Yes, I know…some eye rolling cynicism is to be expected here, as this is not the first time you’ve heard about a revived Arrested Development about to make a push on the movie front. But this new bit of news has something of a new twist to it–a script is reportedly being written by series creator Mitchell Hurwitz and co-executive producer James Valley.
Even better, apparently the last holdout, Michael Cera, has expressed interest in coming back and playing both the role he made famous and the character he’s been playing ever since the show got cancelled–George Michael Bluth.
So there’s reason for at least cautious optimism–all the former cast is on board and the script is in progress–but you should probably take it with the same enormous grain of salt that you’ve been taking all Arrested Development news with for years now. But hopefully, the news is accurate, and by this time a couple years from now we’ll all get to see them…hm. Um…rebuild the banana stand?
It seems that Arrested Development movie is coming along nicely as word comes that comedian Martin Short will appear in the upcoming film version of the acclaimed sitcom.
Short dropped this fact casually while doing promotional interviews for his upcoming comedy tour in Australia. He played a former fitness guru named Uncle Jack in a second season episode of the series. It is not known if he will reprise the role or play a new one.
The comedian is also working on Off Your Meds, a comedy which follows a triple divorcee who remains in love with his significantly older first wife. He wants to shoot the film next year.
Posted on Dec 30, 2008 under Actors, TV |
Mitch Hurtwitz, creator of acclaimed sitcom Arrested Development, recently talked to Fancast about the possible movie for the now-cancelled show, giving a big hint as to who exactly is holding out on the idea of a movie.
“I don’t want to talk about who is holding out right now because we might still work that out and I don’t want to pressure anyone through the press,” he said, before adding that “Will Arnett is gung-ho, so there’s a big clue.”
So much for staying mum, huh? Anyways, Hurtwitz continues, admitting that since the project is for the fans “[who] have been so sincere in their fondness for it,” the budget for the film will be quite limited.
We have known for a long time that an Arrested Development film is in the works, but so far not much progress had been made. However, Reuters reports that Mitch Hurwitz and Ron Howard have closed deals for the film version of the prematurely cancelled television show.
Hurwitz is on board to both write and direct the film with help from Howard. Imagine and Fox Searchlight will produce and distribute the film.
No release date or production date was given.
While everyone wants to see an Arrested Development film being done someday, one person does not: Michael Cera.
Fresh off the success of Superbad and Juno, the actor told The National Post that he wouldn’t want to see a movie of the series and that he doesn’t see a need for it if you can get the three seasons on DVD.
Cera additionally admitted that he has not heard anything about the project, despite lots of online talk for the film.