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‘Arrested Development’ Creator: Michael Cera is Holding Up the Movie

2:32AM Kyle Buchanan | As our Arrested Development Film Tracker™ continues to fill up with “yes” balloons, one very prominent “no” remains as Ann as the nose on plain’s face. But could Michael Cera single-handedly delay the movie? More »

‘Arrested Development’ Film Tracker: Two Contracts, Two Directors?

5:10AM Kyle Buchanan | It’s time to haul out our favourite “musty old claptrap”: Defamer’s Arrested Development Film Tracker™! Today, THR says that two important AD contracts have finally been signed, locking down a studio (Fox Searchlight) and paving the way for an actual script to be written. Then, though, the trade throws out a bizarre curveball about just who exactly will be directing the movie: More »

Introducing the Handy New ‘Arrested Development’ Film Tracker!

5:31AM Kyle Buchanan | Now that our fierce election year is over, we can turn their attention to more pressing matters like what is the goddamned status of the Arrested Development movie. In that spirit, then, we offer you the brand-new Arrested Development Film Tracker™, which will bring you up-to-the minute cast confirmations, disavowals, and cagey statements of, “I don’t understand the question, and I won’t respond to it.” Today, we have a brand-new development straight from the mouth from one of Arrested’s key players. To the banana stand! More »

Enjoy Your DVDs, Because Michael Cera Is Vetoing The ‘Arrested Development’ Movie

3:20AM Defamer Hollywood | Why, it seems like it was only yesterday (or 2003) that actor Michael Cera was just an unassuming Bluth, content to run the family banana stand and do whatever was asked of him by Jason Bateman with a minimum of protest. Today, however, Cera is a fledgling movie star, with two big hits on his resume (Superbad and Juno) and a romantic comedy (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist) yet to come. It’s while he was promoting the latter that he broke ranks with Bateman for the first time, shooting down the idea that the Arrested Development movie would film next year and stating that he wouldn’t want to be a part of it anyway. Says the National Post: More »