Apr 15 2008'Arrested Development' Reunion! ...in a Sense
Limbs, parental love, that thing you cherished that you let go to see if it was always yours or if it was never meant to be: when some things go, no matter how beautiful, they're gone for good, and you have to accept that. And while it's looking more and more like our beloved Arrested Development is going to belong to this tragic category, all hope for a television reunion is not lost. Sort of. According to The Hollywood Reporter, AD creator Mitch Hurtwitz has brought his former colleagues Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Henry Winkler on to the voice cast of his new animated comedy Sit Down, Shut Up. Also, some other decent people:
"Sit Down," from Tantamount, Sony and Granada, centers on staff members at a high school who are preoccupied with their own needs and agendas, which means the students come second. Fox greenlighted a table read of "Sit Down," based on the live-action Australian series, last month.Also joining the voice cast are Cheri Oteri, Will Forte, Regina King, Nick Kroll, Tom Kenny and Maria Bamford.
So even if we never get that Arrested Development movie, at least we can take some solace in this, a show we'll probably enjoy but also complain about being worse than its predecessor (see case of The Office v. Extras).
'Arrested Development' reunion in Fox pilot [Hollywood Reporter]
Reader Comments
1. bigjerm - April 15, 2008 2:10 PM
they should just cirsrumvent all the red tape and make an arrested development movie already. the fan base is big enough now. there are dozens of us. dozens!
2. emily - April 15, 2008 2:16 PM
Stop toying with my heart with your headlines of Arrested Development! It was such a good show, and yet, with a smack of ham.
I shall direct your attention to this:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0901469/
"Announced"! "IMDB"! "Rumored"! "Arnett"! I'll take this as a sign to git ready for some good movie watchin' in 2009!
3. Peter - April 15, 2008 5:37 PM
AD ended perfectly. A movie or a special would be horrifing. Leave it in its hilarious perfection. And I never smelled any ham throughout the whole show, 'emily'.
4. emily - April 15, 2008 5:52 PM
You missed the hot ham water then.
5. Daniel - April 15, 2008 10:56 PM
I couldn't think what the original Australian series was, so looked it up and it was a short lived series from 2001. It seems a strange choice to base a new show on.
6. blakest1 - January 14, 2010 10:44 PM
"they should just cirsrumvent all the red tape"
Oh, the red tape....oh, the shrimp.