Season 4 shooting date - C'mon !

The model home is opening again next tuesday for shooting the first scenes of the season 4. Will Arnett, who's curently working on the Up All Night show, gives us more detail about the new season and how he'll appear during the whole season.

The Television Critics Association visited the set of “Up All Night” today, and Will Arnett revealed that he is getting ready to shoot the new episodes of “Arrested Development” that Mitch Hurwitz wrote. Hurwitz had said each episode would focus on one member of the Bluth family, but Arnett’s schedule suggests that he will be around for multiple episodes.

“That’s kind of the idea [one character per episode], and then there are bits and pieces of people,” Arnett said after the “Up All Night” panel. “Yeah, it’s going to be interesting. It’s a totally different way to tell the story of these people and these characters and these relationships that we like, so it’s interesting.”

During the panel Arnett had said he’s filling all of his free time with “Arrested Development.”

“Currently the plan is to shoot on hiatuses and weekends because we start that in six days, it’s next Tuesday we start. That’s the current plan, Saturdays and stuff. It’s going to be insane. It’s super well organized. I don't know if you’ve met Mitch Hurwitz.”

After the panel, the reporter that asked Arnett about his schedule followed up to confirm whether or not Hurtwitz was really disorganized. “I’m kidding,” Arnett said. “I want you to print that so he reads it, but no, no, no. He’s not disorganized. He’s a prolific creator and there’s just always a ton of stuff and it’s a lot.”

Arnett confirmed he has read some of the new “Arrested Development” scripts and that he is very happy with them.
"Arrested Development" season four is expected to debut on Netflix in 2013.

Source : Crave Online 

S#*t just got real !

"My son, arriving yesterday"

 Nothing else to say, just look at these pictures ! Can't wait for 2013, hopefully the world will not end before the season aired.

Hey brother !

Source : https://twitter.com/batemanjason

Arrested Development Minutesode - 1x01 - Pilot

Family First

What's new ? That ! Until the upcoming season 4, maybe you're going to rewatch the entire serie or maybe you don't have time for that. The Arrested Development Minutesodes are here for you ! Every week I'll upload a video who recaps an entire episode in one minute (more or less). I'm gonna do this for the 3 seasons, every episode will be upload in order.

So this week we're starting with the pilot !

One minute each week to remember every episode so you can get ready for the beginning of the season 4. I really hope you'll enjoy it and next with the minutesode will be in HD.

You can find my youtube channel here : http://www.youtube.com/user/ArrestedBlog

See you soon !

IT'S ALIVE !

You're killing me buster !

What a crazy year for me and so not much time for the blog. But it's all gone now and I'm gonna update this blog when real news come out. The last one is a big announcement made by Ron Howard : Arrested Development starts shouting in FOUR WEEKS ! 

It seems that the Ron Howard, Jason Bateman and Will Arnett really like Twitter and that's a great thing because we're gonna have some pics of the shooting set and so on, a lot of time before the official promotion. 

I'm gonna add on the blog the account of these crazy guy for you, it's gonna be more simple to follow the news.

I also want to thanks the people who continues to come on the blog, I know I wasn't really serious about it but I graduate this year and with all the exams and my studies, it was a little bit crazy.

Stay tuned ! 

Did you just say blink ?

Michael Bluth...

Sad Banana

Hey T-Bone !

Sad news for all the fans, Patrice O'Neal also known as T-Bone in AD just died tuesday morning as a result of a stroke. R.I.P T-Bone, your were one of the first guest in Arrested Development, don't worry the fans will never forget you. He was 41.

Comedian Patrice O'Neal died Tuesday morning ... as a result of a stroke he suffered back in October ... this according to his friends at the "Opie and Anthony" radio show.
O'Neal had been a staple in the comedy world for years -- and performed at the "Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen" back in September. 

O'Neal was a regular guest on the "Opie and Anthony" radio show -- and appeared on several TV shows such as "Chappelle Show," "The Office," and "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn." 

Opie just tweeted, "Yes it's true that our pal Patrice O'Neal has passed away. The funniest and best thinker I've ever known PERIOD." 

O'Neal was 41.

UPDATE

10:33 AM PST -- Patrice's rep, Matt Frost, tells TMZ ... "It is with terrible sadness we must report that Patrice O’Neal has passed away this morning at 7:00 AM due to the complications of the stroke he suffered on October 19.

Frost adds, "Many of us have lost a close and loved friend; all of us have lost a true comic genius. His mother, who was also his best friend, was at his side.  Patrice is survived by his wife, Vondecarlo; his step daughter Aymilyon, sister Zinder, and his mother Georgia.

