David Cross on "Arrested Development" Movie: 'Ain't Gonna Happen'

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David Cross: "Arrested Development" Movie "Not Going to Happen"
Posted Apr 7th 2010
by Joel Keller


Fans of "Arrested Development" might not be too happy with David Cross after they read this interview. Why? Because he has doubts that an "AD" movie is ever going to come to pass.

I spoke to him about his new stand-up special, David Cross: Bigger and Blackerer, which premieres on the new cable channel Epix on Saturday (Friday night) at midnight ET and here's what he had to say:




When people run into you what part of your career do they remember most?

It really does depend on the demographic.
I'd say, though, the most mentioned thing is "Arrested Development".






Even more than "Mr. Show"?

Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, maybe not people who come to see me do standup, but as far as people who recognize me and say "Hey, man, you know, you're funny in that thing," it's usually "Arrested Development".






How many times have you had to answer questions about the reunion movie at this point, by the way? Including today?

Um, I would guess like somewhere between six and seven hundred times.






Is there anything going on with that at this point?

I think what I will tell you, it's not going to happen. It's not official, but I just don't think it's going to happen. Way too much time it's been (since the show ended).

I mean, there's so many people involved. Everyone's doing their own thing, you know. And everybody's aged. It's just not going to happen.

I'm sure I speak for everybody when I say we'd love for it to happen, we'd love to work on it, but just I don't think... not going to happen.






Has the buildup for it been so great that it would have been too much for what the results were?

This is the most built up reunion I've ever seen on TV.

Yeah. Well, that's the way to do it. It would be great to do it on TV.

Like kind of what they do in Britain. If they have a successful show, the comedy shows at least, they'll have a Christmas special. The actors and writers will all get together and you know, create a one-off kind of Christmas special thing.




Like "The Office" did.

Yeah. I mean, they do that a lot in the UK, you know, with the sitcoms. So like "The IT Crowd", "Gavin and Stacey", "Extras", "Office", you know, stick with these Christmas shows.

So that would be a good way to do it. I think it would feel odd on a big screen. Anything over 42 inches.






What would feel odd about it on a big screen?

It would just feel, I don't know, it's hard to describe. But it's ah, it would feel strange and foreign to see these characters on a movie theater screen, I think.

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