A couple months back, Jason Bateman appeared on Countdown with Keith Olbermann and not-so-subtly plugged the idea for a movie version of his sort of recently canceled show, Arrested Development. Like 30 Rock, It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia, and all good things on TV right now, AD was a genius program that still managed to tank in the ratings despite a rabid cult following.

But while the rumor mill quickly churned all over the blogosphere (much of it Olbermann's fault, he's on top of the story like no other), Michael Cera broke everyone's heart by insinuating that he's done with playing George Michael, despite the fact that Cera owes his entire stardom to the awkwardness of that character. And even weirder, he keeps saying he knows nothing about any scripts in development, despite Jason Bateman's vocal promotions?

Whatever dude. We think that Cera made a huge mistake, and apparently so does the Internet Movie Database:

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Oct 1, 2008 · posted by Whitney · Link · 5 Responses
Mazel Tov, 'WALL-E'

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Though it's been out for less than a week, WALL-E, the robot flick that's apparently taking America by electrical storm (Saudi Arabia's never heard of it), has already jumped ahead of Schindler's List and Citizen Kane on the Internet Movie Database's list of the top 250 films of all time. That people are relating more to the plight of a cartoon machine than that of millions and millions of human beings destroyed by war certainly speaks to something, but we're not about to broach that thing here. Now, everyone bow down to your new robot masters!

Jul 2, 2008 · posted by Cord Jefferson, MollyGood · Link · 7 Responses