Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson are all set to headline Jason Bateman's Netflix film, The Cackling of the Dodos. The offbeat film will revolve around a corpse discovered by a small-town farmer in a grain bin.
As per the official longline, it "centres on small-town farmer George, who has a truly terrible day when he discovers a corpse chilling out in a grain bin and is unwittingly forced into a chaotic, sloppy cover-up by his boss, Denny." Novelist Rye Curtis, known for Kingdomtide, has written the original screenplay for the film.
Rockwell and Harrelson reunite after their work together in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which won the former an Oscar and the latter a nomination. Bateman, on the other hand, is known for dark films such as Black Rabbit and Ozark.
Bateman, who starred as a gambling addict in Black Rabbit, was also recently seen in the airport security thriller Carry-On. For Netflix's Ozark, which received 45 Emmy nominations across four seasons, he served as a major creative force. He is also known for Arrested Development and Identity Thief and as the voice behind Nick Wilde in Zootopia, the sequel of which was recently released.
Last seen in The White Lotus on TV, Sam Rockwell is known for The Bad Guys, Iron Man 2 and Richard Jewell. He received an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of George W Bush in Vice. On the film front, he is fresh off the release of Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, and has Wild Horse Nine and Stuntnuts: The Movie among others coming up.
Woody Harrelson, known for Now You See Me, Triangle of Sadness, Natural Born Killers and True Detective, has been nominated for Oscars for his performances in The People vs Larry Flynt and The Messenger. Harrelson was last seen in Ella McCay and has the film, Full Phil, and the series, Brothers, in his pipeline.
