- Netflix’s Black Rabbit starring Jude Law and Jason Bateman promises to be your next dysfunctional family binge.
- This drama involves “escalating dangers” that follow when the owner of a New York City hotspot allows his turbulent brother back into his life.
- Black Rabbit release date (Australia): September 18th, 2025, via Netflix.
The people can’t get enough of Jason Bateman, and clearly, neither can Netflix – hence why the streamer has tapped the Ozark talent to produce, direct, and star opposite Jude Law in its upcoming limited series: Black Rabbit.
Set against the backdrop of New York City’s high-pressure nightlife scene, the story centres on two brothers who are “pushed to the brink by their duty to family and their pursuit of success.”
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Jake Friedken (Jude Law) is the charismatic owner of the titular Black Rabbit – a restaurant and VIP lounge, poised to become the hottest spot in New York. But when his brother, Vince (Jason Bateman), returns to the business unexpectedly, trouble soon follows, “opening the door to old traumas and new dangers that threaten to bring down everything they’ve built.”
Like we said: the vibe is very much Succession meets The Bear with shades of Molly’s Game.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, among these dangers is bookie Joe Mancuso portrayed by the Academy Award-winning Troy Kotsur, who has ties to both organised crime and Bateman’s character.
Abby Lee, on the other hand, will play a bartender; while Odessa Young takes on the role of a tattoo artist; Robin De Jesús a talented chef; Amir Malaklou an investor in Jake’s businesses; Don Harvey an old-school bartender; Francis Benhamou a journalist for New York magazine; Gus Birney an aspiring actress and hostess; along with John Ales as a “renowned artist.”
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Other notable members of this stacked cast range from actual Succession alum Dagmara Dominczyk as Jake’s ex-wife and affluent NYC philanthropist Val; to Sope Dirisu of Gangs of London fame.
While further details have been kept behind the velvet rope, or so to speak, we do know the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Zach Baylin (King Richard, Creed III, Gran Turismo) and his wife Kate Susman have penned episodes based on an original concept. The duo also served as showrunners and executive producers through their Youngblood Pictures company.
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Black Rabbit has been produced by Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan’s Aggregate Films as part of their overall film and TV deal with Netflix. Aggregate’s recent productions for the crimson N have included the likes of Florida Man, Richard Linklater’s Hit Man starring Glen Powell, and Your Place or Mine.
Beyond that, there has been the critically acclaimed Under The Banner of Heaven, Stephen King’s adaptation The Outsider (also starring Bateman), Game Night (ibid.), and of course, Ozark.
Black Rabbit hits Netflix on September 18th, 2025 – check out the first-look images above and stay tuned for the trailer.
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