December 10, 2013 - 15:00 AMT
"Bad Words" comedy red-band trailer features Jason Bateman

Bad Words comedy unveiled a new red-band trailer, Deadline reported.

The comedy from Darko Entertainment, Aggregate Films and MXN stars Jason Bateman in his feature directorial debut.

He plays a 40-year-old Guy Trilby, who finds a loophole in the National Spelling Bee rules and enters the competition. As he dusts his preteen rivals, a reporter (Kathryn Hahn) digs into Guy’s story, and he finds himself forging an unlikely friendship with a 10-year-old boy (Rohan Chand).

Allison Janney, Ben Falcone, Rachael Harris and Philip Baker Hall co-star in Bad Words, which Focus Features picked up for $7 million at Toronto in September and will open in March.