LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Jason Bateman is slated to direct and star in IPO Man.
The 45-year-old actor will portray Mike Merrill, a real-life Portland, Ore., resident who sold stock shares of himself and allowed investors to control his personal life. The film is based on "Meet the Man Who Sold His Fate to Investors at $1 a Share," a Wired magazine article on Merrill by Joshua Davis.