Tag: Arrested Development
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Jessica Walter, ‘Arrested Development’ and ‘Archer’ Star, Dies at 80
Jessica Walter, an Emmy-winning actress known for her work as the stalker in Clint Eastwood’s “Play Misty for Me,” and for the TV series “Arrested Development” and “Archer,” died Wednesday in New York. She was 80.Walter received an Emmy nomination in 2005 for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy for playing the manipulative alcoholic Lucille…
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Jessica Walter, ‘Arrested Development’ and ‘Archer’ Actress, Dead at 80
Jessica Walter, the actress who portrayed over-the-top characters like Lucille Bluth on Arrested Development and Malory Archer on the Fxx animated series Archer, has died. She was 80 years old. Deadline reports that Walter died in her sleep on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Her daughter, Brooke Bowman, said the following: “It is with a heavy…
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‘Arrested Development’ Is Definitely Not Coming Back, David Cross Says
Plenty of beloved television shows have been revived over the years, but don’t expect “Arrested Development” to make a triumphant return.David Cross, who portrayed Tobias Fünke on the acclaimed sitcom, discussed the show and a handful of other topics in a recent interview on The Daily Beast’s The Last Laugh podcast. Cross noted that a…
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‘The Mysterious Benedict Society’ Series Moves From Hulu to Disney+ with Tony Hale in Lead Role
Tony Hale has found his next leading role. The Arrested Development and Veep actor will star in The Mysterious Benedict Society, a live-action television adaptation of author Trenton Lee Stewart’s bestselling books which follow a group of orphans who go undercover at a boarding school. The series was originally developed at Hulu, but has since…
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Sam Richardson: ‘I love characters that are optimistic and sweet’
From scene-stealing roles in Veep and Curb Your Enthusiasm to new romcom Hooking Up, the ex-cruise liner comic is happy playing the underdogIf you want to watch Sam Richardson, it’s a good idea to just head for the best comedy you can think of, because he’ll probably be in it. He played an abnormally good-natured…
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‘The Willoughbys’ Director on Casting Will Forte and Adapting Lois Lowry’s Book for Screen
“The Willoughbys” hits Netflix this Wednesday, the latest in the streaming platform’s slate of animated, family-friendly features.Based on the Lois Lowry books, the film follows the four Willoughby children, who live in a house where their self-centered parents neglect them, depriving them of love. The children devise a plan to send their parents on a…
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‘Search Party’ Gets Season 3 (and 4!) at New Home, HBO Max
Have you binged through Barry? Finally finished Girls? Watched all of Breaking Bad for the 900th time? May we recommend an underrated TV series that combines them all and then some? Search Party aired on TBS for two 10-episode seasons, crafting a suspense-filled murder mystery at a breakneck pace — while still being riotously funny…
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Alia Shawkat: ‘I think my teen self would be happy with me’
The former Arrested Development actor on co-starring in buddy movie Animals and how her parents running a strip club affected her adolescenceA two-hour drive from Los Angeles, in the Coachella Valley desert, lies the resort city of Palm Springs: upmarket hotels, golf courses, palm trees as far as the eye can see, mountain ranges sprawling…