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'Arrested Development' Cast Spreading Rumors Again

It would indeed be glorious news if this were true, and the way the speculation has mounted over the past several months it certainly seems to have more validity than ever.

CHUD is speculating, based on several different sources, that an Arrested Development movie is more or less an eventuality. Now, we have to be careful: There has been no official announcement made by Ron Howard or Mitchell Hurwitz, and you'd think that's where it would have to come from. However, the Bluth men, particularly Michael (Jason Bateman) and George (Jeffrey Tambor) are not exactly ducking from the rumors in the current rounds of press duties.

Bateman, in an interview with the Times of London, says that a film version is planned for 2009. At least that's the subtext. He does say, however, that the show was subject to a number of possible interruptions that would distract you from the quick-fire, labyrinthine plot in each episode, something you'd not find in film.

A-ha.

As for Tambor, CHUD cleverly exhumed a post to a Defamer story that claims the actor copped to the big screen Arrested Development late last week on Craig Ferguson. I checked out the video, and here's what he said: "(Whispers) We may be doing a movie."

So...where does that leave us? Well, it should be fairly obvious that if the two main characters on the show are under the belief that there will be a film, then we should bet money on it. Not all of our money - there's no need to go Charles Barkley at the Wynn Casino here - but it looks increasingly like it's only a matter of time until we have a fitting end for one of the greatest TV comedies ever.

Posted on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 01:18AM by Registered CommenterColin Boyd in , , | Comments4 Comments

Reader Comments (4)

YES!!!!! It's your professional duty to stay on top of this story for the rest of us, Colin. I've nearly worn out the DVDs of the show by now...

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJen

>>...it's only a matter of time until we have a fitting end for one of the greatest TV comedies ever.<<

While I'm looking forward to more wonderful Arrested Development word play, I thought the abbreviated series ended perfectly. I mean, the final few minutes had so many wild twists and inside jokes, I couldn't stop laughing. And the final scene, where Maeby proposes to a major Hollywood producer a movie about the zany antics of her family, and the producer who REJECTS the idea is none other that Ron Howard, one of the executive producers of the series and the narrator, playing himself! Now, that WAS a fitting end!

Thursday, July 24, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterStan (near the British section of Orange County)

Oh myyyyyyyy...make the movie !!! I have had more laughter and tears from those 3 precious seasons of Arrested Development than ANY show. I'll be there at the theater first show, first night...with a pair of cutoffs ! Long live Tobias ! PLEASE, make the movie ! Michael P

Thursday, July 24, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMichael P

Michael P is a never nude!

Saturday, July 26, 2008 | Registered CommenterColin Boyd

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