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Her? Jennifer Aniston Not Starring in Arrested Development Movie, Says Jason Bateman

Famed line-cutter Jason Bateman needs to be more careful about what he says regarding the probably-never-happening Arrested Development movie. While promoting The Switch over the weekend, Bateman told MTV News that there was a "real good part" in the film for his current co-star, Jennifer Aniston. So does this mean Aniston will appear in the Arrested Development movie?! No, not really.

Presumably after being inundated with calls -- and/or opening up his Google Reader to see countless articles about Aniston's involvement -- Bateman took to Twitter a short while ago to put the rumors to rest.

Why do reporters reach so hard for a headline? I was merely thinking out loud during an interview about Aniston being in the AD movie.

Jason Bateman, media watchdog since 2010. Meanwhile, in the same interview, Bateman did offer this word on the fate of the Arrested Development movie: "The truth is that there's really no significant update beyond ... what [creator] Mitch Hurwitz said a couple weeks ago, which was he's got half the script written. He's gotta finish the second half and then the studio's gotta love it and the cast's gotta love it and we all have to ... have time to do it."

· Jennifer Aniston May Join 'Arrested Development' Movie, Jason Bateman Says [MTV]

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