So much so that you might get the idea he’s out of work? Which isn’t the case obviously, so why is he championing the movie so hard and every chance he gets?
Probably because he loved working on it, fair enough, but maybe he’s getting a little ahead of himself? Batemen last told E! Online, “I can speak for the cast when I say our fingers are crossed.” E Online reported that the entire cast had been notified and are onboard.
However, are they? Apparently Micheal Cera and David Cross (George Michael Bluthe and Dr. Tobias Funke respectively) haven’t heard word one. According to Cinematical who talked to Cera on the set of “Year One,” he seemed very out of the loop. “Is this true?,” he said quizzically? “Really? Well [Jason Bateman] would probably know more about it than I would.”
Would he actually like to do an AD movie? “Um, yeah, I think so. Yeah, I would love to do it … it’d be fun.” Doesn’t sound entirely convincing.
David Cross on the other hand is totally in the dark. “I’ve been hearing about this since the day [the show] got canceled. Nobody’s talked to me. I know nothing. Zero. The only thing I’ve seen is what’s on the Entertainment Weekly website … which I’ve never seen.”
Despite once admitting that “Arrested Development” co-star Jessica Walter (Lucille Bluth) was a bit of a pain in the ass to work with – “some days were good, some days were absolutely terrible; other days were only moderately terrible” – Cross says he’d be down to reprise the role with a only a few caveats. “As long as I don’t have to paint myself blue or wear a fatsuit, I’d love to. I would do that in a heartbeat. That was a really fun character to do, and it’d be great to work with all those guys again. I’d do it in a second.”
So, cast members seem to want to do it. Not all of them have actually been notified. The griping suspense and semantics, continues…
Is a movie a good idea? Gawker’s Nick Denton of all people made a very decent case for why they shouldn’t make a prequel movie for “The Wire,” and we have to say, we pretty much agree with him (though yes, we recognize these are two totally different shows).
