Arrested is happening

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by: Paul Tassi Oct. 5, 2009

Searching the JoBlo archives, I've found that we've done a lot of rumor reporting on the "is-it-happening?" ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT feature over the past few years, whether it's Jason Bateman saying “full steam ahead” or Michael Cera countering with “not so fast.” But now, without a doubt, unless some cosmic disaster strikes, everyone is on board and the ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT movie IS happening, as this latest story out of THR would seem to prove.

"Arrested Development" creator Mitchell Hurwitz 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.

As in, this spring? Hot damn! Maybe it’s just because I recently rewatched all three seasons over the past two weeks, but I’m out of my mind excited for this project, even though I really have no idea what it will be like.

TV-into-movie adaptations are always tricky, as the obvious worry is that a film is just going to be a few episodes slapped together. But there is a way to do it right, and I would point to another prematurely killed show as an example, “Firefly,” whose film adaptation, SERENITY, was a pitch perfect send-off for the show, and gave fans the closure they so desperately needed.

But unlike “Firefly,” “Arrested” actually did have a pretty well-scripted wrap-up (albeit a bit hurried), so what exactly will a movie look like? How many inside jokes from the series can you cram in to two hours without it feeling forced? But if there’s anyone who can make it work, I believe it’s Mitchel Hurwitz and his obscenely talented cast, and whatever the result, I’m looking forward to this project perhaps more than any other film that’s been announced at this point. 

Source: THR

Extra Tidbit: Time to shout out your favorite “Arrested” quote. Mine? “Has anyone in this family ever even SEEN a chicken?”

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Shotgun2TheFace
11:59AM on 10/07/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Her?
Her?
 
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Melvin Udall
1:07AM on 10/07/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
"No Touching!"
"No Touching!"
 
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ccapel
2:51PM on 10/06/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Lucille: How am I supposed to find someone willing to go into that musty old clap trap?

Michael: ...Oh, the cabin!
Lucille: How am I supposed to find someone willing to go into that musty old clap trap?

Michael: ...Oh, the cabin!
 
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threezy
2:35PM on 10/06/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Tobias: "I thought that the homosexuals were pirates, but it turns out that most of them are actors in the local theatre. You're right though, it is amazing. I've been waiting for the universe to provide a path for me, and I think it has!"
Lindsay: "You're gay."
Tobias: "No! No. I'm not -- I'm not gay. No, Lindsay, how many times must we have this... No. I want to be an actor."
Tobias: "I thought that the homosexuals were pirates, but it turns out that most of them are actors in the local theatre. You're right though, it is amazing. I've been waiting for the universe to provide a path for me, and I think it has!"
Lindsay: "You're gay."
Tobias: "No! No. I'm not -- I'm not gay. No, Lindsay, how many times must we have this... No. I want to be an actor."
 
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filmguy450
2:15PM on 10/06/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Umm, hell yeah!
Umm, hell yeah!
 
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jasher78
12:59AM on 10/06/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Tobias: I'm afraid I just blue myself.
Michael: There's got to be a better way to say that.

Michael Bluth: So this is the magic trick, huh?
George Oscar 'Gob' Bluth: Illusion, Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money...

and SOOOO much more....
Tobias: I'm afraid I just blue myself.
Michael: There's got to be a better way to say that.

Michael Bluth: So this is the magic trick, huh?
George Oscar 'Gob' Bluth: Illusion, Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money...

and SOOOO much more....
 
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jekupka
12:40AM on 10/06/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Anytime these two words are spoken "Anne", "Who?"
Anytime these two words are spoken "Anne", "Who?"
 
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Funployee
11:56PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
"George Micheal, I just don't want you spending all your money getting her all glittered up for Easter!"
"George Micheal, I just don't want you spending all your money getting her all glittered up for Easter!"
 
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FrancoYesca
11:42PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Lindsay: "Oh my God! My husband."
Man at bar: "You're married to Carl Weathers? SHIT."
Lindsay: "Oh my God! My husband."
Man at bar: "You're married to Carl Weathers? SHIT."
 
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R.O.U.S.121
11:41PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
George Bluth Sr - "Daddy horny Michael!......."

Tobias - "And second-of-ly, I know you're the big marriage expert. Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot. Your wife is dead!........"
George Bluth Sr - "Daddy horny Michael!......."

