Julia Garner met up with her co-star Jason Bateman for an Ozark event in Los Angeles on Friday night.
The 28-year-old actress, who played Ruth Langmore on the show, looked sensational in an all-black ensemble for the night that was part of the SAG (Screen Actor’s Guild) festivities.
Julia wore a chic black turtleneck jumper teamed with checkered pants and matching pumps.
She posed with Jason, who starred in the series as Marty Byrde and cut a casual figure in a gray T-shirt, dark jean jacket and gray pants.
Julia later answered questions onstage about the series with Jason and Ozark writer Chris Mundy.
The series saw Marty and Wendy Byrde move their family to the Lake of the Ozarks and become money launderers.
Beauty: Julia Garner looked sensational in an all-black ensemble when she met up with co-star Jason Bateman for an Ozark event in Los Angeles on Friday night
Stunner: Julia wore a chic black turtleneck teamed with checkered pants and matching pumps.
Jason and Julia were all smiles as they talked and at one point they shook hands.
It comes after Julia’s latest rumored project, a Madonna biopic, was scrapped when the 64-year-old singer revealed she would travel to 35 cities around the world during her 40th anniversary tour in 2023.
During the Celebration Tour, Madonna will commemorate her iconic career and her legacy of success that spans four decades.
However, prior to the announcement, the Inventing Anna star reportedly competed with several actresses, including Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney, 25, and Don’t Worry Darling’s Florence Pugh, 27, in a demanding process for the coveted paper.
The casting process was rumored to include 11-hour choreography sessions, singing auditions, and readings led by the Queen of Pop herself.
the united states sun reported that the Like a Virgin hitmaker reportedly wanted ‘near total’ control of the project, according to a Hollywood source.
The biopic, which was greenlit in 2020, was slated to be co-written and directed by Madonna until Universal Studios executives reacted to her “circus antics” on social media.
“Madonna did herself a disservice by acting weird on social media throughout this entire process,” the source told the publication.
Casual Cool: Meanwhile, Jason cut a casual figure in a light gray T-shirt, dark jean jacket, and gray pants
Pals: Jason and Julia posed with Chris Mundy, executive producer of Ozark during their evening together
“She signed a contract to do this movie and that should have been the cue for her to stop the circus antics, stop chasing likes and just buckle up and get this movie in shape,” they added. “Her hilarious Instagram posts of her are always a trap for her die-hard fans, but they didn’t do well at Universal.”
The source also revealed: “Studio heads were looking at what Madonna put out during these months that she was supposed to be writing and they were left scratching their heads.”
It comes after fans called for the Madonna biopic audition process to be turned into a reality show.
During callbacks, the actresses did readings with Madonna and singing auditions with her.
A representative with knowledge of the auditions called them “grueling,” with some of the auditions having been going on for months.
“You have to be able to do everything,” a source told THR.
Insiders said that drafts of the script culminate with her 1990 Blonde Ambition tour, but the story was thought to have the potential to change as plot development continued.
Despite the disappointing news that the biopic is no more, fans decided to revel in the chance to get some insight into Madonna’s recruiting process.
One fan wrote on Twitter: “Julia Garner won Madonna Biopic Bootcamp for no reason.”
Q&A: Julia later answered questions onstage about the series with Jason and Ozark writer Chris Mundy, at one point shaking hands with her friend.
Smiles: Chris and Julia beamed as they listened to Jason speak during the night of the SAG event in Los Angeles.
Friends: Jason and Julia looked in high spirits when they got together for the Netflix event and Q&A
In an Instagram post explaining the news that the biopic was being scrapped, one user commented, “I need a documentary on all of this,” complete with a laughing emoji.
‘Where’s the training camp reality show?’ another joked.
Someone else wrote: “Surviving boot camp only to have it canceled afterwards.”
A unique idea, another wrote: ‘Madonna plays Julia Garner in the movie Bootcamp Audition.’
Another fan took to Twitter where they quoted and tweeted the news: ‘They have now scrapped the exhausting Madonna Bootcamp Documentary biopic MUST HAPPEN!’
Sources say that Madonna still wants to make the movie at some point in the future, but is currently turning her attention to her upcoming concert series.
Madonna spent years leaking the movie, which was first announced in 2020 and has impressed several screenwriters.
When asked why he decided to join the company, he said Variety: ‘I have had an extraordinary life, I must make an extraordinary film.’
Laughs: Jason was all smiles as he reflected on his time in the Ozark and chatted with his co-star and TV writer
Happy: Julia swept her blonde locks into a chic side part as she enjoyed her evening out in Los Angeles
The Material Girl added: “It was also a pre-emptive strike because a lot of people were trying to make movies about me. Mostly misogynistic men. So I put my foot in the door and said, ‘Nobody’s going to tell my story, just me.’ .
News broke in June that Julia Garner, who recently played faux German heiress Anna Delvey in the Netflix miniseries Inventing Anna, had been offered the lead role.
Julia reportedly bested a number of fashion names, including Oscar nominee Florence Pugh, Kingstown Mayor actress Emma Laird and Euphoria bombshell Alexa Demie, as well as singers like Bebe Rexha and Sky Ferreira.
Madonna was heavily involved in the biopic, not only was she supposed to co-write the movie, but she was supposed to direct it as well.