The Bluths Returning on the Big Screen?

One of the greatest sitcoms ever made (and certainly the best one in the last ten years) Arrested Development may be making a come back - but not in the manner you’d expect.

Since its cancellation in 2006 there have been rumors that the series would be picked up by the Showtime Network. Now according to E! Online it looks like everyone’s favorite dysfunctional family may be returning not to the small screen but the silver screen.

Jason Bateman, who played the main character Michael Bluth, “can confirm that sniffing has started. Any talk is targeting a post-strike situation, of course.” He went on to say that “it’s a question of whether the people with the money are willing to give our leader, Mitch Hurwitz, what he deserves for his participation. And I can think for the cast when I say our fingers are crossed.”

Ron Howard, the show’s executive producer and narrator, apparently decided to take another shot at property due to the success and acclaim of Juno, which stars Michael Cera, who played Michael’s awkward son George Michael, and the aforementioned Bateman. Read more