The Somewhat Ambitious

For a long, long time, since the best comedy on television finished far too soon, fans have been shitting their pants with anger and excitement (an odd mix which smells curiously like a freshly mown lawn). Why? Because people online have been fed ambiguous tidbits about an Arrested Development film. Buffeted about by insubstantial claims from cast members or statements of ardent hope from creater Mitch Hurwitz, we’ve all been looking for something a wee bit more tangible.

And this, my friends, could be it.

Michael Cera, the lone holdout among the reunited cast of Arrested Development, has finally agreed to do the movie.
Despite the fact that creator Mitchell Hurwitz has said he couldn’t begin work on a script until every cast member signed on—and then, everyone but the erstwhile George Michael proceeded to do just that—Cera had remained publicly opposed to the project for months.

Now, though, E’s Kristin Dos Santos is reporting the news (straight from her Arrested Development source, which is probably Jason Bateman) that Cera has changed his mind and will indeed sign on to the movie, which could shoot as early as this winter with Ron Howard succeeding Hurwitz at the helm.

I am incomprehensibly excited. I shall not, however, rant at length because I have places to go right now, so let me say two words.

THANK. FUCK.

That is all.

/Paul