MAEBY A MOVIE!!!! AD movie in the works?

[I Got A Stew Going]

You never know, Tony Hale might surprise everyone and refuse to do the project.

[sphincter]

But i thought that the problem with arrested devlopment in terms of future projects was theat mitch didn't want to do any more, he wanted to spend more time with his familly. -??

It's not only that Mitch wanted to spend more time with his family, but a bunch of other factors also had a lot to do with AD not being continued. Several factors like they couldn't get the money situation right, and that Mitch didn't want to just turn in a bunch of uninspired work even if they did pay him enough. Basically, what Mitch said is that he told the story he wanted to tell, and it didn't matter how much they paid him he was through. So yes your right when you said he didn't want to do any more, but I think he could have been swayed to continue if the situation had been more ideal from the start of the series.

When they started series 2 there were 24 episodes planned, same for series 3. The material exists in some form or other.

*22 episodes

None the less, it's not like they had every episode written out before the season started. They probably had a rough idea of where it was all going, and I assume the truncated seasons meant they had to squeeze material into a shorter time frame, rather than discard it all together.

I think you're being a tad pedantic, I'm sure that 24/22 episodes aren't completely carved and sketched out to perfection with a full structure at the begining of the season, that's not really what I'm saying. But I'd bet my liver that there is an insane amount of material, much of which was planned to fill later episodes in series 2 and 3 that ended up not getting used due to the cuts. There is material 'in some form or other'. Writers write.

[Walsingham]

I wanna see Dan Castellaneta back as Dr. Stein.

[Frightened Inmate #2]

I wanna see Dan Castellaneta back as Dr. Stein.

da-oh.

[jumpman]

What if there is a contractual problem that results in Val Kilmer playing the role of GOB?

Google Knight Rider if you didn't catch the reference.

[Walsingham]

What if there is a contractual problem that results in Val Kilmer playing the role of GOB?

Google Knight Rider if you didn't catch the reference.

This might be the one place where no Googleing is required.

[jumpman]

What if there is a contractual problem that results in Val Kilmer playing the role of GOB?

Google Knight Rider if you didn't catch the reference.

This might be the one place where no Googleing is required.

Sorry - I was just so hopped-up on Amyl & disco music... I just assumed I was the only one paying attention to random going-ons like that.

[byron]

Will Arnett talks movie, Where in the world is Franklin Delano Bluth?

"Well, I built the first one, so I’m going to have to build it again. That’s a little ‘Arrested Development’ piece of trivia,” Arnett revealed. “I made Franklin.”

Really? “No, that’s a lie,” he grinned. “How would I know how to do that?”

One thing that isn’t a lie, however, is that Arnett, Bateman and the others are now waiting for Hurwitz to write the script that will bring the Bluths to the big screen — even if it requires a CGI Franklin stand-in. “I think that we’re still a long way from the cup to the lip on this one,” he said of the “AD” flick. “But I think it’ll happen.”

[The Brentmeister General]

This is getting mighty exciting now, isn't it? Even though we've all been down this road before with AD, the feeling that it might work for us just wont go away.

Quite what they'd do or where they'd take the characters I don't know, but it would be a wild, wild ride.

[Frightened Inmate #2]

I think I'm finally ready to bump the possibility of an A.D. movie up to "Risky"!

[OceanWalker32]

I think I'm finally ready to bump the possibility of an A.D. movie up to "Risky"!

We're up from "Sell"?

[excitedly] It's happening, isn't it?

[Frightened Inmate #2]

I think I'm finally ready to bump the possibility of an A.D. movie up to "Risky"!

We're up from "Sell"?

[excitedly] It's happening, isn't it?

We're not even at "Don't Buy" any more. As in, "Don't buy the rumors."

[Walsingham]

Since we all know that this will happen, I wonder if they'll use the regular episode intro or if there will be a big new one.

[shoes22]

Since we all know that this will happen, I wonder if they'll use the regular episode intro or if there will be a big new one.

I can just about guarantee they won't use the regular intro. Maybe a variation of it, but not the exact same one.

[jumpman]

So...

With the discussion of an AD movie going-on... Am I the only one who is concerned that the final product will be too 'safe'?

With recent hollywood releases being mostly garbage in the last few years, there is a good chance that the creative minds behind the AD series are going to be somewhat limited in the direction the film can go. Even with a figure with as much influence Ron Howard backing the project - a lot of (creative) control will be most likely removed to satisfy investors...

While I'm not necessarily thinking it will turn into a
Dragnet, Dukes of Hazzard or Insert any crappy TV to Big Screen nightmare, but there is some nervous anticipation.

The other thing I've considered is just how you could work the Bluth Family, as fans know them, into a movie that properly sets them up to a mass audience. Many of the idiosyncrasies of each character that we have come to cherish will not be able to be fully explored in the 90-minute timeframe.

The one possibility that comes to mind, is a storyline that would include the framework of the Pilot episode, and work-in the plotlines from 'Msssing Kitty' and "Spring Breakout". That would allow a clear overview of the origin of the story/family while still allowing for a story that would keep the movie going for new viewers.

Any way they do it... I'm sure there will be plenty of 'nods' to the longtime fans - and lots of subtle jokes/references that only frequent viewers would catch.

Just my $0.02