UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- At a Fox press conference for his new animated Fox comedy "Sit Down, Shut Up" (April 19), executive producer Mitch Hurwitz said an "Arrested Development" movie is still in the works.
"We want to do it. We have a deal more of less in place from Fox Searchlight," Hurwitz said. "We're getting all the actors on board and we have a story, which is basically 'Valkyrie' meets 'Hotel for Dogs.
"But I don't have any updates," Hurwitz said. "I was hoping I would have a better statement to make today. But we're close."
Series regular Michael Cera has indicated he doesn't want to appear in an "Arrested Development" movie, but Hurwitz hopes he'll change his mind. He praised Cera as "a very smart guy" who was deliberative and took his time before sigining onto the "Arrested Development" TV series.
"He's making smart decisions for himself and I hope this will be one of them," Hurwitz said.
No script has been written yet.
"I want to wait until I know who's in it," Hurwitz said. "This won't be a big paying job so it's not something I want to do on spec."
Posted
Jan 13 2009, 04:27 PM
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Rob Owen