Last winter, Jeffrey Tambor, the actor who played the scheming patriarch in Fox’s brilliant, underwatched and now-cancelled Arrested Development appeared on The Ron & Fez Show on XM radio, saying that there was a “real push” to get a movie version of the TV series made. Then this summer, lead actor Jason Bateman also seemed to confirmed that the wheels were in motion for the a film version of Arrested. A hefty container of water was thrown on the fire last month when Michael Cera disavowed any knowledge of such a film, and expressed doubt that Arrested fans would even want to see an Arrested movie.
Now from Collider comes the latest twist in the creation of the Arrested Development movie. Steve “Frosty” Weintraub spoke with Tambor at an event to promote Hellboy 2 and asked him if he was sick of people asking about the Arrested movie. Shockingly, Tambor responded as follows:
Well no, because we’re doing it. We are going. It’s a go. I just actually this week talked to Mitch Hurwitz, so we’re doing it.
Clearly taken aback by the positive response, Frosty pressed for details, as any Arrested fan would. After all, we’ve been through too much to have our hopes let down again. Was there a start-time? A script? Tambor, referring to Hurwitz, said:
No, but when the writer calls you, the director and the executive producer calls you, it’s a pretty good sign.
Color me skeptical. Many things stand in the way of this movie getting made, the most significant of which seems to be getting the sprawling cast back together again, many of whom have continued on to impressive careers in TV and film. A small, dying, withered part of my soul still wants to see the gang reunited for one last redemptive chance at showing the whole movie world what a unique and fantastic phenomenon Arrested Development truly was, but until I hear something more solid, I really can’t risk being disappointed again. The constant threat (and subsequent reality) of cancellation back when the show was still on the air…That was already almost too much to bear.
Make sure you head on over to Collider to check out the rest of Frosty’s great interview.
译文:
《发展受阻》电影版，杰弗利·坦鲍说：“行！就这么办！”
去年冬天，杰弗利·坦鲍，在《狐狸的智慧》中扮演诡计多端的教皇。他对在进行中但现在被取消的出现在XM电台The Ron & Fez Show中的《发展受阻》一事，说该电视剧拍摄电影版确实在推进中。然后今年夏天，主演杰森·贝特曼也像是肯定电影版《发》剧的拍摄正在筹备中。上个月迈克尔·塞拉否认了所有有关这部电影的消息，并表示对阻迷是否想要看电影版表示怀疑，这无疑是当头泼下很大一盆冷水。
现在，Collider发出了关于《发展受阻》电影版制作的最近一个转折。Steve“Frosty”Weintraub在一个有关Hellboy2的节目里和Tambor谈论，并问他会不会对人们问有关《发》电影版感到头痛。令人吃惊的是，Tambor的回答如下 ：
哦不，因为我们正在筹备。为正在进行。就这样。我这周刚和米切勒谈过，我们正在着手进行。
积极的回答清楚的收回之前的消息，Frosty被要求谈到细节，就像任何阻迷所想的。毕竟，我们的希望破灭太多次。开始了吗？那剧本呢？Tamor，谈到Hurwitz，他说：
还没有，不过当作者打电话给你，导演兼执行制作打电话给你，这是一个很好的信号。
对我表示怀疑。很多事都促使这部电影开拍，最有力的说明就是再次聚集原班人马，他们中的很多人都在电视和电影方面有出色的表现。我灵魂中一个渺小的，垂死挣扎的，渐渐消失的部分依旧想要看到那群人再次聚集起来，为了一个最后的挽回的机会，告诉整个电影世界，《发展受阻》是一个怎样的独一无二、美轮美奂的奇迹，但是除非我听说更肯定的消息，不然我真的不敢再冒再次失望的险了。当该剧仍悬置，被取消的不断威胁（和后来的事实）的问题又回来了……那已经几乎超过了可以承受的限度。
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