Arrested Development Coming To Netflix In 2013. It Lives!
Talk about a fucking coupe de grace. While I feel like the last person in the world who actually enjoys Netflix, I think there’s going to be some good will coming its way. They’ve landed the exclusive rights to air new Arrested Development episodes.
Boom!
That sound you’re hearing is customers coming back to Netflix for one of the best comedies of all time. The online streaming and rental company has closed a deal to exclusively air new episodes of Arrested Developement in as early as 2013. These are most likely the episodes series creator Mitch Hurwitz mentioned last month as a lead in to a long-rumored feature film. There’s more after the jump.
Variety exclusively broke unbelievably awesome news. There’s no word on how many episodes will air or which cast members will or won’t return (several, such as Will Arnett, are contracted on other shows) but 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Television confirmed they hope the episodes will begin airing in early 2013.
Two of the show’s producers, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard (also the show’s narrator) released the following statement:
Of all the projects we’ve been involved with over the years, we probably get more questions about Mitch Hurtwitz’s brilliant ‘Arrested Development’ than any other— everyone, ourselves included, seems to feel like the Bluths left the party a bit too soon. 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.
Fucking awesome.