Jason Bateman, who recently produced and starred in HBO's The Outsider, while also receiving Emmy nominations for both The Outsider and Netflix's Ozark, has lined up his next project. THR reports that Bateman, who previously won an Emmy for directing an episode of Ozark, will direct a big screen adaptation of Superworld - a recently released novel by Gus Krieger. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=best-superhero-directors-cuts-you-can-stream-now&captions=true"] Released exclusively as an Audible audiobook, Superworld is set in 2038 and takes place on an Earth populated entirely by superpowered beings except for one man named Iggy Lohman.