Ozark Movie & Spinoff Potential Addressed By Creator & Cast
Content Warning: spoilers for season 4, episode 14 of Ozark
The creator and cast of Ozark recently addressed the potential for a movie or spinoff from the series. Ozark follows the Byrde family, who must uproot their life from the wealthy suburbs of Chicago to the Ozarks when father and husband Marty Byrde (played by Jason Bateman) is caught laundering money for a Mexican cartel. Marty, along with his wife Wendy (played by Laura Linney), and their two children, Charlotte (played by Sofia Hublitz) and Jonah (played by Skylar Gaertner), begin the process of getting out from under the cartel's thumb and rebuilding their family's financial and political status.
Ozark's showrunner is Chris Mundy, who co-wrote the season 4, episode 14 finale with the show's creators, Mark Williams and Bill Dubuque. This final episode included the devastating death of Ruth (played by Julia Garner), the sailor-mouthed and savvy Ozark local who Marty takes under his wing towards the beginning of the series. Besides this, the episode ends with Jonah pointing a gun toward a private investigator, Mel (played by Adam Rothenberg), who has evidence to expose the Byrde's illegal conduct. The episode concludes with the sound of a gunshot as the screen cuts to black.
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According to IndieWire, Mundy, Bateman, Garner, editor Cindy Mollo, production designer David Bomba, music supervisor Gabe Hilfer, and cinematographer Shawn Kim spoke with Jimmy Kimmel at an FYC event regarding the show ending and whether there is potential for a spinoff series or movie. Mundy states that there is no current plan for a movie or Ozark spinoff series but that he's not closed off to the idea of there being a
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