Arrested Development

Check Out This Awesome LEGO Set for ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

by Ethan Anderton    Posted: May 10th, 2012 at 11:50 am

Sadly, that Shaun of the Dead LEGO set we featured last month hasn’t been approved for production. But the good news is, people will still keep making awesome custom LEGO sets for us to feast our eyes upon, and another one has just shown up. Our attention has been called to this fantastic LEGO set paying tribute to Arrested Development to go along with the anticipated return of the series with new episodes on Netflix sometime down the road.

Matt De Lanoy has crafted a custom set featuring the entire Bluth clan along with their infamous model home, and of course, the ever handy stair car. While you may never have any of these LEGO figurines or that awesomely accurate LEGO version of the home that Michael (Jason Bateman) and George-Michael (Michael Cera) called home, you might just be able to get that stair car in your hands. Information on that and a slew of photos of the LEGO set (which includes a blue Tobias Fünke too) after the jump.

THE COLLISION: Episode 4 – Talkin’ Viral Campaigns, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT: Season 4, Cannes Film Festival Line-Up, THE RAID, and More

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: April 22nd, 2012 at 10:32 pm

Last week, we re-arranged our episode to avoid The Cabin in the Woods spoilers.  This week, we’re back to the good old format (“old”: the one we used for our first two episodes) of news, reviews, and recommendations.  On Episode 4 of The Collision, Adam Chitwood and I were joined by the lovely and talented Jason Barr (Dave was unavailable this week, but he’ll be back next week).  The three of us talked about viral campaigns, and how much they provide as a prologue to the movie and how well they work as a marketing tool.  We also discussed the fourth season of Arrested Development airing all at once, and we looked at the line-up for this year’s Cannes Film Festival.  On the review front, we decided to skip this week’s new release (oddly, no one wanted to see The Lucky One) and instead talked about The Raid: Redemption.

Click here to listen to our latest episode, click here to listen to our previous episode, and click here to add The Collision to your RSS feed.  Hopefully, all of our episodes will be available and easy to find on iTunes this week.  Finally, hit the jump to check out the trailers for our recommendations.

Mitch Hurwitz Provides New Details about the Upcoming Season of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT; Considering Two More Seasons [Updated with Video]

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: April 18th, 2012 at 9:03 am

Last year, we reported the joyous news that Arrested Development wouldn’t be getting just a new movie, but a new season as well.  The full cast is aiming to return for season four, which will run ten episodes and premiere on Netflix.  The fourth season, which will lead into the movie, was originally set up as more of an anthology where each episode would catch up with an individual character.  But speaking to an audience at a Netflix-sponsored event in Las Vegas, creator Mitch Hurwitz revealed that he’s tweaked the plan for the new season.

Hit the jump for what to expect in season four, and which beloved supporting character will be making an appearance. [Update: We've updated the article with video of Hurwitz speaking at the event.]

Full ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Cast Confirmed to Return in New Episodes

by Dave Trumbore    Posted: January 30th, 2012 at 3:46 pm

According to series writer and co-executive producer Dean Lorey, the entire original cast of the Emmy-winning series Arrested Development will be returning for the new episodes in 2013. While this should have gone without saying once it was reported that Netflix had picked up the exclusive broadcast rights, it’s nice to get some confirmation from the show-runners since information has been hard to come by. Lorey himself said that “even the schedule is being kept under wraps.” Reprising their roles from the first run will be Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Michael Cera, Tony Hale, Jeffrey Tambor, David Cross, Alia Shawkat and Jessica Walter, although there are still no formal deals in place.

On his blog, Lorey commented that he is penning a new season along with Mitch Hurwitz and Jim Vallely and will begin shooting in 2012. There is still no word as to the exact number of episodes, only that it was suggested to do a 9 or 10 episode season to bridge the old series to (hopefully) a feature film. Hit the jump for more.

Ron Howard Talks Size and Scope of F1 Racing Drama RUSH; Gives Update on New ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Episodes and Movie

by Christina Radish    Posted: January 25th, 2012 at 7:55 am

As part of Canon’s Project Imagin8ion campaign, two-time Academy Award winner Ron Howard and daughter Bryce Dallas Howard made a film inspired by eight user-generated photos, called when you find me, that will be screened later this week at the Sundance Film Festival. Alternating between the past and present, the short is an emotional fable of two people coping with loss in very different ways, and what it takes to find peace within yourself and reconciliation with the ones you love.

