Mike Judge talks live-action Beavis and Butthead, more

While King of the Hill has been renewed once again, it seems that Mike Judge's mind is elsewhere these days. For once he's looking back, though, at his older creation, Beavis and Butthead, for inspiration.

"I've . . . thought about doing a live-action Beavis & Butt-Head possibly," he told MTV. Judge recently revisited his dynamic duo on The Animation Show, proving he's still up for writing for them. It won't be the first time he's turned an animated character into a real person, as even Office Space's iconic Milton Lumbergh started out this way.

Not that this is the next thing on Judge's plate. He's switched studios, after his past three films have all been screwed over in one way or another, and the change seems to have revitalized him. The next feature with his name on it will be Extract, starring Jason Bateman.

"Extract is the working title — I'd written it a long time ago, actually, like seven years ago or something, and when I first saw Arrested Development on DVD, I just thought, 'Man, this is the guy, this guy is really good,' " Judge told MTV. He's currently casting the film and trying to bring back friends from Office Space to work with him. This is fitting since the film is sort of a bizzaro version of Office Space, about a bored boss

"Office Space was sympathetic to the employees, and the bosses and the managers were the a--holes. This one is sympathetic to Jason Bateman's character as the owner, and all the employees are the a--holes. ... It's another workplace comedy."

Extract should begin shooting later this year, and for the first time Judge will be given final cut and actually have his film distributed to theaters.

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