Thursday, September 3

• Relax, an Arrested Development Movie Is on Its Way

  

  With a little less to report about the big-screen adaptation of TV show Arrested Development, Jason Bateman has grown tired of press speculation that no news about the movie is bad news. On a press tour for the upcoming Extract, Bateman pleaded for patience regarding the movie's development.

  I've always felt bad that I never had more information to give people when they asked me about it, but I guess people kind of got frustrated by that and they just started kind of making up their own sort of, "Well, we haven't heard that much" or "news hasn't changed so it must be going away." I don't know. It sort of took a life of its own on and fatigue started to set in I think about the whole story of it.

  I mean, there's really no need to write anything about it at all until [series creator Mitch Hurwitz is] done writing it. Once he writes it then, just like any movie, then it becomes something a little bit more real and then you try to figure out scheduling and you try to figure out people's deals. I mean, it's got the same life that any other project would have. It has just as much a chance of happening as it does of not happening really.

  The silence over Arrested Development shouldn't have taken anyone by surprise after an interview with director Ron Howard confirmed the movie was going to be made, while revealing that Howard and company were "asked to stop offering any details."

  
  

  Posted 09/03/2009 by Ryan

  Related: Jason Bateman | Mitchell Hurwitz | Extract | Arrested Development

Thursday, February 26

• Michael Cera Agrees to Arrested Development?

  Oh happy day. An increasing diva-like Michael Cera has reportedly agreed to do the Arrested Development movie. Sources tell E! that Mitchell Hurwitz is writing the script and Ron Howard will direct for Fox Searchlight.

  This follows optimistic news from the Oscars, where Howard told Ryan Seacrest, "It's looking very much like we're going to make [the movie], but we've now been asked to stop offering any details. It's cloaked in a little mystery, but it's looking good."

  Cera was allegedly that last holdout amongst the cast, with Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, Jessica Walter, Jeffrey Tambor, and David Cross reportedly already having agreed to do the flick.

  
  

  Posted 02/26/2009 by Hailey

  Related: David Cross | Jason Bateman | Jeffrey Tambor | Tony Hale | Will Arnett | Jessica Walter | Michael Cera | Portia de Rossi | Ryan Seacrest | Mitchell Hurwitz | Arrested Development

Friday, January 30

• Arrested Development Movie Developing

  Prepare to be Arrested at the movie theater soon! Several reports, including this one from IGN say that the gang from Arrested Development will be getting back together for a big-screen version of cult TV series.

  Actor Jeffery Tambor, who played Michael Cera's imprisoned grandpa on the show, recently announced, "The movie is going to happen this year, and Michael Cera is on board. Trust me." And a cornered series creator Mitchell Hurwitz has backed up that statement saying, "I'm really optimistic. We're getting close."

  Some concern has been raised about getting the series breakout star Michael Cera to sign. He's gone A-List since the TV show ended, but both Hurwitz and Tambor sound optimistic, with Tambor adding, "If I have to call him up and say, 'Get on set right now, young man,' he'll be there."

  
  

  Posted 01/30/2009 by Jim

  Related: Jeffrey Tambor | Michael Cera | Mitchell Hurwitz | Arrested Development