SURELY A MOVIE (was: New new news! It's on!!!!)

[UponFirstListen]

Surprised I'm the first one to post this:

http://insidemovies.moviefone.com/2010/ ... -movie-gq/

[Frightened Inmate #2]

Surprised I'm the first one to post this:

http://insidemovies.moviefone.com/2010/ ... -movie-gq/

Thanks for the update, Upon!

[andysilv]

Thanks for the update, that sounds very promising. I'm actually starting to believe that the movie is happening now!

[Bananas&Nuts]

The script is half done...


http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/553824/arrested_development_movie_script_its_halfdone.html


were almost there guys.....

[jam]

nice to hear the words in addition to reading them

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-a ... on-bateman (near the end of the interview)

*cheer* wooooooooo *cheer*

[jam]

http://tv.gawker.com/5686581/will-arnet ... than-later

Has anyone read the interview in which David Cross mentions "he knows the storyline and it's 'awesome' "?

[Banana Family]

nice, as soon as Running Wilde gets cancelled, its on!

[jam]

I hope I'm not the only one keeping myself excited about this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_ySQH6X ... re=related

looking forward to the ad doc as well

(I love how, in the clip, the shot of the audience has a bunch of people smiling. *ahhhh*)

[Banana Family]

Let the movie commence!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_Wilde#Cancellation

[shoes22]

Wasn't Mitch saying the exact opposite...that Running Wilde would have to be renewed for a back 9 if an AD movie was going to happen? He was saying that the TV show is what provides him with the extra income necessary to take time away to complete the AD script, which he really wants to do. Knowing Mitch, he'll probably try to pitch yet another TV pilot before focusing on the AD movie again.

[Banana Family]

That was actually more of a joke, A reporter kiddingly suggested that they should do that http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/ ... ing-wilde/

Besides, i doubt he absoultely needs extra money. He said he'd probably produce other TV shows but not as hands on as Running Wilde, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see

[shoes22]

I'd agree with you that it was a joke if that was the only interview where he made a statement like that. But it wasn't.
Here's another interview with the AVClub where he said a similar statement without prodding.
http://www.avclub.com/articles/mitch-hurwitz,45886/

I've quoted the relevant parts:

AVC: For all you’ve said about TV, what keeps you coming back to the medium?

MH: I spent a few years just producing other writers, and those shows were not successful. I thought, “Will is special so let me try to do this,” but life is choice and choice is loss. Somebody very famous said that. So I chose to do another show here. If it works, then I’ll have at least a bit of a cushion where I can make the Arrested movie, those kinds of things. If it doesn’t, I’ll have to come up with another scenario.

AVC: The success of Running Wilde is related to the Arrested Development movie being made?

MH: Well, the movie does not pay much. I hate to make it about that, but I’ve needed to make an income—I’ve got kids in school and stuff. They pay me to do TV right now, which is fortunate. So I’m trying to continue to do that while I explore other fields. Unfortunately, TV is top-heavy in the sense that you have to do those first episodes and they take a lot of time. If I can get through the first 13, I think it’ll be much easier to run that business and go and do other things. I don’t know how J.J. Abrams does it, but he’s the guy to learn from, man.

[Banana Family]

That is true, but I think that is more of a case of wishful thinking. He's not going to say "once the show is cancelled I can focus on the movie again". Instead he says for the back 9 but honestly at that point I doubt he could really take a break from a still struggling show in its first season. however, he does say he needs money so the interview does suggest he'd probably just produce strictly next time and focus most of creative manpower on the movie. Also I'll admit this is a little nitpicky but I found Will Arnett said Mitch would probably do the movie "sooner than later." http://tv.gawker.com/5686581/will-arnet ... than-later Granted, He is talking for Mitch but I'm holding on the the littlest bit of hope I can Damn it!

[byron]

http://www.avclub.com/articles/mitchell-hurwitz-doesnt-want-to-get-your-hopes-up,51332/

If creator Mitchell Hurtwitz gets his way—and that’s obviously not a guarantee—the Arrested Development movie will be filmed and released within the year, an ambitious, Herculean battle plan befitting the project’s recent foray into the realm of myth and legend. But at least Hurwitz seems to recognize that every new unfulfilled promise has only turned formerly warm fans cold and jaded, telling Digital Spy, “They've been so supportive and we're so grateful, so I kind of hate to answer the question until I can say, 'Yep, we've shot it, it opens next week'. Otherwise it feels like we're toying with people and we do not mean to do that. It has just taken a while to get it going.”

The possible good news that is also bound to toy with people is that Hurwitz says he’s definitely begun the process of writing the script with Jim Valley. The inevitable “but…” is that “a lot of things have to fall into place” in order for him to reach his stated goal of having it in theaters by the end of 2011. Things like getting the entire cast to agree to star in it, working out their conflicting schedules, slaying the Gogmagog and placing his severed head atop the highest peak—things of that nature.

[Frightened Inmate #2]

I was about to post that here as well when I read it.

Sounds like we can upgrade this rumor to "Don't Buy"!