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03-01-2009, 08:53 AM
Michael Cera, the last holdout of the original TV show's cast, is reportedly set to reprise his role as George Michael Bluth for the big screen version of Arrested Development.
According to E! Online, Oscar winner Ron Howard, who exec produced the canceled Fox series, will direct the film for Fox Searchlight. As Howard revealed to E! at the Oscars, "It's looking very much like we're going to make [the movie], but we've now been asked to stop offering any details. It's cloaked in a little mystery, but it's looking good."
Filming could begin as soon as year's end, if everything comes together. Series creator Mitchell Hurwitz is penning the screenplay.
Cera is currently filming Edgar Wright's adaptation of the comic book Scott Pilgrim.
At the WonderCon panel on Feb 27th for FOX's new animated series, Sit Down, Shut Up, it was inevitable a question would be asked about the status of the Arrested Development movie – after all, Arrested creator Mitch Hurwitz was on the panel for his new series, along with two other Arrested alums, Will Arnett and Henry Winkler.
When the question about the movie came up, Will Arnett solemnly stated, "We are dangerously close to confirming that we have read the rumors on the internet."
More seriously, Hurwitz then explained, "We've had some trouble. Unlike animation, where you can get the Family Guy cast back together, it's been a little challenging scheduling everyone." However, Hurwitz noted, "We're going to make a movie. I haven't written it yet," jokingly adding, "So I'll be accepting pitches."
Hurwitz went on to say, "We're determined to do this. It was a great joy to do a show that took risks, with such a wonderful cast and writers. For us, it's irresistible. When we did the show, one of the things I think that made it work was we didn't hold ourselves up to any standard." He remarked that even when they saw the great reviews, "We kind of ignored those and just did what was funny to us, and remained the underdog in a great way." He added that the one big challenge with the movie is, "Now suddenly there is a bar to hit."
There's been a lot of talk about the cast and who is and isn't doing the movie – though recent reports say Michael Cera, long rumored to be a hold out, has agreed to do the film. While Hurwitz wouldn't get specific, he did note, "The key to this is once we get as many pieces as we're going to, which it appears we have, we're going to just dive in. We're very excited about it."
According to E! Online, Oscar winner Ron Howard, who exec produced the canceled Fox series, will direct the film for Fox Searchlight. As Howard revealed to E! at the Oscars, "It's looking very much like we're going to make [the movie], but we've now been asked to stop offering any details. It's cloaked in a little mystery, but it's looking good."
Filming could begin as soon as year's end, if everything comes together. Series creator Mitchell Hurwitz is penning the screenplay.
Cera is currently filming Edgar Wright's adaptation of the comic book Scott Pilgrim.
At the WonderCon panel on Feb 27th for FOX's new animated series, Sit Down, Shut Up, it was inevitable a question would be asked about the status of the Arrested Development movie – after all, Arrested creator Mitch Hurwitz was on the panel for his new series, along with two other Arrested alums, Will Arnett and Henry Winkler.
When the question about the movie came up, Will Arnett solemnly stated, "We are dangerously close to confirming that we have read the rumors on the internet."
More seriously, Hurwitz then explained, "We've had some trouble. Unlike animation, where you can get the Family Guy cast back together, it's been a little challenging scheduling everyone." However, Hurwitz noted, "We're going to make a movie. I haven't written it yet," jokingly adding, "So I'll be accepting pitches."
Hurwitz went on to say, "We're determined to do this. It was a great joy to do a show that took risks, with such a wonderful cast and writers. For us, it's irresistible. When we did the show, one of the things I think that made it work was we didn't hold ourselves up to any standard." He remarked that even when they saw the great reviews, "We kind of ignored those and just did what was funny to us, and remained the underdog in a great way." He added that the one big challenge with the movie is, "Now suddenly there is a bar to hit."
There's been a lot of talk about the cast and who is and isn't doing the movie – though recent reports say Michael Cera, long rumored to be a hold out, has agreed to do the film. While Hurwitz wouldn't get specific, he did note, "The key to this is once we get as many pieces as we're going to, which it appears we have, we're going to just dive in. We're very excited about it."