Mike Judge to Direct Extract

Mike Judge, the creator of King of the Hill and Beavis & Butthead, has only directed two live action feature films – Office Space and Idiocracy. One happens to be one of the greatest comedies ever made, while the latter film is definitely not one of the greatest, with some people even calling it one of the worst. Hopefully his next will be a return to greatness.

Variety now reports that Judge is set to direct Extract, a new film that is set to star Jason Bateman.

Mike Judge will direct and Jason Bateman will star in the comedy “Extract,” the first project to be produced under Judge’s new shingle, Ternion Prods., which he formed with writer-producers John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky.

Ternion is fully financed to develop film, TV, digital and new-media projects through a finance and development deal with Media Rights Capital. The shingle will also produce films and TV projects through the traditional studio and network route.

Penned by Judge, “Extract” explores what it’s like to be the boss when everything seems to be shifting around you.

John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky also wrote the Will Ferrell comedy Blades of Glory. It hasn’t been revealed when Extract will start production.