--- description: Netflix's new drama 'Ozark' stars Jason Bateman and Laura Linney title: Jason Bateman Is On the Run in Netflix's New Drama Ozark image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt081ad4422537dd92/6988cec42dce0100859eda10/ozark-fb.jpg?branch=production ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jason Bateman Is on the Run in the Mysterious Trailer for Netflix’s New Drama _Ozark_ by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. May 25, 2017 1:05 PM CUT by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. May 25, 2017 1:05 PM CUT In [Netflix’s new drama series](http://time.com/4694187/netflix-original-shows-streaming-2017/ "undefined") _Ozark_, [Jason Bateman](http://time.com/3768189/the-gift-trailer/ "undefined") must figure out how to make his family of four disappear from their suburban home in Chicago. A mysterious teaser trailer for the series shows Bateman, onscreen wife Laura Linney and his two teenage kids struggling with the move to the Missouri Ozarks. Bateman plays financial advisor and money launderer Marty Bird, who is struggling to pay off a debt to a drug lord. Violence and family drama ensue in the murky trailer, which features Bateman and family dealing with life in desolate Missouri. “Look around. This place is death,” Linney warns toward the end of the trailer. _Ozark_ premieres on [Netflix](http://time.com/4694187/netflix-original-shows-streaming-2017/ "undefined") in July. Watch the teaser above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4792456/ozark-netflix-jason-bateman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4792456/ozark-netflix-jason-bateman/"},"headline":"Jason Bateman Is on the Run in the Mysterious Trailer for Netflix’s New Drama Ozark","datePublished":"2017-05-25T13:05:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:44.954Z","description":"Bateman takes his family to a resort community in the Missouri Ozarks","url":"https://time.com/4792456/ozark-netflix-jason-bateman/","keywords":["Television","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt081ad4422537dd92/6988cec42dce0100859eda10/ozark-fb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt081ad4422537dd92/6988cec42dce0100859eda10/ozark-fb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"1","caption":"Ozark","creditText":"Jackson Davis—Netflix","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4792456/ozark-netflix-jason-bateman/","name":"Jason Bateman Is on the Run in the Mysterious Trailer for Netflix’s New Drama Ozark"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"Bateman takes his family to a resort community in the Missouri Ozarks","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4792456/ozark-netflix-jason-bateman/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4792456/ozark-netflix-jason-bateman/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```