Arrested Development

[DSNT]

Wow. It might happen.

http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid=15a310d7-61f0-49b6-ba57-092e60c397cb&sid=fd-kristin

[D_Davis]

This news get a crocodile in awesomeness.

[Duncan]

Believe it when I see it.

[Ezee E]

I call bullish.

[Sycophant]

I think it'd make money. Hurwitz's pilot apparently didn't get picked up last season and so a sure thing could really help out. It could happen.

I worry whether it would be good.

[Spinal]

It would be a weird transition from TV to film. The show is so specifically a deconstruction of television conventions. Not sure how they would swing that. But whatever ... could be fun.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Yeah, it would be a very bizarre transition, but I'd welcome any chance at more AD.

[D_Davis]

I hope Judd Apatow and his crew aren't invited to participate.

[Ezee E]

I wonder if the movie would take the attempt at deconstructing movies since the show obviously went after the television programming. It COULD work, but I just don't see it happening really.

[Sycophant]

I wonder if the movie would take the attempt at deconstructing movies since the show obviously went after the television programming. It COULD work, but I just don't see it happening really.
Like ATHF:Arrested Development::ATHFCMFFT:AD the Movie.

[NickGlass]

It would be a weird transition from TV to film. The show is so specifically a deconstruction of television conventions. Not sure how they would swing that. But whatever ... could be fun.

Yeah, that would be like..making a Strangers With Candy flick.

[Sycophant]

Yeah, that would be like..making a Strangers With Candy flick.And we all know how well that turned out.

[Grouchy]

Yeah, that would be like..making a Strangers With Candy flick.
Strangers with Candy is the most misunderstood and brilliant show EVER on television. Haven't seen the movie.

I dunno. I loved 40 year old Virgin back on the day, but today, I'm totally against Judd Apatow. The man's become a fucking formula.

[Sycophant]

I dunno. I loved 40 year old Virgin back on the day, but today, I'm totally against Judd Apatow. The man's become a fucking formula.
Pretty impressive for a director who's made two films in the last 2.5 years.

[Grouchy]

Pretty impressive for a director who's made two films in the last 2.5 years.
Yeah, touché. Seriously, who the fuck do I think I am?

[chrisnu]

If the film was simply a continuation of where the TV series left off, I might approve. Otherwise, it's going to be a bunch of recycled jokes and plot lines. Don't spoil what we already have.

[Ivan Drago]

I hope Judd Apatow and his crew aren't invited to participate.

What does Judd Apatow have to do with Arrested Development? He wasn't involved with the series.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Like ATHF:Arrested Development::ATHFCMFFT:AD the Movie.

I thought the ATHF movie was more anarchic than deconstructive.

[Sycophant]

I thought the ATHF movie was more anarchic than deconstructive.Agreed. But it's very mindful of movie conventions while indulging in its anarchy. Much like the show does with television conventions.

[baby doll]

I don't see it as a feature.

[ledfloyd]

What does Judd Apatow have to do with Arrested Development? He wasn't involved with the series.

greg mottola is the only thing i can see the two have in common.

[Spinal]

greg mottola is the only thing i can see the two have in common.

Michael Cera.

[Sven]

Michael Cera.

There's actually quite a lot of crossover when you look at both cliques.

[Sycophant]

Freaks & Geeks collaborator Paul Feig directed a lot of Arrested Development episodes, especially toward the end. Jay Chandrasekhar worked on both AD and Undeclared. Victor Hsu produced both of Apatow's shows and AD. It seems to me there was some other crossover, too. They also largely appeal to a similar audience and considering the popularity/bankability of Apatow's crew lately, I wouldn't be surprised to see Fox or even Hurwitz himself attempt to work with them.

[Morris Schæffer]

I've never been in love with AD. If it weren't for the Bateman character who grounds everything into something approaching reality, I might have abandonded the show after the first season. Every person seems weirder/quirkier than the next and perhaps that's not my cup of tea. I feel no need whatsoever to watch season three.


I wonder if the movie would take the attempt at deconstructing movies since the show obviously went after the television programming. It COULD work, but I just don't see it happening really.

Could you explain this to me Ezee? This never occured to me when I saw season one, but I'm sure what you claim is there. Is it the absence of a laugh track?

[D_Davis]

[Judd Apatow] wasn't involved with the series.

And I want it to stay that way.

Apatow's lost it since Freaks and Geeks.

[Milky Joe]

Michael Cera doesn't want to do it? (http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=756612)

I have to say, if this is real... Michael... you're breaking my heart.

[NickGlass]

Things are shaping up as I suspected: the stars of Arrested Development are now deconstructing the idea of TV-series-to-movie publicity.

Remember when Jeffrey Tambor and Jason Bateman were joking about it on late-night talk shows? It was just around the time the Sex and the City movie was being released.

[Dead & Messed Up]

If the movie comes to fruition, it must include a certain character...

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/110/292694713_14c84309dc.jpg

[DavidSeven]

Jeffrey Tambor Says Arrested Development Movie is 'A Go!' (http://defamer.com/5084505/jeffrey-tambor-says-arrested-development-movie-is-a-go)

Hm.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Jeffrey Tambor Says Arrested Development Movie is 'A Go!' (http://defamer.com/5084505/jeffrey-tambor-says-arrested-development-movie-is-a-go)

Hm.

He said the same thing on Craig Ferguson about 6 months back, and in that time Cera came forward and said nothing is going on and he's not even sure he'd do it if it was. I'll hold my excitement for an official announcement.