"The family wishes to thank all of the fans and friends who have expressed an outpouring of love and support for Patrice these past weeks. We ask that you please respect the family’s request for privacy at this difficult time."

Source : TMZ

Best Of : The Chicken Dance

Has anyone in this family ever even seen a chicken?

Here is a new category on the blog, sometimes I'll publish an article about the best of Arrested Development and today it's about the famous Chicken Dance ! The chicken dance is maybe my favorite running gag of the show, I can't get enough of GOB imitating the chicken in Mexico. If you wan't to watch a best of of the chicken dance, this video is made for you :

 

So you've always wanted to imitate perfectly the chicken like GOB, Lindsay, George Sr. or Lucille ? Don't be afraid anymore, follow the instructions right after this message !

Now you know how to imitate the chicken perfectly, you can also leave a comment to tell me which Bluth makes your favorite imitation of the chicken ?

Co-co-co-co-co-co !

Netflix Development

I just Bluth myself...

News of the day ! Now it's more than official, it's a reality ladies and gentleman, Arrested Development will have a season 4 who's going to be aired on Netflix early 2013. 

Since the beginning of the blog these last months are the most exciting with all the great news. As usual you can read an article about this news :

Netflix is licensing new episodes of the TV series "Arrested Development" from 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Television.

The sides struck a deal with the streaming service that will launch new episodes of the Emmy-winning comedy in early 2013, the studio confirmed.

The prospect of "Development" returning in both TV and film forms was raised last month when the show's creator, Mitch Hurwitz, announced in an appearance at the New Yorker Festival that he was intent on reuniting the series' original actors, including Jason Bateman and Will Arnett, for another go-round.

"Arrested" had a critically acclaimed run on Fox from 2003-2006, but the network canceled the series given its ratings were always modest at best.

All of the series regulars have expressed interest in returning and are expected back, though no deals have been done. How that will work will be interesting given many of them are maintaing busy careers. "Arrested" player Arnett is currently on the NBC series "Up All Night" and another alum, Portia de Rossi, is attached to a high-profile project in development at the Peacock.

Where this leaves the proposed "Arrested" feature film isn't clear. While one source familiar with the project said it is currently in development at Fox Searchlight, another source at the studio denied it was an active project. Hurwitz's vision of the film was to schedule it after the series run in order to drive interest at the box office, but at the very least it seems that the film and TV aren't attached to each other.

Hurwitz was executive producer of "Arrested" with Imagine principals Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. The producing pair issued a statement: "Bringing a series back from cancellation almost never happens, but then, 'Arrested' always was about as unconventional as they get, so it seems totally appropriate that this show that broke the mold is smashing it to pieces once again."

That Netflix has emerged the winner of a bidding war that reportedly included pay-TV player Showtime will be seen as a real coup for the service, which already gave Hollywood notice in March that it was in the original programming business in a big way when it ordered a 22-episode adaptation of the BBC drama "House of Cards" set to premiere next year. Analysts estimated "Cards," which comes with Kevin Spacey attached to star and David Fincher to executive produce, cost Netflix $100 million to get the rights from Media Rights Capital.

Financial terms of the "Arrested" deal are not known but could be substantial given the caliber of talent involved.

While Netflix's market capitalization was sent reeling in recent months after ill-advised decisions regarding its pricing, the need for original programming is all the greater as content companies have held the line at giving the service TV shows that are in-season.

Since Netflix started licensing original series, the service has been seen as a potential savior for ill-fated productions that get shuttered over the objections of a cult following too narrow to sustain them. But rescuing a show that comes with a built-in audience--albeit one too small to survive on TV--may be a safer strategy than creating a new property out of whole cloth.

The hedge on "Cards" is that its narrative has already gotten a test run in the U.K. but with different talent on both sides of the camera.

Ted Sarandos, chief content officer at Netflix said of the deal, "'Arrested Development is one of the finest American comedies in TV history and its return through Netflix is a perfect example of how we are working closely with studios and networks to provide consumers with entertainment they love,'" said Ted Sarandos, Netflix Chief Content Officer.

The return of "Development" would be a stunner given it is rare that a series comes back after a protracted absence, though 20th and Fox have seen precedent here: Animated series "Family Guy" was canceled in 2001 only to be revived three years later after the series fared well on DVD and in syndication.

Source : Variety.com

Arrested Development Documentary Project : Update !

Hey !

