Michael Cera and David Cross Know Nothing of an 'Arrested Development' Movie
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So I've spent the past couple days holed up in Shreveport, Louisiana (of all places) visiting the set of The Year One, directed by Harold Ramis, produced by Judd Apatow and starring Jack Black, Michael Cera, David Cross ... and a whole bunch of nutty lunatics. Unfortunately, I cannot talk about how insane that film is going to be just yet (but I will, eventually, because there's soooo much to talk about), however I am allowed to dish on a few of the interviews we conducted -- two of which were with Michael Cera and David Cross. We already know there's been talk of an Arrested Development movie taking place at some point in the near future, and Jason Bateman recently chatted up the flick on the Oscar's red carpet saying it was all but a done deal and the script was being written. But was he biting off a bit more than he could chew?
Seems so, because both Cera and Cross haven't heard a peep about the film. When Cera was told they were supposedly working on a script, he looked stunned -- spitting out an "Is this true? Really? Well [Jason Bateman] would probably know more about it than I would." Would he want to do it? "Um, yeah, I think so. Yeah, I would love to do it ... it'd be fun." Says Cross, "I've been hearing about this since the day [the show] got canceled. Nobody's talked to me. I know nothing. Zero. The only thing I've seen is what's on the Entertainment Weekly website ... which I've never seen." On whether he'd be interested in reprising his role as Tobias, Cross said, "As long as I don't have to paint myself blue or wear a fatsuit, I'd love to. I would do that in a heartbeat. That was a really fun character to do, and it'd be great to work with all those guys again. I'd do it in a second."
So the good news is the guys desperately want to make an Arrested Development film -- now all that's left is for someone to actually call them and ask.
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3-05-2008 @ 1:41AM
Gianni said...
Will Arnett also said they were "in talks" the other night on Conan.
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3-05-2008 @ 2:23AM
YouFaceTheTick said...
hopefully it won't happen. AD ruled. let it die...
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3-05-2008 @ 4:21AM
fredya said...
This movie has to be made, my nomination for 2009 Film of the Year.
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3-05-2008 @ 6:27AM
MCW said...
I don't understand saying something ruled, and then saying, I hope it doesn't get lengthened. Arrested Development was killed in its prime, so it absolutely deserves a movie. If I had watched Sex and the City, that's another thing, I don't know if it was in its prime, or if it deserves a movie or not. I just know that I am thoroughly looking forward to a Arrested Develop. film. Especially after watching "Wonder Emporium" last night (Jason Bateman). I remembered how much I missed the show.
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3-05-2008 @ 2:26PM
YouFaceTheTick said...
AD was a TV show. Not a movie. It's time was 3 years ago, not now. Let it go. It was one of the best shows ever. Bringing it back...nah, it's like watching a cancer patient die for years and then half a decade later the dead rise. Only to die again an hour later. No thanks.
There comes a time to let something great go away and remember it for what it was...fantastic. Let AD be remembered like Barry Sanders, not Emmitt Smith.
3-05-2008 @ 7:44AM
tozmervo said...
Oh Tobias, you blowhard.
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3-05-2008 @ 11:25AM
lefetichiste said...
As was mentioned in a previous post, I think that if the Sex and the City film does well, studios will be clamoring to bring serials to the screen.
Remember? Friends is in talks; AD might happen; Gilmore Girls might too.
I was skeptical about Sex and the City because it had a full, contenting ending, but Friends just ended to make for a spin-off (let's not speak of this). Arrested Development just open-endedly ended and Gilmore Girls went with a whimper...so I'm all for television shows coming back for a film. I'm reluctant to call them films because regardless, it'll just feel like a two-hour episode. And I don't mind.
"I want to make love to you, secularly."
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3-05-2008 @ 12:02PM
Robin said...
Arrested Development ended prematurely. Friends and SATC were way past their prime and ready to be killed. The finale of AD even speaks of a movie. There is no reason to not make a movie for us on this one.
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3-05-2008 @ 12:30PM
Sam said...
so how would an AD movie look; basically the same half hour told 4 times over as to not confuse the audience?
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3-05-2008 @ 2:41PM
rex said...
Tick said "Bringing it back...nah, it's like watching a cancer patient die for years and then half a decade later the dead rise. Only to die again an hour later."
What? This is one of the strangest metaphors I have ever read. My only hope is that you are on to something and that in the event of a Zombie apocolypse we only have to survive for an hour before the undead die again.
(btw- I understand your point, but that metaphor was just to intriguing)
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