Bateman also said that Will Ferrell and Jonah Hill were eyed for roles in the project that never materialized.
The "Black Rabbit" actor and director also reveals who was rumored to play other members of the Bluth family in the movie-within-a-movie.
Arrested Development was a sitcom that aired on Fox from 2003 to 2006 and then streamed on Netflix from 2013 to 2019.
Jason Bateman's beloved sitcom almost came back as a movie, and the actors the cast had in mind to play themselves are wild.
Jason Bateman reveals the unexpected stars who almost made the cut as the Bluth family members in the unmade Arrested Development movie.