Jason Bateman is going to father Jennifer Aniston's child — onscreen. The actors have signed on to star in the baby-making romantic comedy The Baster, The Hollywood Reporter reports.
Aniston will star as Kassie, a woman who decides to undergo artificial insemination. When her BFF Wally (Bateman) learns of this, he ...
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The long-awaited Arrested Development movie is happening — but it's currently arrested in development by one of its own.
Michael Cera, aka George Michael Bluth, is the sole cast member who has yet to sign on to the big-screen feature, E! Online reports.
"I know he's thinking about it," Jason Bateman said while promoting his new animated Fox series, Sit Down, Shut Up (premieres April 19 at 8:30 pm/ET). "And we're all awaiting some finality to all of that so ...
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Finally, an Arrested Development movie is in the offing."It's in the works," costar Jason Bateman told MSNBC's Keith Olbermann last night. "The grown-ups are trying to work out the numbers."He also told the Times of London the movie version — slated for a 2009 release — will have a different feel than the TV series: "When it was on TV, if you missed one word the whole third act could be blown for you. And TV is a different experience. You come home and you've got to finish a call so you miss the first ten minutes or you get snacky and you go to the fridge and you miss another two minutes, so it's a different experience to film." — J.R. WhalenRelated:• Shut. Up! Arrested Development Alums Get Animated• Arrested Development Movie Is "A Good Possibility"
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Jason Bateman (It's Your Move, Arrested Development) has inked a one-year first-look deal with 20th Century Fox TV, under which he will develop TV series as well as produce and direct projects, says Variety.Bateman recently was tapped to to direct the pilot for Do Not Disturb (Fox's hotel-based comedy starring Jerry O'Connell), and he's also lending his voice to the animated series Sit Down, Shut Up. Bateman says he has several ideas kicking around, and hopes to model his producing career on that of Ron Howard. — Matt Mitovich
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Mitch Hurwitz has enlisted three Arrested Development alums — Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Henry Winkler — to voice roles for his new animated Fox comedy. Based on a live-action Aussie series, Sit Down, Shut Up centers on a staff of high school teachers who place their own needs and agendas ahead of the students'. Also among the voice cast are Cheri Oteri, Will Forte, Regina King and Nick Kroll. — MWM
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