This is an other great great news ! After the rebirth of our favorite TV Show this is the last update about the Arrested Development Documentary Project, it's coming during winter 2011 ! If you can't remember what is this documentary take a look at this trailer :

If you wan to see more of this upcoming documentary, you can watch this deleted scene with Mitch Hurwitz !

To finish you can read my interview of the creators here and also here. I can't want to see this documentary, I wish the best to Neil and Jeff !

Vids of the week : The New Yorker Festival

Family Loves Arrested Development

The New Yorker Festival you remember ? The whole cast was reunited for a talk about AD and Mitch told us the great new (see yesterday article). If you wanna take a look at the reunion, watch the vid below :

Bonus : Watch the cast doing the "Chicken Dance" !

Thanks to DougBuffone4488 for the vids.

New Season and a Movie !

Chicken !

What can I say really ? Isn't the best news Of 2011 ? Just read this Huffington Post article and enjoy !

"Arrested Development" is back. Really.
The cult classic television comedy about the travails of the rich, zany Bluth family, cancelled in 2006 after three seasons, will produce nine to ten new episodes and a movie, it was announced at The New Yorker Festival on Sunday.

"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!" leading actor Jason Bateman tweeted.
Smart and irreverent, the show also starred David Cross, Michael Cera, Portia De Rossi, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat and Jessica Walter. It was executive produced by Ron Howard, who also provided narration.

Since its cancellation, the show has earned a fervent fan base, with constant speculation as to when -- or whether -- the show would be adapted into a movie. The cast, led by Bateman and Will Arnett, has frequently promised that a movie would be coming, though until now they've been unable to offer any specifics. As it turns out, that can be attributed to the difficulties of intellectual properties and broadcast rights.

“We don’t completely own the property, there are business people involved and studios and that kind of thing," creator Mitch Hurwitz said on Sunday, as quoted by the NY Times. "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.”

As such, the plan is to have one episode explore each character as a lead-in to the film.
Just over two weeks ago, Bateman, who starred this summer's comedies, "Horrible Bosses" and "The Change-Up," told Entertainment Weekly that he was frustrated that he couldn't give more details, but assure a film would be forthcoming.

In February, Hurwitz told Digital Spy that the process was underway, but couldn't say more.
"I don't like to toy with the affections of our fans," he said. "They've been so supportive and we're so grateful, so I kind of hate to answer the question until I can say, 'Yep, we've shot it, it opens next week'. Otherwise it feels like we're toying with people and we do not mean to do that. It has just taken a while to get it going."

In July, Jeffrey Tambor, who plays the show's patriarch, told The Huffington Post, "It's all going straight, everyone's on board, I know they're writing, and maybe next time this year we'll be having this conversation."

Source : The Huffington Post

Vid of the week : Bob Loblaw

Bob Loblaw Law Blog

New category on the blog, each week I'll show you a video of best Arrested Development's moments. This week it's Bob Loblaw :

Well we're not here to talk non-sense to Bob Loblaw.

Taste the demotivation Michael

 Both Start out the same way

Do you like Demotivational Posters ? I love it, it's so funny and clever. I saw one of my first posters during two shows : Futurama and Arrested Development. In AD the poster represents a lot what George Michael's type of education looks like. Children's education is one of the main theme of AD. 

So on internet we can find really great demotivational posters about Arrested Development :

 

Analrapist

So true !

 There's gotta be a better way to say that...

I'll be in the hospital bar !

These are just a preview of what you can find on the internet, if you find great demotivational posters or Meme about Arrested Development please send them to me !

Bonus :

George Senior in Broadway

"Coo-coo Kah Cha !"

Here we go for some good news about one of the funniest Bluth family members. George Senior aka Jeffrey Tambor is going to act in a play called "La Cage aux Folles".
In France, where I live, it's a famous and funny play. It's also a great movie.
Seeing Jeffrey Tambor in this kind of play is great, I hope some of us will go to see him.

You can find more details in this L.A Times article :

Jeffrey Tambor may not be a household name, but his face is instantly recognizable thanks to his Emmy-nominated performances in the cult TV series "Arrested Development" and "The Larry Sanders Show." In February, Tambor will be leaving the world of TV temporarily behind to return to Broadway in the current revival of "La Cage aux Folles."

Tambor will be replacing another TV veteran, Kelsey Grammer, in the role of Georges. Tambor is set to take over the role Feb. 15, and will star opposite Harvey Fierstein, who is replacing Tony-winner Douglas Hodge in the part of Albin. "La Cage," at the Longacre Theatre, won the award for best revival at this year's Tonys and was earlier produced at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London.

