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New Development on an Old Rumor: A mini-season of Arrested Development Will Allegedly Precede the Feature Film

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (14)

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Mitch Hurwitz, the most famous serial failed sitcom creator of all time, is trying to drum up some enthusiasm for Arrested Development again by announcing at the New Yorker festival that he plans on a mini-season of nine or 10 episodes before the long in-development feature movie. The episodes would focus on one character each and would be something akin to “Where are they now” episodes leading into the movie. Note that Hurwitz wants this to happen; so far as we know, no one at Fox has approved this (although, frankly, they’d be moronic not to) and no cast members have confirmed (though, frankly, they’d be moronic not to).

Will it happen? It seems doubtful, and Hurwitz has cried wolf so many times that even the wolf is screaming at him to shut-the-fuck-up. Just because Hurwitz expanded upon his original plans to make an Arrested Development movie doesn’t mean that the people that make these things happen are any more enthusiastic about making it happen. So, take the news with a grain of salt, stick it in your eye, and do the chicken dance.

(Source: The Daily What)

Will Arnett has confirmed via Twitter: “I’m peeing with @batemanjason at the moment..and we can confirm that we are going to make new AD eps and a movie.” In other words, who the fuck knows.










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Comments

The internet has already gone full-retarded over this.

And I'm in a mood to join in.

I JUST BLUE MYSELF!

Posted by: maka at October 2, 2011 6:06 PM

You're wrong - at least three cast members took to twitter today to confirm it. Arnett, Bateman and Hale.

Posted by: firestarter at October 2, 2011 8:01 PM

As much as I wish this would be true...I doubt it. Who would watch it? No one watched the original show. Who would pay to see a movie? I think just having the fond memories of the show are enough. I don't think FOX is going to come up with a hundred million dollars to make and market a new 10 episode series, and feature film.

Posted by: Sean at October 3, 2011 12:01 AM

I just blue myself. COME ON!!

Love this news. I was one of the few people watching from A to Z. And I don't say that as a hipster, I say that as someone that tried to convince everyone I knew futilely that they should watch it. Glad that we'll get the end of the story.

Mitch Hurwitz may be a one trick pony, but it's no pony, it's the fucking black stallion.

Posted by: aroorda at October 3, 2011 2:09 AM

Loved the show, but yeah, I've been strung along too cruelly, too long... When I see the previews, I'll believe.

Posted by: Adam at October 3, 2011 5:04 AM

Mitch Hurwitz may be a one trick pony, but it's no pony, it's the fucking black stallion.

Posted by: aroorda at October 3, 2011 2:09 AM

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Nice.

Posted by: zeke the pig at October 3, 2011 5:47 AM

So Michael Cera is no longer in a position to make absurd demands and derail everything?

Posted by: sansho1 at October 3, 2011 8:06 AM

Am I the only one who doesn't feel like AD would translate to the big screen? I enjoyed the show, and the mini eps sound fine (if they happen) but I don't really WANT an Arrested Development movie.

Posted by: KatSings at October 3, 2011 8:27 AM

If you people get a movie, will you finally stop talking about this tiresome, unfunny show?

That'd be great.
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Posted by: Meander at October 3, 2011 9:11 AM

Six seasons and a movie!

Posted by: Baboon at October 3, 2011 9:27 AM

This is the conversation I had last night:
Friend: "There's a tweet about AD. Apparently, they're going to make a movie and some more episodes. Cera and Arnett arren't gonna be back, though. They'll be replaced by Ashton Kutcher and [someone else]."

Me: "That's sounds like a joke."

Friend: "I don't know, I saw something about it on someone's Facebook status."

Me: "Well, if it's confirmed with a Facebook status..."

Apparently, that's how we confirm ridiculous sounding rumors these days. At this point, if they ever do they better knock it outta the park.

Posted by: pissant at October 3, 2011 10:09 AM

"If you people get a movie, will you finally stop talking about this tiresome, unfunny show?
That'd be great."

Didn't work for Firefly.

Posted by: Craig at October 3, 2011 1:09 PM

We're gonna get that show back on the air buddy!

I'm with KatSings in not really needing a movie badly. You know it's going to pretty much just be an extended episode which would work great as a TV special, but on the big screen? I doubt it. Of course whenever I mention this around friends or other fans of the show I get the "You must be crazy" stares back. The run up episodes sound great though.

And cast members and Hurwitz can say all they want, but I'll believe this is happening when I am actually sitting in the theater watching the damn thing.

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at October 3, 2011 4:19 PM

Oh goody, now I get to try and deal with the spazzes having a spazz and spazzing out over the Internet over a show that sucked dick and was canceled because NOBODY thought it was funny and NOBODY watched it.

I just especially love the spazzes who bleat out and out lies like, 'But...but...hte it's SO UNFAIRZZZZZZ!!!!!LOLZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!111111 The show NEVER got time to build an audience.

The show had 3 goddamn seasons to build and hold and audience. That was 2 seasons more then every other show has ever gotten and 3 seasons more then the show deserved. After having to endure endless harping from various spazzed out associates/coworkers about how 'AD IS HTE BESTEST TV SHOW EVARZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111, I got season one on loan from the library and made it through 6 episdoes before taking it back and punching the librarian in the face for loaning it out to me.

I do find it very interesting that not a single spazz poster has said what tv network is going to spend the money on this loser of a show. It isn't going to be Fox or FX, that's for damn sure, and it sure as fuck isn't gong to be NBC/ABC/CBS/Comedy Central. So what does that leave?

Posted by: The Gong of Doom at October 4, 2011 4:20 PM