their family home. When their parents (Christopher Walken and Maryann Plunkett)— performance artists famous for elaborate public hoaxes— go missing under troubling circumstances, Baxter and Annie investigate. Unsure whether it’s foul play or just another elaborate ruse, nothing can prepare them for what they discover.