While we will run what he had to say about the short later, we wanted to share what Howard had to say about the film he’s currently working on, as well as a highly anticipated upcoming project that he has in the works. During this recent exclusive phone interview with Collider, the filmmaker talked about his approach on Rush, which focuses on the 1970′s rivalry between Austrian Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) and British driver James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth), and how he’s hoping to bring the speed and danger of the Formula One racing world to the big screen. He also talked about the status of Arrested Development and how, even though there’s no specific start date or release date, show creator Mitch Hurwitz is hard at work on some hilarious and outrageous ideas for 10 episodes that will lead up to a feature film. Check out what he had to say after the jump:

Hello, Michael. New Episodes of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Coming to Netflix

by Jackson Cresswell    Posted: November 19th, 2011 at 7:11 am

Expensive suits.  Quasi-incestuous relationships. Carl Weathers.  Minor Treason.  It’s been nearly six years since the Bluth family brought good wholesome entertainment into America’s living rooms.  But finally, after years of fan demand and seemingly endless rumors, new episodes of Arrested Development are returning to television in 2013.  Provided, of course, that television has Netflix.

Like Family Guy and Futurama before, Twentieth Century Fox is bringing back the critically-acclaimed sitcom (Time Magazine called it one of the best TV shows of ALL-TIME)  for a brand new season in 2013.  But unlike its animated counterparts, fresh episodes of Arrested Development will be broadcast exclusively on Netflix.  We told you back in March that Netflix would host original content with Kevin Spacey’s House of Cards, and while Development isn’t technically a Netflix original, the new episodes are surely the rental service’s highest-profile project to date.   Hit the jump for more on AD’s return.

DVD Deal: ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT: THE COMPLETE SERIES

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: November 1st, 2011 at 8:35 am

Amazon’s Gold Box Deal of the Day is Arrested Development: The Complete Series (Seasons 1-3) for $28.99 (which is 68% off!).  If you’ve never seen this amazing series, now it’s the perfect chance to catch up or get it for a friend for the holidays.  Like all Gold Box Deals, it’s only for today and you get free shipping since it’s over $25.  Hit the jump for the extras.

TOP 5: THE AVENGERS, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Returns, IN TIME Set Visit, THE IDES OF MARCH and REAL STEEL Interviews

by Jason Barr    Posted: October 8th, 2011 at 11:23 am

In last week’s “Top 5″, I painfully admitted to not having seen either Moneyball or 50/50. Moreover, I put my credentials as “mildly credible film blogger” up as collateral in the case that I hadn’t checked both out by this week. Sadly, I’ll have to forfeit my title as I’ve only managed to catch 50/50 so far. On the bright side, I thought that film was great and is definitely one of my favorites of the year thus far. As for Moneyball, well there’s always this week.

In spite of my lack of mild credibility, I hope you’ll still choose to check out this week’s “Top 5″ where you’ll find new hi-res images from The Avengers, the return of Arrested Development, our In Time set visit coverage, and interviews for George Clooney’s political drama The Ides of March and Shawn Levy’s robot boxing extravaganza Real Steel. Hit the jump for a brief recap and link to each.

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION Podcast – 50/50, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, and PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES

by John Campea    Posted: October 6th, 2011 at 4:19 pm

On this installment of For Your Consideration John, Dennis and Soul Video discuss:

• The Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt film 50/50
• Can Seth Rogen convincingly lead a major film?
• The news flurry and misinformation regarding all of the Arrested Development hub bub (despite what you may have heard, nothing has been confirmed)
• The continuing difficulty Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is having trying to land a major lead actress to be in the film (like 6 have turned them down so far)

And many things more.  Hit the jump to watch.

Bidding War Breaks out over New Season of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

by Ethan Anderton    Posted: October 5th, 2011 at 9:30 am

The recent announcement of a new season of Arrested Development just happened a few days ago and a bidding war has already broken out between several prospective buyers looking to snag the rights to the eagerly awaited new episodes of the canceled Fox comedy series. Netflix and Showtime were said to be in the running when the news broke over the weekend. Now Vulture has word that Hulu is entering the mix as well. Personally, I’d like to see the series actually end up on television again to get the maximum audience possible, but if the only buyer is Showtime, then the pay cable service doesn’t exactly make it any easier to watch than if it were on Netflix. Either way, it sounds like fans are going to have to pay money to one of these three services in order to watch new episodes of Arrested Development, but for fans who have been thirsty for more of the Bluth family, I don’t think that will be an issue.

