This is per a recent podcast appearance from Justin Bateman, who told Conan O’Brien about running into Damon backstage at the Golden Globes once, only to find himself fielding a pitch. “I remember Matt Damon coming up to me,

Appearing on the podcast Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend this week, Bateman revealed that the planned movie was going to be about Hollywood making a movie about the Bluth family.

Matt Damon was ready to step into the role of Michael Bluth in an Arrested Development movie, per Jason Bateman. The Emmy-winning actor-producer-director made a recent appearance on the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast, where he revealed that Damon once pitched himself for a cameo in a potential film adaptation of the hit sitcom.