Sit Down, Shut Up

And in other, other Arrested Developments news, "Sit Down, Shut Up" was an Australian sitcom that aired from February to June in 2001 for a total of 13 episodes. The story was based around seven techers at a very dysfunctional high school. Arrested Development creator Michael Hurvitz was previously reported to be sitting down in talks with Fox about the possibility of making an american version of said sitcom, and a couple of days ago it was made official. Josh Weinstein and Bill Oakley will act as producers of the new show, both having worked as producers for The Simpsons during the series best years.

The 'new' show will be an animated series and will be the closest we'll get to a Arrested Development reunion this side of the might-be Arrested movie, featuring a cast (or atleast voices of the cast) that will include Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Henry Winkler, all from Arrested fame. Should be a pretty easy feat for Will Arnett since he seems to be pretty much focusing his career on voiceovers in these days, now latest as Horst the chef in "ratatouille" and Vlad in "horton hears a who", perhaps he will even get some vindication after loosing out on the role of a lifetime? Arnett seemd to have landed the ultimate role in the history of movies, he was to star as the voice of K.I.T.T. in the upcoming "Knightrider" movie.. but.. after having completed all of his voice work lightning strook! For the last decade or so, Arnett has been the official voice of GMC trucks, doing voiceovers for General Motors, and the new K.I.T.T is strangely enough "played" by a Ford Mustang. Ford was of course not having any of it and sacked Arnett from the part, replacing him with Val Kilmer. I'm digressing.. anyway, looks good.. well physched.. any questions?