Fierstein wrote the book for "La Cage" and will be performing in the musical for the first time. "La Cage" had its Broadway debut in 1983, winning the Tony for new musical. The current revival opened in New York in April.

Tambor has previously appeared on Broadway in Larry Gelbart's"Sly Fox" in 1976 and a revival of David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross" in 2005. The actor has received six Emmy nominations for supporting actor in a comedy for "The Larry Sanders Show" and "Arrested Development."

His recent film work includes "The Hangover" and the new Disney animated film "Tangled."

We wish you the best George !

Arrested DVDevelopment

Have you seen this before ? This is the original artwork for the 1st season DVD, I'm sure you've the DVD at your place so compare them.

I really like this one, so funny !

"These are balls ?! "

If you want to see the picture in the original size just clic on it !
Soon I'll make an article about all the Arrested Development's DVD editions that we can find on internet.
That's a idea for a present...It's almost christmas !

Still alive ?!

"There's a new daddy in town !"

Hi everyone, these days I really miss Arrested Development and I'm thinking about get back to basics like watch again the 3 seasons and make this blog alive again !

Now I'm here !

Hum...well ok you don't believe right now but you'll see.

But I have to give you an explanation about the reasons of the lack of updates. It's simple :

The news are still the same !

And I was like "okay it's not my priority to work on the blog..."
So I apologize about that and I'm back for real and for good.

And now let's see the latest news :

The first is a news for the website TvGawker and Will Arnett is talking :

Arrested Development movie updates?
We're in the midst of Running Wilde and we're unable to focus on anything else, but it is something we plan on doing. I can't really speak to Mitch's timetable but I would suspect that it's going to be sooner rather than later now, I will say that.

David Cross said in an interview that he knows the storyline and it's "awesome."
Yeah there's some really funny stuff, some really funny ideas being kicked around. It's Mitch's call on how anything goes.

Can you give us a hint? A taste? Something?
I really can't, it would be far too premature. But if it goes in the direction Mitch is suggesting, it'll be super hilarious.

It seems that the AD's movie is still alive ! You want another proof ? Let see a declaration of Mitch Hurwitz from AVClub :

AVC: So what is the status of the film? It’s the inescapable question.

MH: It is my absolute next priority. I’ve said we’re about halfway through it, but I’m including a lot of the stories as part of that half. It’s the next thing I do as soon as I get a breath from [Running Wilde]. If it gets picked up for a back nine, I’ll have people in place to do this and I can go finish that. It is my biggest creative priority. It’s very frustrating I haven’t had time to do it. I’ve been having to do other things, but it’s time and money. It’s part of, you know, the thing I’ve built for myself here. This house of cards. I have to say, people think I’m more successful than I am, and I appreciate that. I think. I don’t know if I care I, guess. But I’m a working guy. I’m not joking, though, if I had Cocoon, all bets would be off.

Keep in touch with the blog, I'll talk about Running Wilde and the Arrested Development Doc.

See you soon, really soon !

Jason Bateman is "The best man for the job" !

"Michael !"

The Austin Film Festival is coming very soon, I can't wait for the Mitchell Hurwitz's declaration...
So we just have to be patient !

I found on youtube a video of Jason Bateman where he explains how he gets his part in Arrested Development, it's very interesting so take a few minutes to watch it...
(Click on the picture)

I don't care for GOB...

Go buy-us a Movie !

"I'm doing the time of my life !"

Well, well, well...This is it ! Mitchell Hurwitz and Jim Vallely are working on the Arrested Development script !
Isn't that great ?! The information was revealed by the THR website :

"Arrested Development" creator Mitchell Hurwitz and his co-executive producer James Vallely are working on a screenplay for the long-debated feature version of their short-lived Fox series. Even as they prep a new Fox comedy series with "Arrested" star Will Arnett, the writers are spinning more bizarre encounters for the eccentric, spoiled Bluth clan for possible feature production in the spring.


Imagine, which produced the TV show, and Fox Searchlight are producing the film.


Hurwitz had said that he wouldn't start writing a film unless all the main actors, including Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, David Cross, Arnett, Alia Shawkat, Portia de Rossi and Jeffrey Tambor, were committed. Earlier in the year, speculation circulated about which wanted to return as the show's hyper-invested fans pushed from the sidelines and the actors themselves spurred excitement.

Hey T-Bone !

Not Without My Blog

"It ain't easy being white"

There's a long time since I've wrote an article on the blog, I was very busy this month but everyday day I'm looking for some real news.

So what can we say about the Arrested Development Movie right now ? Not more than the last month but our great Jason Bateman continues to talk about it.