Tobias - "And second-of-ly, I know you're the big marriage expert. Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot. Your wife is dead!........"
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goes_to_ricks
2:41PM on 10/06/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Tobias is pure comedy perfection.
Tobias is pure comedy perfection.
 
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The Wombat
11:31PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Tobias: I'm afraid I just blue myself.
Michael: There's got to be a better way to say that.
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Patient: There’s like this longing... this pull. I mean, does that make me, you know, like, some kind of...?

Young Maeby: Homosexual.

Tobias: Maeby, please...
She’s right, though, yo...
Tobias: I'm afraid I just blue myself.
Michael: There's got to be a better way to say that.
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Patient: There’s like this longing... this pull. I mean, does that make me, you know, like, some kind of...?

Young Maeby: Homosexual.

Tobias: Maeby, please...
She’s right, though, you probably are a homosexual.
 
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ryancummings
10:48PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
STEVE HOLT
STEVE HOLT
 
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IQuitMrWhite
9:52PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
"They're laughing with me, Michael! They're laughing with me!"
"They're laughing with me, Michael! They're laughing with me!"
 
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DPlainview
9:39PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Amazing news
Tobias - No, no, it's pronounced a-nal-ra-pist.
Buster - It wasn't really the pronunciation that bothered me.
Tobias - No, no, it's pronounced a-nal-ra-pist.
Buster - It wasn't really the pronunciation that bothered me.
 
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Canto
9:09PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
"Check out who's on that hog in the rearview mirror."

"GEORGE MICHAEL!"
"Check out who's on that hog in the rearview mirror."

"GEORGE MICHAEL!"
 
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kurofusen
8:58PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Great way to start the day
"Sorry, some of my students are arguing the significance of the shankbone on the Seder plate. But we do not... not wag our genitals at one another to make a point."
"Sorry, some of my students are arguing the significance of the shankbone on the Seder plate. But we do not... not wag our genitals at one another to make a point."
 
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Carl XVI Gustaf
7:39PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Analrapist
Analyst and therapist, the world's first Analrapist. (Something like that)
Analyst and therapist, the world's first Analrapist. (Something like that)
 
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randomerratum
7:19PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
The funniest show I've ever seen.
"Army had a half day."

"Alias is a SHOW about a spy."

"How dare you, I ought to shave your head and make you sit in front of that camera all night!"
"Army had a half day."

"Alias is a SHOW about a spy."

"How dare you, I ought to shave your head and make you sit in front of that camera all night!"
 
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Cigarette Burn
7:09PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Well, this news made my day.
"He's going to be alright."

"Oh thank God!"

"No... I mean the seal bit off his left hand - he's going to be ALL RIGHT."

"WHAT KIND OF A DOCTOR ARE YOU?!"
"He's going to be alright."

"Oh thank God!"

"No... I mean the seal bit off his left hand - he's going to be ALL RIGHT."

"WHAT KIND OF A DOCTOR ARE YOU?!"
 
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DREW SAFS
7:07PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Gob as the boss in charge around the office
This is 2,500 hundred dollar suite COME ON!!
This is 2,500 hundred dollar suite COME ON!!
 
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WalterKovacs
6:57PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Quite possibly the funniest show of all time.
Quite possibly the funniest show of all time.
 
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Joe_99
6:56PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
YES
Michael - I almost had pop pop in Reno!
George Michael - Yeah...me too
Michael - I almost had pop pop in Reno!
George Michael - Yeah...me too
 
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Miguelito
6:37PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Hell yeah, gotta be one of the best t.v. shows ever, no exaggeration...I mean, shit. F*** yeah.
Hell yeah, gotta be one of the best t.v. shows ever, no exaggeration...I mean, shit. F*** yeah.
 
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brechtsky
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somaobi
you stole my favorite quote! Ive had it in my sig for years on the chud forums....

But you misquoted it slightly, so allow me to correct you; Lucille's response is, "I'll leave when I'm good and ready"
you stole my favorite quote! Ive had it in my sig for years on the chud forums....

But you misquoted it slightly, so allow me to correct you; Lucille's response is, "I'll leave when I'm good and ready"
 
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somaobi
5:18PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Michael: "Get rid of the Seward."
Lucille: "I'm not going anywhere!"
Michael: "Get rid of the Seward."
Lucille: "I'm not going anywhere!"
 
