Jason Bateman confirms Arrested Development movie to film next year.
Bateman regularly moved series until his long-term employment on Arrested Development, playing Michael Bluth, the only sane member of a wealthy Californian family in crisis. The series charmed critics and won awards but failed to score big ratings. “I owe my adult success to the show,” he says. “America didn’t really watch it but people in LA did and those are the ones who hire us. It gave me an entrance to movies - which was lucky because I had somewhat exhausted my welcome in TV.” Arrested Development made stars of Bateman, Michael Cera and Will Arnett and put them on the crest of a new comedy wave in Hollywood. “Right now, this deadpan, dry comedy is what really makes me laugh and I am happy it’s in vogue,” he says. “Like Judd Apatow, Sacha Baron Cohen or Christopher Guest.
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.”
- from Timesonline