Grey's stars say Chambers is now "fine" & other: May 2008

Friday, 30 May 2008

Arrested Development movie planned?

Popular US sitcom 'Arrested Development' is to be made into a movie, according to the shows star Jason Bateman.
Bateman told US TV show E! News that plans are underway for a movie version of the cancelled show.
Rumours of a big-screen adaptation of the cult show began to circulate last year after the actor was reported to have met with series creator Mitch Hurwitz.
Now Bateman, who currently stars in 'Juno', has confirmed the cast has received calls from executives asking if they would be interested in reviving their roles once the ongoing Hollywood writers strike is over.
He told E! News: "I can confirm that a round of sniffing has started. Any talk is targeting a post-strike situation, of course.
"I think, as always, 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 speak for the cast when I say our fingers are crossed."

Monday, 19 May 2008

Vanity Fair cancels Tinseltown Oscar night

Conceit Carnival has cancelled its annual Honorary society Awards political party on 24 Feb even though the writers social club is said to be on track for a possible deal with studios.
A statement posted on VanityFair.com said: "After much thoughtfulness, and in support of the writers and everyone else affected by this strike, we stimulate decided that this is not the allow year to arrest our yearbook Oscar party."
The magazine added: "We want to congratulate altogether of this year's nominees and we look frontward to hosting our 15th Oscar party next year."
The annual post-Oscar soiree often lures to a greater extent luminaries than the ceremony itself and the event has been a fixity for partygoers since its inception in 1994.
The night's big winners and nominees typically turn come out, along with A-listers including Angelina Jolie, Brad George Dibdin-Pitt, Oprah Winfrey, Jack Nicholson, Blessed Virgin, Cher, Sean William Penn, Joni Arthur Mitchell and Al Gore, world Health Organization accept attended the party in previous years.
Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter decided to cancel the party because even if the three-month writers hit was resolved before the Academy Awards, its effect on Tinseltown was likely to lounge.
In a statement Carter said: "Inasmuch as Dresser Funfair is a assemblage of writers, photographers and artists, we do feel ourselves in aligned solidarity with the writers, directors and actors in the film business."
A year after property its offset Oscar party, Conceitedness Fair introduced its annual Hollywood issue. This year's emergence, featuring 10 brigham Young actresses on its tri-fold cover, reaches newsstands next week.