There's a small glimmer of hope that we'll all see the Bluths again, and not just in reruns on DVDs. In an interview with TVGuide, actress Alia Shawkat ("Maeby") confirmed that there is talk of doing an Arrested Development movie. She didn't say a lot--probably because the interview was actually about her role in an upcoming Lifetime movie--but she did say that creator Mitch Hurwitz is in talks with Ron Howard about moving to the big screen. That was all hinted at in the series finale when Shawkat's character tried to sell the rights to the Bluth's story to Howard.Would you like to see an Arrested Development movie... or is it just plain over?
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7-10-2006 @ 8:50PM
Erik said...
Rock on! Yes! Make it happen!
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7-10-2006 @ 8:55PM
wader said...
Hell yeah! A movie would be brilliant.
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7-10-2006 @ 9:25PM
Otto said...
AD has the type of humor that fits the 1/2 hour running time. A 90 minute movie would exhaust the audience.
But then, I thought the same about South Park...
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7-10-2006 @ 9:26PM
BartmanDK said...
Would love to go and sit down at the cinema with a coke and a large tub of popcorn and enjoyn 1,5 hour of AD humor!!!
I say ROCK ON too!! :D
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7-10-2006 @ 9:40PM
Lacey said...
I'm not ready for AD to be over. I'd like to see it come back to TV so that we can get some more seasons out of it.
But since that won't happen, I'll settle for a movie.
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7-10-2006 @ 10:40PM
Eric said...
Arrested Development is FAR too funny and well-made for there not to be just a little bit more of it. 'Sides, in spite of the sense of finality of the series finale, those writers could write their way out of anything.
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7-10-2006 @ 11:03PM
Charles said...
Seriously, if they got THE same writers back, they could write absolutely ANYTHING, and it would fit perfectly in the AD universe. Buster could be in jail, God could be a terrorist, and it'd all seem like a natural progression for the characters. As far as creativity and character development, Arrested Development was only rival by "Lost".
I would absolutely love to see an "Arrested Development" movie, under one condition: Annyong makes a cameo. :)
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7-10-2006 @ 11:37PM
adhonus said...
It was a great show, and it ended brilliantly. There are enough episodes, and they are still funny. They don't need to do anything else. The only way thing movie would be a big hit is if they have Captain Jack running the banana stand.
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7-11-2006 @ 1:31AM
Jennifer said...
I'd love to see a movie, but wouldn't it have the same problem as Firefly/Serenity, i.e. you can't drag hordes of people into the theater to watch it?
I doubt it'll happen, which makes me sad.
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7-11-2006 @ 5:25AM
Simon Wakefield said...
I'm not sure it would have as many problems making a profit that Serenity had. I would assume one of the reasons for teh $40mill budget that Serenity was given was the SFX budget that Universal decided a Sci-fi movie would require to be resonable well done. AD however already looks really good, doesnt require SFX really. The only increase needed would probally be money for the cast and crew.
Now the reports about the showtime offer suggest that it had a budget of $1.5mill an episode. The movie will be like just over 4 episodes. Thats a budget of 6mill. Even if the budget had to be doubled then thats only 12mill, a figure that if AD fans had the kind of drive the Firefly fans did to get out on opening weekend would be pretty easy to make back.
One of the advantages AD also has is the cast is better known than Fireflys, it has alot of celeb fans that could make an apperance (or reapperance in some cases) to help get more people into the cinema. Plus pushing the Ron Howard connection wont do them any harm (he has more pedigree in film atm than Joss Whedon anyway)
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7-11-2006 @ 10:26AM
Akbar Fazil said...
As much as I love AD (and watched it from day one) I dont see the need for a movie. The story was closed up very nicely and we should just accept the fact we got that. It is time to move on people.
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7-11-2006 @ 10:47AM
kel said...
They should do an inexpensive movie and release it on the independent circuit, that way there are no unrealistic expectations.
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7-11-2006 @ 1:07PM
BGDC said...
Kill it already! Yes i love AD. I bought seasons 1 and 2 for many, many people. BUT there comes a time when things must end. Let it die, for god's sake!
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7-12-2006 @ 10:56AM
Winston said...
Ah a low budget, indie version of Arrested Development.
Do you think the family that used to be worth millions would do a cheap movie? I mean COME ON! Haha, you have to be kidding.
No seriously though, I'd go see anything Arrested Development. They could start a Saturday Morning "Arrested Development Babies" cartoon, and I'd watch every week.
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7-12-2006 @ 12:29PM
Cory said...
I would absolutely love to see another season, movies, or whatever "arrested development" they could possibly throw at us. It's one of the funniest shows ever. !!!
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7-12-2006 @ 3:44PM
Jason said...
YES! Do it!
Although I'd prefer some other network picked up the show, I'd settle for a movie.
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7-12-2006 @ 3:56PM
Jason said...
Whenever I sit down to watch a A.D. I end up watching like 4 or 5 of them (as I have the dvd's) - I think I could easily sit through at least 2 hours of A.D. humor in movie format - until the sequels come out - then I could sit through upwards of 8 hours of it!
-Jason
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7-12-2006 @ 7:32PM
Luc said...
Any more A.D. in any form would be welcomed with the biggest hug I could give my TV. If I didn't have to get up in the mornings I think I could happily watch all 3 seasons in a row!
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7-13-2006 @ 1:34AM
Tony Fascianate said...
Don't back out on this, make the movie happen.
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7-14-2006 @ 8:06PM
Granger Gamer said...
Arrested Development would make an awesome movie, this show is truely one of the greatest and smartest shows ever.
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