# Arrested Development: The Motion Pictue **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160 "2008-11-23T22:48:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/1 "2008-11-23T22:48:04Z")
[E! Online](http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b70046_inside_scoop_on_arrested_movie_deal.html) is reporting that a deal has been confirmed to bring the critically acclaimed but short-lived Fox series _Arrested Development_ to the big screen. Reliable inside sources confirm that producers Mitch Hurwitz and Ron Howard have signed deals to do an Arrested movie with Imagine and Fox Searchlight. The budget for the film will be $15 million. According to the report, all of the cast members will be in it except for one un-named holdout. If this report is true, it will be welcome news for fans of the series, which was cancelled in 2006. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/2 "2008-11-23T23:05:04Z")
Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/3 "2008-11-24T00:23:03Z")
Who’s the holdout? Michael Cera? ---
**Author:** ![teemingONE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@teemingONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teemingONE)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/4 "2008-11-24T00:37:21Z")
I just blue myself. ---
**Author:** ![hekk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@hekk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hekk)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/5 "2008-11-24T01:35:58Z")
Wasn’t this hinted at in the last episode? ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/6 "2008-11-24T01:40:59Z")
> [@teemingONE](#): > > I just blue myself. Agreed, but there’s gotta be a better way to say that. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/7 "2008-11-24T01:46:46Z")
One property film I won’t complain about. ---
**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/8 "2008-11-24T02:23:14Z")
Get rid of the Seaward! (I JUST got around to watching all 3 seasons on Hulu after never seeing the show. I can’t wait for the movie!) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/9 "2008-11-24T03:19:10Z")
It has to be George Michael who is holding out. Too bad, but it wouldn’t be hard to have an episode where Michael doesn’t see his son. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/10 "2008-11-24T03:31:25Z")
The show started out being about (at least nominally) a man trying to keep his eccentric family together. By the series finale, he had finally, completely given up on his entire family, except his son. Without that son, Michael doesn’t have a purpose, and the movie doesn’t have a heart. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/11 "2008-11-24T04:14:50Z")
> [@kasuo](#): > > Who’s the holdout? Michael Cera? Who’s got the best career going right now? That’s my bet. It’d be stupid not to do it, it’s what launched his career after all. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/12 "2008-11-24T04:16:52Z")
Michael Cera should do it, but play the character somehow completely differently than his standard George Michael schtick. (Any of a number of plot devices could make sense out of this.) That would be hilarious. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/13 "2008-11-24T05:09:50Z")
With our luck, it’s Steve Holt… ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/14 "2008-11-24T05:14:31Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Michael Cera should do it, but play the character somehow completely differently than his standard George Michael schtick. Have you ever seen the kid in anything else? You’re suggesting the impossible. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/15 "2008-11-24T05:27:04Z")
I’d always heard that Michael Cera was very much into the idea of doing an AD movie. My guess is David Cross. He’s kind of a malcontent from what I’ve heard, and didn’t even want to do a TV show the first time around. He was only supposed to be in the pilot but got talked into staying on. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/16 "2008-11-24T06:12:50Z")
> [@surbey](#): > > with our luck, it’s steve holt… steve holt! ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/17 "2008-11-24T07:01:23Z")
> [@HelloNinja](#): > > My guess is David Cross. He’s kind of a malcontent from what I’ve heard, and didn’t even want to do a TV show the first time around. He was only supposed to be in the pilot but got talked into staying on. But Cross was the most vocal cast member calling out the general public for watching shit shows instead of watching the supposedly much better AD. I’d think he’d be very gung ho about the movie. Personally, while I’m interested to see where they go with the movie, the end of season two and what little of season three left me cold and I still haven’t seen all of the episodes or even the finale. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/18 "2008-11-24T14:21:57Z")
> [@HelloNinja](#): > > I’d always heard that Michael Cera was very much into the idea of doing an AD movie. > > My guess is David Cross. He’s kind of a malcontent from what I’ve heard, and didn’t even want to do a TV show the first time around. He was only supposed to be in the pilot but got talked into staying on. I believe it was Jeffrey Tambor who was only supposed to be in the pilot. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/19 "2008-11-24T17:15:56Z")
> [@HelloNinja](#): > > I’d always heard that Michael Cera was very much into the idea of doing an AD movie. Not sure about that. After a short Google search, it seems Cera [has said](http://defamer.com/5045936/enjoy-your-dvds-because-michael-cera-is-vetoing-the-arrested-development-movie): > [@Michael Cera](#): > > I don’t think I would want to see a movie of the series if I was a fan, anyway[. …] And I don’t really see a need for it if you can get the three seasons on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160/20 "2008-11-26T02:08:07Z")
> [@Paranoid\_Randroid](#): > > Not sure about that. After a short Google search, it seems Cera [has said](http://defamer.com/5045936/enjoy-your-dvds-because-michael-cera-is-vetoing-the-arrested-development-movie): My opinion of this kid will complete its 180 if he kills this project. From loving him in AD, to wondering why he played the same character in Superbad, to seeing him in other stuff and realizing that he’s not acting - he’s just an idiot, to hating him for nixing what could be an awesome movie. I hope if he refuses they just make it without him and it’s a huge hit. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-the-motion-pictue/474160.md?page=2)