Jason Bateman confirmed that a big-screen debut of “Arrested Development” is in the works. Production of the film starring the hilariously dysfunctional Bluth family should begin in 2009. The following comes from an interview Bateman did recently while promoting his role in the upcoming Will Smith movie, “Hancock.”
A big-screen version of Arrested Development is planned for next year. “When it was on TV, if you missed one word the whole third act could be blown for you. And TV is a different experience. You come home and you’ve got to finish a call so you miss the first ten minutes or you get snacky and you go to the fridge and you miss another two minutes, so it’s a different experience to film.”
“Arrested Development played late at night in England, so I got a lot of coke addicts and meth freaks. Great. So you’ve seen me but you just don’t remember me.” When I suggest that will change since he is in so many films now, he quips again. “So I am a whore, too.”
From the Times Online
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