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There are official "Arrested Development" offices set up. The cast and crew have parking spaces. According to writer Dean Lorey, "we're really doing this thing."

"This thing" of course refers to the planned 10-episode-into-a-movie "Arrested Development" project that Netflix agreed to finance last year. Lorey took to his blog to say that he and fellow writers Mitch Hurwitz and Jim Vallely are currently writing the new season of "Arrested Development" which is set to premiere on Netflix in 2013. And that's the best news we've heard in a long time.

Rumors of a post-series movie were sparked almost immediately after the TV show ended its run in 2006. It's taken six years, but now the full cast is on board and planning on filming the additional content over the summer. According to Hurwitz, who is the show's creator, the 10-episode series will catch audiences up-to-date on what the Bluth family has been up to over the past half a decade and will act as a lead-up to the feature film.

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Tags Alia Shawkat, arrested development, Dean Lorey, michael cera, Mitch Hurwitz

Once a gangster, always a gangster.

Al Pacino, famous for his crime-ridden roles in "The Godfather" and "Donnie Brasco," is returning to the genre once again for "Gotti: Three Generations," reports The Hollywood Reporter. He'll appear opposite John Travolta and Kelly Preston as Gambino crime family underboss Neil Dellacroce, an associate and mentor of John Gotti Sr.

Click past the jump for more of today's biggest casting news, including Chris Hemsworth's new role and Charlie Hunnam's date with a monster.

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Tags al pacino, Charlie Hunnam, chris hemsworth, Gotti: Three Generations, guillermo-del-toro, Kate Walsh, Magic Magic, michael cera, Pacific Rim, Snow White and The Huntsman, The Perks of Being A Wallflower

It seems that "The Muppets" movie has more questions surrounding it than potential guest stars, so MTV's Josh Horowitz decided to set the record straight when he sat down with the film's star Jason Segel while he was promoting "Gulliver's Travels." Fortunately, Segel was able to answer several of the most important questions surrounding the upcoming film, but not the most important one: Will the Dracula musical make an appearance in the movie? Fingers crossed!

But the film will indeed be a full-fledged musical like Muppets movies from the 1990s. "I sing and dance," Segel confirmed. "Get ready. I actually dance. I like, dance. It's pretty crazy." Apparently there are between 10 and 12 musical numbers. Again, Dracula musical?! But at least Segel promised that -- for now -- the film won't be in 3-D. Read more...

Tags Dave Grohl, jason segel, Lady Gaga, michael cera, paul rudd, The Muppets

From the minute rumors started circulating earlier this week about an alleged Rat Pack movie starring George Clooney as Frank Sinatra and Angelina Jolie as Marilyn Monroe we smelled, well, a rat. Too good to be true? Of course it was.

Aside from the fact that the “Salt 2” talk is already cranking up (not to mention a busy schedule that includes “The Tourist” and possible turns as “Cleopatra” and “Maleficent”), the superstar Jolie casting sounded like some kind of a secret Freemason film dream to finally complete Jolie’s impossible leading man trifecta (Brad, Johnny and George). Angie’s reps quickly quashed the rumors that she was locked in to star in the adaptation of the “dog’s-eye view” book “The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe,” which will tell the story of the couple’s relationship from the view of the Scottish poodle Sinatra gave to Monroe as a gift.

That still got us thinking and scheming, though, about our own dream cast for “Maf.” Read more...

Tags Angelina-Jolie, benicio del toro, george clooney, Katy Perry, Kid Cudi, michael cera, spencer pratt, The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, zac efron

Talk about a headline writing itself. You'll understand when you see today's Daily TwitPic.

I actually saw "Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World" last night with MTV Splash Page editor Rick Marshall. It's a week of tough choices for guys going to the movies, between Pilgrim's video game-fueled frenzy and the testosterone-drenched action of Sylvester Stallone's ensemble throwback, "The Expendables." My recommendation? Make it a double-feature weekend. It's impossible to pick one or the other, so just choose both.

