Oh god, Gob, we love you and all, but pulling off the “Arrested Development” movie is probably like your character pulling off a successful magic trick: it’s just never going to happen.
Sigh, ‘AD’ actor Will Arnett spoke to GQ (via Movieline) about the long-gestating/ won’t-be-made feature-length version of the beloved, but barely watched Fox TV series, and continued to give false hope even though Michael Cera recently admitted that ship might have sailed (ok, he actually said he was scared about the expectations, but we think that’s polite Cera diplomacy code). Repeating what he has said again and again, he reiterates, “Yes, it’s happening.”
Producer and series creator Mitch Hurwitz, elaborates further, “Believe it or not, [Arrested Development co-executive producer Jim Vallely and I] have started the script. We’re taking a little abeyance while we get [the TV series ‘Running Wilde’] up and running. But it is our absolute next priority and we can’t wait to do it.”
The script for the movie is so damn old now, they have to update references to the old Presidential administration and the storyline may be updated:
“We’re changing some of the Bush references to Obama because we started it awhile ago. And the Bluths may not be vacationing in the Gulf of Mexico anymore. We also might have to recast the part of Uncle Mel, the former action movie star. But other than that we have a clear path […] Believe it or not, I do not enjoy teasing our wonderful and devoted audience, which is one reason it appears that I’ve been so cagey about this. It’s just that I don’t want to promise what I can’t deliver.”
See you in 2015 (or never). “Arrested Development” went off the air in early 2006.