Arrested Development Returning For One More Season And A Movie

Topic started by Rorie on Oct. 2, 2011. Last post by MrOldboy 1 year, 7 months ago.
Post by Rorie (3,216 posts) See mini bio

Here's a spot of Sunday news for you Arrested Development fans, via The Daily What and The New Yorker's twitter feed. Apparently at a cast reunion for the show, creator Mitchell Hurwitz announced that the critically-acclaimed show is returning for one mini-season of nine or ten episodes before production begins on a movie. Whether that'll be a feature film or a television feature isn't clear, but given the stature of the cast it'd be hard not to see it as a feature.

That's about all the information that there is, but according to a New York Times reporter, the new episodes are intended to be a "where are they now" kind of series, catching up with the characters and re-familiarizing everyone with them before the film.

I'll update this story with any more news as it develops.

EDIT: According to Deadline, the series could air on either Showtime or as a Netflix-exclusive series. Also, Jason Bateman has indicated that the season would shoot alongside a movie and probably see everything released in early 2013. So this is still a long way off!

Post by Zaph (229 posts) See mini bio

Fuck off, no way!

Post by Woodwater (7 posts) See mini bio

Yay! :)

Post by Hot_Karl (768 posts) See mini bio
FUCK

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Post by Toxin066 (741 posts) See mini bio
October Fools joke? I don't believe it. I'm willing to bet neither will come to fruition. Here's hoping that "I've made a huge mistake."
Post by PatVB (3,546 posts) See mini bio
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Oh man, this better be true.

Post by GeneralBison (4 posts) See mini bio

I could seriously piss myself with excitement right now

Post by siblers (31 posts) See mini bio

That'll do pig, that'll do.

Post by Knetic2341 (6 posts) See mini bio

HOLY SHIT. YES. FUCKING YES.

Post by MyaSharona (6 posts) See mini bio

interesting! This could be really awesome.

Post by Ghostiet (252 posts) See mini bio

Wow, that was random.

Post by UsbCable (6 posts) See mini bio

This is a trick! You lie! No way Bob Dole!

Post by steelknight2000 (102 posts) See mini bio

I STILL DON'T CARE ABOUT ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT WHOO! I WATCHED A FEW EPISODES BUT IT NEVER REALLY DREW ME IN YEAH!

Post by RockinKemosabe (884 posts) See mini bio

STEVE HOLT!

Post by Icon (544 posts) See mini bio

This is epic news. XD

Post by SneakyPenguins (69 posts) See mini bio

Best Sunday EVER!!!!

Post by PeterSirisko (0 posts) See mini bio

This is best entertainment news I've heard in a long time!

Post by HAL9000 (0 posts) See mini bio
I can't wait for this!
Post by mbkish (257 posts) See mini bio

You better not be effin' with me! BANGERS IN THE MOUTH FOR EVERYONE!

Post by BjornTheUnicorn (204 posts) See mini bio

If this is good, then great. But I feel like if this doesn't end up too well it might end up worse then if only the movie was made (and god forbid, ended up being disappointing.) I'm not the type of guy who thinks that an installment in a series "ruins" the rest of it, but there could be some collateral damage on their part if the sums don't add up to the whole.

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