Ozark Star in Talks for Movie About Harvey Weinstein’s Assistant

A cast member of Netflix’s crime series The Americans (2015-18).

While Garner has maintained a steady theatrical film career, she’s quickly becoming a highly sought-after TV actress, based on her performances in Paramount Network’s Ozark is set to return for a third season in 2019.

Per Casting JonBenet in 2017. The Weinstein narrative will focus on the day in the life of an assistant, this coming after extensive research by Green. In a statement, co-producer Scott Macauley noted the project is “a work of profound empathy, crafted to allow our audience to wholly identify with its heroine and the all-too common inequities she faces.”

Jason Bateman and Julia Garner talking on Ozark

While Green has never directed a scripted feature, she made a name for herself with the 2013 documentary Ukraine Is Not a Brothel, followed by the 2015 documentary short The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul - which preceded her unique filmmaking approach while examining one of America’s most infamous unsolved mysteries in Casting JonBenet. For Garner, she’s already primed for a big 2019 as she’ll be part of Amazon’s Modern Love, an anthology series starring Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey, and Dev Patel, which is based on The New York Times’ column of the same name.

At 24, Garner is one of the most promising American actresses. Now, with the potential to land a lead theatrical role about a high-profile case, she’s close to becoming a household name.