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fury159
5:14PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Gob: Hey, if I can't find a horny immigrant by then than I don't deserve to stay here.
Gob: Hey, if I can't find a horny immigrant by then than I don't deserve to stay here.
 
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HoyleHaw
4:36PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
"Illusions, Michael. Tricks are what whores do for money...or candy!"

"They were not making fun of Andy Griffith. This cannot be stress enough."
"Illusions, Michael. Tricks are what whores do for money...or candy!"

"They were not making fun of Andy Griffith. This cannot be stress enough."
 
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thedaringelephant
4:31PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
"MONSTER! I mean Bust-- Buster! Hey buddy..."
"MONSTER! I mean Bust-- Buster! Hey buddy..."
 
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Lil Sco Rizzle
4:30PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Tobias
"I'm afraid I prematurely shot my wad on what was supposed to be a dry run and now I have something of a mess on my hands"
"I'm afraid I prematurely shot my wad on what was supposed to be a dry run and now I have something of a mess on my hands"
 
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nickdoll
4:29PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Can't Pick Just One, But...
"I have Pop Pop in the attic." - George Michael

"The Mere fact that you call it that tells me you're not ready." - Michael
"I have Pop Pop in the attic." - George Michael

"The Mere fact that you call it that tells me you're not ready." - Michael
 
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DaForce
4:03PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Michael in jail talking to his mom: "Yeah, well you tell Gob that I have a hot cot waiting right here for him!"

Mom: "My God! You'd do that to your own brother?!?"

Michael: "I said 'cot'!"
Michael in jail talking to his mom: "Yeah, well you tell Gob that I have a hot cot waiting right here for him!"

Mom: "My God! You'd do that to your own brother?!?"

Michael: "I said 'cot'!"
 
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UnkemptFilmFan
3:55PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
GOB referring to the busness model
Yeah, she had all kinds of orgasms.
Yeah, she had all kinds of orgasms.
 
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Bryceless
3:47PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Fav quote
If it's an idiot on a scooter late at night, it's probably Gob.
If it's an idiot on a scooter late at night, it's probably Gob.
 
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csdot
3:38PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
i was gonna smoke the marijuana like a cigarette
i was gonna smoke the marijuana like a cigarette
 
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Paul Tassi
3:05PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
One more
Her?
Her?
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Lil Sco Rizzle
4:28PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Who?
Who?
 
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JacksColdSweat
2:52PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
God yes.
"I'm an ideas man, Michael. I think I proved that with F@*# Mountain"
"I'm an ideas man, Michael. I think I proved that with F@*# Mountain"
 
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howwezdo
2:48PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
either
Ta-da, or daddy horny mikey
Ta-da, or daddy horny mikey
 
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RikAzodrac
2:45PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Now I'm Expected To Climb Onto Of Kitty And Do My Thing Again.I Mean This Family Runs Into Problems It's "Oh Let's have Gob Fuck Our Way Out Of It!"
Now I'm Expected To Climb Onto Of Kitty And Do My Thing Again.I Mean This Family Runs Into Problems It's "Oh Let's have Gob Fuck Our Way Out Of It!"
 
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LeonTheProfessional
2:25PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Tobias Shopping
Pardon Me, but do these effectively hide my thunder.
Pardon Me, but do these effectively hide my thunder.
 
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tlm2021
1:52PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Ron Howard, after the publicist calls George Michal "Opie"
"Jessie had gone too far, and had best watch her mouth."
"Jessie had gone too far, and had best watch her mouth."
 
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randymeeks81
1:45PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Tobias right before getting hit by a car
"I just blue myself"
"I just blue myself"
 
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FireCaptain4
1:22PM on 10/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Buster, as Franklin:
"I don’t want no part of your tight-ass country-club, you freak bitch!"
"I don’t want no part of your tight-ass country-club, you freak bitch!"
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nisa
5:15AM on 10/06/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
"Look at banner, Michael!"
"Look at banner, Michael!"
 
goes_to_ricks
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That's definitely in my top picks. Freaking funniest line ever. And best delivery.
That's definitely in my top picks. Freaking funniest line ever. And best delivery.
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