The story of a wealthy family who lost everything is returning to television and making a silver screen debut.
Arrested Development’s creator Mitchell Hurwitz announced the news at a cast reunion this week as part of the New Yorker festival. He confirmed in his statement that, not only would the Bluth family be appearing in a feature length movie but, a ten episode mini series would follow the individual characters before they re-united in the film’s first scene.
Arrested Development tells the story of a wealthy yet dysfunctional family struggling to get on in life. Originally broadcast on US network FOX between 2003-06, the show attracted critical acclaim and a cult following. The incredibly intertwined plot and witty running jokes won the show six Emmys and a Golden Globe but due to low ratings the show was still cancelled.
Original cast members Will Arnett and Jason Bateman were among the first to issue a statement confirming their appearances in the film and season four.
Will Arnett tweeted, “I’m peeing with @batemanjason at the moment..and we can confirm that we are going to make new AD eps and a movie.”
“It’s true” Jason Bateman wrote on his Twitter: “We will do 10 episodes and the movie. Probably shoot them all together next summer for a release in early ’13. VERY excited!”
Asked about the film on his twitter, Michael Cera replied “Im not allowed to give information like that out – if i could i would, but my people say cant”
Fans of the show will have been hearing rumours about a movie for years and so it’s no suprise people are still skeptical that either a new film or series of Arrested Development will ever see the light of day.
As Eric Goldman for IGN so clearly puts it: “Again, I remain cautious until we hear a deal is signed and sealed, as we’ve been down this road many times.”