Nov 12 2008 Jeffrey Tambor Taunting Us With 'Arrested Development' Movie News
I know, I know. An Arrested Development movie is the pony your dad has promised you year and year but never delivered. Every time a former cast member is interviewed, they give the typical "I'd love to do it, and creator Mitch Hurwitz wants to do it" response, and everyone gets excited--we're getting a pony!--yet the garage remains stuffed with sporting equipment. So this interview with Jeffrey Tambor, where he says he'd like to do it, probably isn't that big of a deal. Except that he says they are doing it!
When Collider cleverly inquired if it was happening by asking if he was sick of people asking, Tambor said this:
Well, no, because we're doing it. We are going. It's a go. Yeah. I just actually this week talked to Mitch Hurwitz, so we're doing it.
And that there's no script, but:
When the writer calls you, and the director, and the executive producer call you, it's a pretty good sign.
Tambor also said to get our hopes up, so time to get your hopes up. I'm holding off until I hear some ukulele strumming.
(Thanks, Colm.)
Mar 20 2008 Quartet of Comedy Titans Join 'This Side of the Truth'
Unabashed love for Ricky Gervais is well-documented in the archives of this blog. However, even after the sublime The Office, hilarious Extras and repeat listen-friendly The Ricky Gervais Show, I was getting worried that Gervais' in production film This Side of the Truth would amount to little more than Liar Liar turned on its head. My fears have been assuaged considerably today with the casting of four mighty, and varied, comedic voices: John Hodgman, Tina Fey, Jeffrey Tambor and Christopher Guest. Surely these consistently funny individuals wouldn't simultaneously involve themselves with a project that wasn't anything but hilarious. I mean, it's not like these people would pimp themselves out to an unworthy cause. Right?
This Side of the Truth: Ricky's Blog' [rickygervais.com]
Feb 4 2008 'Arrested Development' Movie Becoming More Likely
It's been talked about before, but now Jason Bateman and Jeffrey Tambor have both confirmed that contact has been made regarding a much-desired Arrested Development feature. Quoth the Bateman:
I can confirm that a round of sniffing has started. Any talk is targeting a poststrike situation, of course. I think, as always, that it's a question of whether the people with the money are willing to give our leader, Mitch Hurwitz, what he deserves for his participation. And I can speak for the cast when I say our fingers are crossed.
This made my day. Not only is it a possible revival of one of television's best comedies, it's one more television-to-film adaptation that won't be beaten senseless and covered in "white face" by the Wayans Brothers. We've reached the sad point where that alone deserves some applause.
Jason Bateman Confirms Arrested Development Movie Talks [E!]
Dec 21 2007 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army' Trailer Contains No Disappointment, One Vagina-Mouth Thing
Guillermo del Toro has done many great things as a director, but perhaps none will have the continued resonance of the discovery he made in Pan's Labyrinth: that it's really f***ing freaky when a creature has eyes on its limbs rather than its head, where you'd expect them. After exploiting that little revelation (above), from the looks of this trailer, it appears he's found many more ways to make nightmare-inducing creatures in Hellboy II: The Golden Army. (The vagina-mouth thing at the 1:55 mark comes to mind.)
Despite some semi-cheesy computer effects and a villain that looks like a combination of Legolas and Rocky Horror's Riff Raff, the unquestionable brilliance of del Toro and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola gives me genuine hope for this sequel. So give it a look.
