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R.jsheedy · 09-19-2009, 08:30 PM

Jason Bateman On 'Arrested Development' Movie: 'Perhaps That Ship Has Sailed'

The 'Up in the Air' star gives us a little insight into whether or not a film based on the critically lauded series will finally be made.

"Arrested Development" wrapped up its Emmy-winning, ratings-challenged three-season run in February 2006. More than three and a half years later, the "Will they or won't they?" chatter about a big-screen turn for the dysfunctional Bluth family rages on in the absence, it seems, of any real news.

Well, enough time has passed that even the man behind the show's central player — frazzled and frustrated Michael Bluth — is starting to think that the time for an "Arrested" movie has come and gone.

"Perhaps that ship has sailed," Jason Bateman told MTV News at the Toronto International Film Festival while promoting the George Clooney-starring "Up in the Air."

Bateman's cautious declaration is the latest in a year's long string of cast statements about the "Arrested" film stretching back to the Sundance Film Festival in January, when Michael Cera (George Michael Bluth, the most awkward of awkward teens) cast doubt on the notion that the project would move forward. Since then the show's big players, like executive producer Ron Howard, Will Arnett (George "Gob" Bluth), David Cross (Tobias Fünke) and Tony Hale (Buster Bluth) have all chimed in with various takes on the likelihood of getting "Arrested" into the cinema.

It's all gotten so confusing that even Bateman isn't exactly sure what's going on. Just moments after saying that the ship has sailed, he said that series creator Mitch Hurwitz is actually knee-deep in the "Arrested" writing process.

"[Mitch] just had a very busy television season," Bateman said. "Now that that has finished, he's intensely writing the movie. My guess is he's halfway done with it. My guess is we'd be shooting it in eight, nine, 10 months and then it would be out six or seven months later."

Wait, did Bateman just tell us we'll see the movie in a year and a half at most? We'll have to wait and see. Until then, we'll continue to harass the cast for any sort of update. In fact, just hours after his MTV News interview, we ran into Bateman again, this time during the red-carpet premiere for "Up in the Air."

"Any new development on 'Arrested' to tell us about?" we laughed.

http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/artic...09/story.jhtml

kellygoo72 · 09-26-2009, 04:02 AM

Well, Ill wait... the show was stellar and should have never been given the boot... Maybe one day we will see the Bluths on the big or small screen!

R.jsheedy · 09-26-2009, 02:08 PM

I sure hope that we will be able to see the bluths on the big screen one day!

09-19-2009, 08:30 PM	#1
R.jsheedy Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 06, 2008 Posts: 1,035	Jason Bateman On 'Arrested Development' Movie: 'Perhaps That Ship Has Sailed' Jason Bateman On 'Arrested Development' Movie: 'Perhaps That Ship Has Sailed' The 'Up in the Air' star gives us a little insight into whether or not a film based on the critically lauded series will finally be made. "Arrested Development" wrapped up its Emmy-winning, ratings-challenged three-season run in February 2006. More than three and a half years later, the "Will they or won't they?" chatter about a big-screen turn for the dysfunctional Bluth family rages on in the absence, it seems, of any real news. Well, enough time has passed that even the man behind the show's central player — frazzled and frustrated Michael Bluth — is starting to think that the time for an "Arrested" movie has come and gone. "Perhaps that ship has sailed," Jason Bateman told MTV News at the Toronto International Film Festival while promoting the George Clooney-starring "Up in the Air." Bateman's cautious declaration is the latest in a year's long string of cast statements about the "Arrested" film stretching back to the Sundance Film Festival in January, when Michael Cera (George Michael Bluth, the most awkward of awkward teens) cast doubt on the notion that the project would move forward. Since then the show's big players, like executive producer Ron Howard, Will Arnett (George "Gob" Bluth), David Cross (Tobias Fünke) and Tony Hale (Buster Bluth) have all chimed in with various takes on the likelihood of getting "Arrested" into the cinema. It's all gotten so confusing that even Bateman isn't exactly sure what's going on. Just moments after saying that the ship has sailed, he said that series creator Mitch Hurwitz is actually knee-deep in the "Arrested" writing process. "[Mitch] just had a very busy television season," Bateman said. "Now that that has finished, he's intensely writing the movie. My guess is he's halfway done with it. My guess is we'd be shooting it in eight, nine, 10 months and then it would be out six or seven months later." Wait, did Bateman just tell us we'll see the movie in a year and a half at most? We'll have to wait and see. Until then, we'll continue to harass the cast for any sort of update. In fact, just hours after his MTV News interview, we ran into Bateman again, this time during the red-carpet premiere for "Up in the Air." "Any new development on 'Arrested' to tell us about?" we laughed. http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/artic...09/story.jhtml

09-26-2009, 04:02 AM	#2
kellygoo72 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 17, 2006 Location: Cheektowaga NY Posts: 105	Well, Ill wait... the show was stellar and should have never been given the boot... Maybe one day we will see the Bluths on the big or small screen!

09-26-2009, 02:08 PM	#3
R.jsheedy Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 06, 2008 Posts: 1,035	I sure hope that we will be able to see the bluths on the big screen one day!