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Coming Back for New Season Before the Movie [Updated with Video of Reunion and Ron Howard Interview]

by Ethan Anderton    Posted: October 2nd, 2011 at 8:23 pm

Earlier today, a tweet from The New Yorker, reporting straight from their own festival in New York, announced the unthinkable as Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz revealed during a cast reunion that the series would be back for another season, but that’s not all. This new season would lead directly into the long-gestating movie that has been talked about by each cast member, every other month, since the invention of television. Since that tweet, more details have surfaced from the festival from EW who reveals that Hurwitz intends to shoot 9 to 10 episodes, each focusing on on an individual character from the Bluth clan (which includes Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Portia DeRossi, David Cross, Will Arnett, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Tony Hale, and Alia Shawkat). Each episode will catch audiences up on what the characters have been doing for the past five years since the series’ cancellation in 2006. More details on the new season and the forthcoming movie after the jump.

[Update: The entire 100-minute reunion Arrested Development reunion panel is now available for your viewing pleasure after the jump; we've also added an interview with Ron Howard where he talks about how the new season will relate to the movie]

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Cast Reunites for The New Yorker Festival

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: September 20th, 2011 at 9:19 am

It turns out it’s possible to get the cast of Arrested Development to reunite, or at least reunite for one evening.  Gothamist [via The Playlist] reports that Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, David Cross, Portia de Rossi, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Jeffrey Tambor, and Jessica Walter will take the stage with Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz on October 2nd for a special panel.  I’m sure they’ll talk about free trade agreements, the philosophical merits of Kant and Heidegger, and other topics.  I doubt anyone will bring up the Arrested Development movie.  Who wants to hear about that?

In all seriousness, wouldn’t it be awesome if this is how they chose to announce that the film has a greenlight and firm start date?  It’s a bit of a long shot, but either way, you’d be crazy not to try and get into this event.  Tickets go on sale tomorrow at noon.  Unfortunately, there’s no discount if you blue yourself.

Rumor: Is This the Plot of the ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Movie?

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: August 16th, 2011 at 7:29 am

Take this news with a grain of sand, hermano.  Screen Rant is reporting that they may have the plot for the long-rumored Arrested Development movie.  I’m not crazy about the idea of an AD movie, but this sounds like it could be pretty great:

Ron Howard is making a movie about the Bluths using an A-List cast. But Dr. Tobias plays himself because nobody wants to play him in the movie. The Bluths decide to make their own movie in contention with Ron Howard’s.

The show has always been meta and the concept would certainly be appealing to a studio who could hire big name actors to help sell the movie based on—let’s face it—a show that was cancelled because it couldn’t build an audience.  Hit the jump for more of my thoughts on this plot and my feelings on an Arrested Development movie.

Make This Now: ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Meets CLUE Board Game

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: January 31st, 2011 at 10:40 am

I’m highly skeptical that an Arrested Development movie will ever come to fruition.  But if the series can’t live on in movie theaters, it can have the next best thing: board games.  The fine folks over at Pleated-Jeans have decided to give the Bluths the Clue treatment and done a creative job of applying the world of the show into the classic board game.  Tell me you wouldn’t want to guess that the crime was perpetrated by Tobias Funke (aka Mrs. Peacock) with the Cornballer in the Banana Stand.

Hit the jump to check out Arrested Development going Clue.

David Cross Exclusive Interview MEGAMIND; Plus Updates on KUNG FU PANDA 2 and POOR DECISIONS OF TODD MARGRET

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: November 1st, 2010 at 10:35 am

Opening this weekend is DreamWorks Animation’s next 3D movie Megamind. Featuring the voices of  Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill and David Cross, Megamind is the story of the villain that actually wins.  Imagine if Lex Luthor killed Superman.  What would his life be like without a worthy adversary to fight?  What would make him happy?  These are the questions Megamind must face.

Anyway, last weekend DreamWorks held a press junket here in Los Angeles and I got to sit down with David Cross (he plays Megamind’s assistant Minion).  During my exclusive interview, we talked about TIFF 2010, all the different animated projects he’s been working on, making Megamind, working for DreamWorks, what’s the status of Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom, will The Increasingly Poor Decision of Todd Margret get a second season and what was making that show like, and a lot more.  Hit the jump to read or listen to what David Cross had to say.

Finally, I’m not sure if I’ll be transcribing the press conference with Tina Fey, Will Ferrell, David Cross and director Tom McGrath.  So in case I don’t, you can click here to listen to the audio.

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