The 24th September he was saying :

It’s still being written and my guess is that is will be shot some time next year. I have a feeling that Mitch [Hurwitz] is halfway done writing it. We’ll probably shoot it middle of next year and then for however long things take to get cut and marketed, so maybe the first part of 2011 I would imagine. That’s just a guess.

Source : We Are Movie Geeks

Another news, but not about Arrested, Ron Howard have a new comedy TV project !

Now, Ron Howard is back with a new idea for another comedy series at Fox -- a workplace comedy set at an Internal Revenue Service district office.

Fox has committed to a pilot, grabbing the project pre-emptively before it could be pitched to other networks.

It will be written by Brent Forrester, writer-director on another workplace comedy, NBC's "The Office." Forrester and Howard are executive producing with Howard's partners at Imagine TV, Brian Grazer and David Nevins.

"It's an idea Ron had toyed with for many years as a feature," Nevins said. "Eventually, Brian and I convinced him it would be better as a TV show."

The three met with several writers until hitting it off with Forrester.

"The one thing that unites all Americans is their suspicion and hatred for the IRS," Forrester said. "That makes the characters on the show underdogs, because outside the office everyone is suspicious of them."

The IRS agent at the center "is trying hard to believe that his job is good and noble and provides a very important, vital service," Forrester said. "It's a classic workplace show; the model for it is 'Taxi,'" Forrester said.

"In essence, it's a group of eclectic characters who have come to the job from different paths and who represent different points of view and different voices."

There will be procedural elements to the show, too.

"'L.A. Law' had lawsuits, and 'CSI' has murders; this show has audits, tax collection and special ops, with the FBI against organized crime and drug dealers," Forrester said.

Source : Reuters

Arrested Development : The Small Effort !

"Atkins !"

Now we know that the Arrested Development will come out for sure, Jason Bateman gaves us some informations about the movie like he's always did in IGN :

Jason Bateman has revealed that the proposed Arrested Development film will be a "small effort".

The 40-year-old actor, who played Michael Bluth on the cancelled Fox series, recently admitted that plans for the movie were still in the early stages.

He has now said that the project will be made on a small scale, while a script is more than "halfway" finished.

Bateman told IGN: "We hope that there is enough people out there who would want to see it that [Fox] Searchlight could get its money back from financing it."

He added: "[Series creator Mitchell Hurwitz] is halfway through writing the script now, and once he's done and if he's happy with it, we'll start to schedule it and then shoot it. And then be done."

"It will be a small film. It will be simple. We'll shoot it in probably six weeks. It will get a little release. It is not being done at big Fox, it is being done at Fox Searchlight. It's going to be a small effort."

It was reported earlier that Michael Cera will reprise his George-Michael Bluth character for the Arrested Development film.

Can't wait !

Arrested Development : Surely a movie !

"Now the story of a wealthy family..."

Now ladies in gentleman please welcome a real news about the Arrested Development movie !
It's was hard to imagine the Arrested Development movie project down, it's just impossible. C'mon !
Can you imagine Mitch tell to all the Arrested Development's fan :

"I'm sorry I can't do it you know because..."

Naaah !

Thank god Jason Bateman is always here to bring good news, this time it's on Collider :

Question: What is the state of “Arrested Development”?

Jason Bateman: The script’s being written and when Mitch is done with it we can go to the scheduling part of it which will probably prove to be a bit challenging given the size of the cast.

And they’re all attached?

Jason: He is asked us not to speak about specifics, but that he’s working on it.

It seems like 5 or 6 months there was a lot of momentum. A lot of people talking about the film. And then it seemed like it sort of got a little bit quiet. Everyone’s a little nervous it’s actually happening. Is it, in fact, actually being written right now?

Jason: Yes.

That’s 100%?

Jason: Yeah. Yeah. That’s never changed. I mean people have guessed and “rumored” and all that other stuff in all areas of the media. I’ve always been a little sort of…I’ve always felt bad that I never had more information to give people when they asked me about it, but I guess people kind of got frustrated by that and they just started kind of making up their own sort of “well, we haven’t heard that much” or “news hasn’t changed so it must be going away”. I don’t know. It sort of took a life of its own on and fatigue started to set in I think about the whole story of it. I mean, there’s really no need to write anything about it at all until he’s done writing it. Once he writes it then, just like any movie, then it becomes something a little bit more real and then you try to figure out scheduling and you try to figure out people’s deals. I mean, it’s got the same life that any other project would have. It has just as much a chance of happening as it does of not happening really.

So what do you think of this great news ?