JamesG
08-09-2010, 06:28 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Jason Bateman Says There's 'A Real Good Part' For Jennifer Aniston In "Arrested Development" Movie
Posted Mon. Aug. 9, 2010
by Adam Rosenberg
It's been so long, fans can be forgiven for thinking that an "Arrested Development" movie is never going to happen. There's been a flurry of news lately on that front though. Really, just one piece of news that has allowed all of the canceled TV series' various participants to switch from saying "I hope it happens" to "the script is half-finished."
Now we can take that news one step further; speaking to MTV over the weekend at the press junket for "The Switch", "Arrested" star Jason Bateman revealed something about his "Switch" co-star Jennifer Aniston and her connection to the long-awaited TV adaptation.
"Yeah, actually, there's a real good part for her in the 'Arrested Development' movie," he said.
"There's no offers on this one. She's gonna have to sing for her supper. I don't know, we'll see if she's available. She's busy. She's pretty famous; I don't know if you've heard of her. She's pretty backed up.
Hopefully the guy who's in charge will like her for that part because I'm going to suggest her."
A statement like that needs to be followed up on. Good thing for us, Aniston was at the very same junket. Of course she was-- they star in the movie together!
Her response when the subject of "Arrested" came up was immediate and emphatic. "I love it. I actually think I might have asked [Bateman] ... if that was possible," she said.
"Anything to work with Jason."
As for the status of the adaptation, Bateman didn't have much in the way of new information to report.
"The truth is that there's really no significant update beyond... what [creator] Mitch Hurwitz said a couple weeks ago, which was he's got half the script written. He's gotta finish the second half and then the studio's gotta love it and the cast's gotta love it and we all have to... have time to do it," he said.
Other than the "script half-written" thing, it's really the same line that fans have been getting since the show ended and the subject of a movie first came up.
Perhaps realizing this, Bateman was quick to throw out a final assurance: "It's happening."
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/08/09/arrested-development-update-jennifer-aniston-jason-bateman/
Posted Mon. Aug. 9, 2010
by Adam Rosenberg
It's been so long, fans can be forgiven for thinking that an "Arrested Development" movie is never going to happen. There's been a flurry of news lately on that front though. Really, just one piece of news that has allowed all of the canceled TV series' various participants to switch from saying "I hope it happens" to "the script is half-finished."
Now we can take that news one step further; speaking to MTV over the weekend at the press junket for "The Switch", "Arrested" star Jason Bateman revealed something about his "Switch" co-star Jennifer Aniston and her connection to the long-awaited TV adaptation.
"Yeah, actually, there's a real good part for her in the 'Arrested Development' movie," he said.
"There's no offers on this one. She's gonna have to sing for her supper. I don't know, we'll see if she's available. She's busy. She's pretty famous; I don't know if you've heard of her. She's pretty backed up.
Hopefully the guy who's in charge will like her for that part because I'm going to suggest her."
A statement like that needs to be followed up on. Good thing for us, Aniston was at the very same junket. Of course she was-- they star in the movie together!
Her response when the subject of "Arrested" came up was immediate and emphatic. "I love it. I actually think I might have asked [Bateman] ... if that was possible," she said.
"Anything to work with Jason."
As for the status of the adaptation, Bateman didn't have much in the way of new information to report.
"The truth is that there's really no significant update beyond... what [creator] Mitch Hurwitz said a couple weeks ago, which was he's got half the script written. He's gotta finish the second half and then the studio's gotta love it and the cast's gotta love it and we all have to... have time to do it," he said.
Other than the "script half-written" thing, it's really the same line that fans have been getting since the show ended and the subject of a movie first came up.
Perhaps realizing this, Bateman was quick to throw out a final assurance: "It's happening."
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/08/09/arrested-development-update-jennifer-aniston-jason-bateman/