I apologize in advance for not being excited to report this story — I loved the show, I really did — it’s just that a lot of sites spent an entire year running ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT MOVIE??!? stories every other day, which usually consisted of them seeing Alia Shawkat on the street and yelling, “Hey Alia, is there going to be an Arrested Development movie??!” She’d shrug, and they’d run STAR MAY BE ONBOARD FOR ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT MOVIE!! the next morning. Some people even made a documentary about how the show was good. Who the hell wants to see that? I watched the show. I liked the show. What’s the documentary going to be about, you ruining it for me? Okay, tirade over. AD creator Mitchell Hurwitz has begun writing the script, which he’s set to direct.
“Arrested Development” creator Mitchell Hurwitz [HURRRRwitz -Ed] and his co-executive producer James Vallely are working on a screenplay for the long-debated feature version of their short-lived Fox series. Even as they prep a new Fox comedy series with “Arrested” star Will Arnett, the writers are spinning more bizarre encounters for the eccentric, spoiled Bluth clan for possible feature production in the spring.
Hurwitz had said that he wouldn’t start writing a film unless all the main actors were committed. Hurwitz and Vallely are now forging ahead. Scheduling might be difficult, however, as several — Bateman, Cera and Arnett — have seen their careers bloom in TV and film since the series debuted in 2003. [THR]
Oh my gosh, someone started writing a script? HOLD THE F-CKING PHONE, SO THAT I MIGHT SHOUT OBSCENITIES INTO IT.
In this latest promo clip from Mike Judge’s Extract, Judge goes back to the well for the characters that made him famous, Beavis and Butthead. I was about Beavis and Butthead’s age when Beavis and Butthead came out, so I’m probably guilty of the same kind of romantic nostalgia I make fun of sci-fi fans for all the time when I say this, but five seconds in I was thinking, “Oh man, remember Beavis and Butthead? Beavis and Butthead were awesome.” Anyway, nostalgia aside (I hope), props (or kudos, or another word that doesn’t sound as lame as props or kudos) to Mike Judge for being able to skip to the good parts of his own career. This wouldn’t have been nearly as funny or likable if he’d used King of the Hill. God that show sucked. Though I think it taught us all the valuable lesson that fat pussies don’t make good lead characters. A lot of people will try bring up Fat Pussy Hunter 7 as a counter argument, but in that case I would argue it was more the mcguffin.
This one’s called Couples Retreat, directed by Peter Billingsley (the little kid from A Christmas Story, believe it or not), written by Jon Favreau, starring Vince Vaughn, Favreau, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis, Kristen Bell, Malin Akerman, and that one fat black guy. Here’s how the project came about.
“Hey, we should make a movie in Tahiti. That way we can go dick around in Tahiti for a few months.
“Good idea. What’s it about?
“I dunno… Relationships?”
“Eh. Works for me.”
[also available in HD at Apple]
Mike Judge previously directed the cult-classic Office Space, Idiocracy (which isn’t the best movie, but has some awesomely hilarious ideas in it), and created Beavis and Butthead (King of the Hill is something we don’t discuss in these parts). His latest is called Extract, and stars Jason Bateman, Kristin Wiig, Mila Kunis, J.K. Simmons, and Ben Affleck as a stoner. The trailer looks pretty funny. But then again, so does this picture of a chihuahua standing on cheeseburgers.
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(Meat Baby picture via HolyTaco)
