Following the return of the Bluth family to our screens with 2013’s Netflix-backed revival of Arrested Development, things have been awfully quiet. There has been mild chatter of the company wanting more, but nothing concrete has emerged about a new batch of episodes of the spin-off movie that the fourth series was initially supposed to set up. Now producer Brian Grazer has spoken on Grantland’s B.S. Report to suggest more is headed our way at last.
“I love Arrested Development, but it was never a huge thing,” Grazer says. “But people are loyal to it, and we’re going to do another 17 episodes. So stay tuned for Arrested Development.” And that’s all he says. No dates, no comment from creator Mitch Hurwitz or any of the cast, nada. Not even a loose seal. Still, Grazer has often been a big cheerleader for more from the show, talking about the prospect back in 2013.
But the cast – which includes Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Will Arnett, Tony Gale. Portia de Rossi, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Alia Shawkat and David Cross – have all said they want to return, which bodes well. The biggest issue is still scheduling, juggling a cast that size made up of people who are all busy doing other things. The hope is that whatever comes next for the show will be more along the lines of the first three seasons and not the split-narrative fourth, which divided fan opinion. Meanwhile, we’ll go back to hoping that the Bluths really are coming back.