Jason Bateman directs himself spelling and swearing a lot in Bad Words

As the old adage goes, what Jason Bateman has always really wanted to do is direct, and he’s finally getting the chance with Bad Words. Adapted from a script that made the 2011 Black List, Bad Words stars Bateman  as a maladjusted adult who still competes in primary school spelling bees thanks to a loophole that doesn’t require an age limit—merely that the speller cannot have passed the eighth grade. En route to the national spelling bee, Bateman meets a precocious boy in need of a friend, and soon the bad influences spiral, culminating in a hooker named Marzipan showing the kid her nipples. As the title suggests, it's a spelling bee spin on Bad Teacher, with Bateman swearing up a storm in this red-band trailer and rattling off various different offensive nicknames for his young competitor. Bad Words also stars Allison Janney, Kathryn Hahn, Rachael Harris, Judith Hoag, and Philip Baker Hall.