LOS ANGELES — An “Arrested Development” comeback on
the big screen? It’s the myth that keeps on giving since the show went
off the air five years ago. But fans of Fox’s quirky comedy who have
longed for its return in movie form can now breathe a little easier with
creator Mitchell Hurwitz’s latest morsel of hope.
On
Sunday, during a New Yorker Festival event that reunited him with the
show’s cast, Hurwitz promised the audience that a film adaptation of the
Bluth clan was still in the works — and there’s even a set of nine or
10 television episodes, each focusing on a certain character, that would
serve as a curtain raiser to the movie. Hurwitz said he was about
halfway done with a screenplay with his co-writers Jim Vallely and Dean
Lorey. No details on what studio is backing the movie or the TV
episodes, nor which network the TV portion would be broadcast on.
Current
“Up All Night” star Will Arnett, who appeared in “Arrested Development”
as Gob, confirmed the news on Twitter: “I’m peeing with @batemanjason
at the moment … and we can confirm that we are going to make new AD
eps and a movie.”
Jason Bateman, who starred as
Michael Bluth, also took to the masses and tweeted Sunday: “It’s true.
We will do 10 episodes and the movie. Probably shoot them all together
next summer for a release in early ‘13. VERY excited!
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