Arrested Development

[J. Walter Weatherman]

This looks outstanding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIF3Jo61xlE&feature=player_embedded

Shut up, fucktard.

And that's why you always leave a note.

So, IFC's been airing "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret."

I don't get IFC, but I spotted it on OnDemand last week and have been able to watch the final three episodes of its 6-episode season. As of last night, only episodes 5 and 6 were still available, but they're still totally worth watching on their own.

And, via Wikipedia, apparently the now-redacted part of this Facebook post originally said "IFC (Hooray IFC!) has picked up the show for (at least) another eight episodes!"

[J. Walter Weatherman]

http://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/120599846745931777

News @NewYorkerFest: Arrested Development coming back for one more TV season before movie. #ArrestedDevelopment #tnyfest

http://twitter.com/arnettwill/status/120620083923001344

I'm peeing with @batemanjason at the moment..and we can confirm that we are going to make new AD eps and a movie

http://twitter.com/batemanjason/status/120629729819766785

It's true. We will do 10 episodes and the movie. Probably shoot them all together next summer for a release in early '13. VERY excited!

[J. Walter Weatherman]

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/mitchell-hurwitz-promises-an-arrested-development-movie-and-new-tv-episodes/

On Sunday afternoon, Mr. Hurwitz tossed a few more crumbs to the “Arrested Development” faithful at a New Yorker Festival event that reunited him with the show’s ensemble cast, telling the audience that a movie was still in the works, along with a new set of television episodes that would serve as a prelude to the film.

Asked by the event’s moderator, Nancy Franklin, for an update on the movie, Mr. Hurwitz said, “We’re 80 percent of the way to an answer,” which was understandably greeted by some laughter.

Mr. Hurwitz went on to say that he and Ron Howard, the director and producer who was the “Arrested Development” narrator, “had been talking about this for ages and trying to get this going.”

Mr. Hurwitz continued: “We don’t completely own the property, there are business people involved and studios and that kind of thing. Just creatively, I have been working on the screenplay for a long time and found that as time went by, there was so much more to the story. In fact, where everyone’s been for five years became a big part of the story. So in working on the screenplay, I found even if I just gave five minutes per character to that back story, we were halfway through the movie before the characters got together.”

So, Mr. Hurwitz said: “We’re trying to do a limited-run series into the movie.” After a wave of excited applause died down, he continued: “We’re basically hoping to do 9 or 10 episodes, with almost one character per episode.”

...

By way of apology, Mr. Hurwitz also said that while he and the “Arrested Development” team had intimated in the past that the movie wasn’t coming together because Mr. Cera – who has since been propelled into leading roles in films like “Superbad” and “Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World” – was standing in the way, this had all been an inside joke gone wrong.

“I kind of was perpetuating a little thing, like, wouldn’t it be funny if Michael Cera was the holdout. Let’s put that out there. And Michael had that Andy Kaufman thing. And then it really turned ugly, quickly. So I really just have to say, for those of you that have been following this saga, Michael’s always been great.”

[CT III]

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/mitchell-hurwitz-promises-an-arrested-development-movie-and-new-tv-episodes/

On Sunday afternoon, Mr. Hurwitz tossed a few more crumbs to the “Arrested Development” faithful at a New Yorker Festival event that reunited him with the show’s ensemble cast, telling the audience that a movie was still in the works, along with a new set of television episodes that would serve as a prelude to the film.

Asked by the event’s moderator, Nancy Franklin, for an update on the movie, Mr. Hurwitz said, “We’re 80 percent of the way to an answer,” which was understandably greeted by some laughter.

Mr. Hurwitz went on to say that he and Ron Howard, the director and producer who was the “Arrested Development” narrator, “had been talking about this for ages and trying to get this going.”

Mr. Hurwitz continued: “We don’t completely own the property, there are business people involved and studios and that kind of thing. Just creatively, I have been working on the screenplay for a long time and found that as time went by, there was so much more to the story. In fact, where everyone’s been for five years became a big part of the story. So in working on the screenplay, I found even if I just gave five minutes per character to that back story, we were halfway through the movie before the characters got together.”

