Gee, do we need to tell you, we told you so, like, multiple times? We tried to tell you that Jason Bateman (Michael Bluth) was a little too overenthusiastic and talking out his ass, and we tried to warn that people like Jeffrey Tambor (George Bluth Sr.) didn’t really know what they were talking about, but you wouldn’t listen. We certainly knew the specious claim that shooting before the cameras next year would be bullshit.
And? Well, it appears we were right (in that nyah, nyah, Nikki Finke kind of way, of course) and news of an “Arrested Development” movie is premature! [ed. gee, you think?] Entertainment Weekly’s Hollywood Insider blog has officially learned what we pretty much knew all along: there’s no deal in place and not one page of a script yet (though they just reported days ago that Tambor said it was a go! Consider this their mea culpa).
This hasn’t stopped the actors from speaking out of turn at every chance they get, nor has it stopped many a gullible, skeptical-free journalists from writing the news up with enthusiastic, naive glee. Bateman has already said they were trying to scrounge up funds and lint from their pockets and basically confirmed to MTV and EW that they’re still looking for cash to make the project a go. “Michael Cera is a huge star now…with a huge star attitude to go with it. His salary will probably be the holdup,” he joked, probably feeling contrite for leading dumb reporters on.
Well? We won’t say it exactly,… but you guys have been burned more times than a Mexican kid cooking with a cornballer. With all the crap these ‘AD’ actors are spouting they may find themselves in the position of needing a lawyer soon. May we suggest Bob Loblaw? He’s got a great law blog.