The pic after the jump, tweeted by Mark Webber (who plays Stephen Stills in the movie), is better seen than described. It's basically "Pilgrim" star Michael Cera goofing off on set. But it's a bizarre moment in the young actor's life, forever captured on digital film and archived on the Internet for future generations to puzzle over. Read more...

Tags michael cera, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Just Diablo Cody's pregnancy tweets have come to an end, so have Alanis Morissette's begun. The singer and actress proudly proclaimed her new status today, and seems to have picked up the baton where the Cody left it.

A few posts sneaked out of current entertainment projects as well over the last 24 hours, as Mark Webber showed off a Michael Cera shot that he saved from "Scott Pilgrim vs. The Wold," Robert Rodriguez completed "Machete," and Ice-T discussed Jennifer Love Hewitt's involvement in an upcoming episode of "Law and Order: SVU." Find out more about that, as well as what Stephen Colbert thinks about the girl in the job-quitting whiteboard prank after the jump.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and below you'll see Twitter-Wood for August 11, 2010. Read more...

Tags alanis morissette, lloyd kaufman, Mark Webber, michael cera, michael mckean, robert rodriguez, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, stephen colbert, Twitter-Wood

Today's Daily TwitPic really comes from a tweet by "Toy Story 3" director Lee Unkrich, but the glasses Michael Cera is wearing flat out steal the show.

I can only assume the picture was taken at last week's "Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World" premiere, director Edgar Wright's (he's on the right in the twitpic below) adaptation of the just-completed graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O'Malley, or @radiomaru on Twitter. Unkrich seems mighty pleased to be hanging with Cera and Wright. Really, who can blame him? Wouldn't you want to hang with someone wearing red-tinted glasses with heart-shaped frames? Yeah, I thought so. Read more...

Tags edgar wright, lee unkrich, michael cera

It's not a Michael Cera interview until the subject of the long-awaited "Arrested Development" is broached. At least once. Hear that, Mitch Hurwitz? Make this movie happen so we can stop harassing your pals!

Anyway, MTV's Josh Horowitz spoke with Cera last week at San Diego Comic-Con and "Arrested" was indeed a topic of conversation. Cera, who can probably answer questions about the unjustly canceled TV series and what he knows of future plans for it in his sleep, bravely fielded the question and even threw a little something new on the table.

"I hope it'll happen soon. I think it's going to, soon, hopefully," he said. "But I know so little about it." Josh then pointed out that stars Jason Bateman and Jeffrey Tambor were also in attendance at the 'Con, so why not shoot it there? "That would be great," Cera admitted. Read more...

Tags arrested development, michael cera, Video

Back in December, "Youth in Revolt" star Michael Cera told us that the long-awaited "Arrested Development" movie would hopefully shoot sometime this year. If you're a fan of the unjustly canceled TV series, then you probably scoffed at the news as yet another empty promise from one of the show's former cast members before getting back to your "Don't Cancel 'Better Off Ted'" Internet petition.

Now we've got another former Bluth promising that cameras will roll before the book closes on 2010. From no less a personage than Will Arnett, who plays schemiGeorge Oscar "Gob" Bluth II, the clan's scheming eldest sibling. Speaking to ComingSoon.net at the "When in Rome" junket, the gravelly-voiced comic actor said in all seriousness that "the plan" is to start shooting before the end of the year. Read more...

Tags arrested development, michael cera, will arnett

FROM MTV.COM: The dilemma is clear, the solution utterly nutty. In "Youth in Revolt," Michael Cera's Nick Twisp plays a young romantic whose dweeby sensitivity is not going to win him the virginity-stealing affections of sultry tease Sheeni Saunders (Portia Doubleday). Twisp's plan? Invent Mr. François Dillinger, an alter ego whose fire-starting, car-stealing ways might help Nick bed the gal of his dreams.

As far as savvy girl-getting strategies go, Twisp's might not be the wisest, as it soon becomes a little hard to differentiate between his true self and his law-breaking one. It certainly makes for a ton of laughs, though. What are the critics saying? With the film opening on Friday (January 8), the reviews are in. Let's take a look.

Continue reading Youth in Revolt': The Reviews Are In!

Tags michael cera, Portia Doubleday, youth in revolt