So, Mr. Hurwitz said: “We’re trying to do a limited-run series into the movie.” After a wave of excited applause died down, he continued: “We’re basically hoping to do 9 or 10 episodes, with almost one character per episode.”

...

By way of apology, Mr. Hurwitz also said that while he and the “Arrested Development” team had intimated in the past that the movie wasn’t coming together because Mr. Cera – who has since been propelled into leading roles in films like “Superbad” and “Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World” – was standing in the way, this had all been an inside joke gone wrong.

“I kind of was perpetuating a little thing, like, wouldn’t it be funny if Michael Cera was the holdout. Let’s put that out there. And Michael had that Andy Kaufman thing. And then it really turned ugly, quickly. So I really just have to say, for those of you that have been following this saga, Michael’s always been great.”

This would seem to be more than a minor hurdle.

[Wheezer]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Nov. 18, 2011 -- In a[n] landmark deal, all new episodes of the Emmy Award-winning comedy series "Arrested Development" will be coming exclusively to Netflix for its U.S. members to watch instantly, beginning in 2013.

[Gilgamesh]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Nov. 18, 2011 -- In a[n] landmark deal, all new episodes of the Emmy Award-winning comedy series "Arrested Development" will be coming exclusively to Netflix for its U.S. members to watch instantly, beginning in 2013.

"Netflix's bold entrance into original programming presents an exciting new opportunity for our two companies," Fox Filmed Entertainment's President of New Media & Digital Distribution Peter Levinsohn was quoted in the release.

All right.  Excellent.

"Bringing a classic show back to production on new episodes exclusively for Netflix customers is a game changer, and illustrates the incredible potential the new digital landscape affords great content providers like Twentieth Century Fox Television and Imagine."

DAMNIT!!!!

[Wheezer]

"Bringing a classic show back to production on new episodes exclusively for Netflix customers is a game changer, and illustrates the incredible potential the new digital landscape affords great content providers like Twentieth Century Fox Television and Imagine."

DAMNIT!!!!

They don't call it the unconscious mind for nothing.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

This looks outstanding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIF3Jo61xlE&feature=player_embedded

Shut up, fucktard.

And that's why you always leave a note.

So, IFC's been airing "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret."

I don't get IFC, but I spotted it on OnDemand last week and have been able to watch the final three episodes of its 6-episode season. As of last night, only episodes 5 and 6 were still available, but they're still totally worth watching on their own.

And, via Wikipedia, apparently the now-redacted part of this Facebook post originally said "IFC (Hooray IFC!) has picked up the show for (at least) another eight episodes!"

Jon Hamm.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

This looks outstanding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIF3Jo61xlE&feature=player_embedded

Shut up, fucktard.

And that's why you always leave a note.

So, IFC's been airing "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret."

I don't get IFC, but I spotted it on OnDemand last week and have been able to watch the final three episodes of its 6-episode season. As of last night, only episodes 5 and 6 were still available, but they're still totally worth watching on their own.

And, via Wikipedia, apparently the now-redacted part of this Facebook post originally said "IFC (Hooray IFC!) has picked up the show for (at least) another eight episodes!"

Jon Hamm.

"I'll explain everything I know once we get upstairs and I have a quick pank in the room. That's a poo and a wank."

[Gilgamesh]

New photo. Looks like they haven't finished re-building the set.

[Shooter]

New photo. Looks like they haven't finished re-building the set.

Who knows. It is a Bluth model home.

[Gilgamesh]

Looks like we have an airdate: May 4, 2013.

https://www.foxfast.com/FoxFast/aspxfiles/TitleDetailsHome.aspx?TitleId=A3729C5E-61ED-4CF9-8679-DE9DFBEC1013#

[Gilgamesh]

DPD but updated news on that May airdate: http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Arrested-Development-Season-4-Premiere-Date-Set-May-2013-50905.html

[Gilgamesh]

New details: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/01/09/netflix-to-offer-arrested-development-reboot-ricky-gervais-comedy-derek/

[Gilgamesh]