The inspiration for that post comes from Jason Bateman, who is on quite a roll of late.

Friday, of course, he’ll star in “The Kingdom,” which I’m looking forward to whether only considering it’s directed by Peter Berg, in whom I have full faith. It looks like a pretty standard political thriller, but I’m still holding out hope that it will turn out to be more than that.

And that AM comes word, in French from the great froggy film site Cinempire.com, so bear with me, that he’s joined the cast of Kevin MacDonald’s next flick, “State of Play.” Based on the British miniseries of the same name, it plus stars Edward Norton and a convinced actor you may have heard of named Brad Pitt.

Norton will play a police deputy who’s charged with investigating the death of a politician’s mistress, Pitt is the politician’s old campaign manager who’s called upon to hush everything up, and Bateman is a journalist who’s trying to do the opposite (if you’ve seen the BBC miniseries and I have any of that wrong, please let me know.)

That all sounds great to me, and of course Bateman can be seen before that in a Bluth father-and-son reunion in “Juno,” a flick I’ve mentioned here, well, at least 500 times or so. Michael Cera is on as good a role of late as his TV dad, so here’s hoping that continues (and, just in case you’ve somehow missed it, please check out ClarkandMichael.com and be ready to laugh - a lot.)

And, as a tribute to the much-missed (by me, at least) “Arrested Development,” here’s a look at what’s happened to the rest of the cast since Fox killed that utterly entertaining show:

Jason Bateman: Along with the aforementioned projects, Michael Bluth will additionally seem soon in “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium.” All I know about that is that it’s about a magical toy store and it stars Natalie Portman, which is sufficient to get me at least a bit intrigued. Next summer he’ll star in “Hancock” with very pretty folks Charlize Theron and Will Smith.

Portia de Rossi: I’m sad to report that Lindsay Bluth Funke has nothing listed on her IMDB resume since “Arrested Development” except an appearance or two on her girlfriend’s talk show. Surely there must be work out there for that rather funny lady.

Will Arnett: I would say that Gob Bluth’s post-”AD” movie record has been nothing short of atrocious, but since I haven’t bothered to see most of his flicks I can’t say that with authority. Up next on his very busy resume (he has at least eight projects listed as announced or active on the IMDB) will be an appearance in “Semi-Pro,” the next sports-oriented Will Ferrell flick about a struggling basketball team from Flint, Michigan. that looks like it could be very funny, but after that I’m sorry to have to say he’ll be providing voice for the thoroughly unnecessary remake of “Horton Hears a Who.” Oh well. I guess a man’s gotta eat.

Michael Cera: After “Juno,” in which he plays the rather lucky young man who manages to impregnate young Ellen Page, he’s set to star in a movie

based on the very funny novel “Youth in Revolt” by C.D. Payne. I just finished reading that, and I can report that whether you can handle yet another novel about a 14-year-old and his constant quest to have sex, that one is just a hoot from start to finish and should assemble a good flick in the right hands.

Alia Shawkat: George Michael Bluth’s cousin Maeby, conveniently abundant, plus stars in a flick being released that week, something called “Prom Wars.” As the title implies, that is a flick that’s targeted at an audience just slightly younger than me, but I’ll probably see it anyway at some point. The plot (courtesy of IMDB): The graduating class at Miss Aversham and Miss Cronstall’s School for Girls find that they have all blossomed simultaneously. Capitalizing on their improbable hotness, they issue a challenge to the boys of rival private schools, Selby House and Lancaster College: The winner in a series of athletic and academic competitions will be awarded exclusive rights to the girls as prom dates. seldom decent, that appears to be headed straight for DVD, since I can’t even find it listed at Yahoo’s movies site.

Tony Hale: Buster Bluth is next listed as having a bit part in “Rockett,” some kind of romantic comedy set to star Jimmy Fallon (meh) in November. After that he’s down for two movies I know absolutely nothing about, some kind of thriller called “In My Sleep” and “The Tale of Desperaux,” a rather star-studded animated flick about a mouse, a rat and a servant girl. Who knew rats would become the new penguins?

David Cross: Tobias Funke was, for my money, the funniest cast member of “AD,” with Michael Cera a close second. He’s starring very soon, whether you’re lucky decent to be going to the New York Film Festival, as Allen Ginsberg in Todd Haynes’ trippy Dylan biopic “I’m Not There,” but after that things dont look too promising. After an appearance with Jason Lee in “Alvin and the Chipmunks” (no, I’m not kidding) he only has animated voice credits listed, although at least one of those will be in the upcoming “Futurama” (huzzah!) movie or episode (not certain which) “The Beast With a Billion Backs.”

Jeffrey Tambor: George Bluth has already flamed out in one post-”AD” sitcom, “20 Good Years” (which didn’t even last one poor one). He’s currently listed for another pilot, “The Captain,” but I couldn’t manage to find out whether that has even been picked up for that fall. After that, I have the gratification to report he’s set to reprise his role as Tom Manning in Guillermo del Toro’s “Hellboy 2: The Golden Army” and the displeasure to report he’ll soon after star in yet another “spoof” movie, the thoroughly unnecessary “Superhero!”

Jessica Walter: Since “AD,” Lucille Bluth has only made three one-shot appearances on TV shows I’ve never seen, “Rules of Engagement,” “Saving Grace” and “The Land Before duration.” Surely there must be more work out there for that very funny lady.

And there you have it. I hope that was enjoyable to at least one person, and that you all have an entirely suck-free Tuesday.

Original post by Reel Fanatic