Getting married, watching my two kids being born, sinking that ball of paper into the trash can from across the room... These were huge moments in my life that I always look back at with great fondness and happiness, until now:
Mitchell Hurwitz, the creator of “Arrested Development,” and cast members including Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Michael Cera have also done their part to keep hopes of a movie alive, mentioning the project in numerous interviews, often along with apologies for why it still wasn’t happening yet.
On Sunday afternoon, Mr. Hurwitz tossed a few more crumbs to the “Arrested Development” faithful at a New Yorker Festival event that reunited him with the show’s ensemble cast, telling the audience that a movie was still in the works, along with a new set of television episodes that would serve as a prelude to the film...
Mr. Bateman, who played Michael Bluth, the lone, sane member of the family, said: “There’s business left to be done, but creatively we are all on board and have a very specific plan about how it would come out and what we would do and when we would shoot it. I think we’re targeting next summer to shoot it.”...
By way of apology, Mr. Hurwitz also said that while he and the “Arrested Development” team had intimated in the past that the movie wasn’t coming together because Mr. Cera – who has since been propelled into leading roles in films like “Superbad” and “Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World” – was standing in the way, this had all been an inside joke gone wrong.
“I kind of was perpetuating a little thing, like, wouldn’t it be funny if Michael Cera was the holdout. Let’s put that out there. And Michael had that Andy Kaufman thing. And then it really turned ugly, quickly. So I really just have to say, for those of you that have been following this saga, Michael’s always been great.” NYT
For years the internets have been bleeding and crying to get this impossible pipe dream to take place. People have started petitions, gone on hunger strikes, protested outside television studios, and even started holy crusades all in the name of the Arrested Development movie.
Weeks ago this blog begins and instantly becomes an international sensation, mentioning Arrested Development several times in its 45 post history and now we finally have an Arrested Development movie to look forward to. Coincidence?
Lucille and Buster don't think so and neither should you.
Lucille and Buster courtesy of Uproxx.com
Just left your blog. Very funny!! Love the videos. Arrested Development is awesome! And greatly missed!!
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