• This Week In Trailers: Orthodox, Synesthesia, Animals, Operation Kakongoliro! The Ugandan Expendables, Innocence Of Memories

    Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week…

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  • Mitch Hurwitz Says 'Arrested Development' Movie First, Then Season 5 On Netflix

    Arrested Development season 4 ended on a pretty big cliffhanger. It was a bold move by creator Mitch Hurwitz because there was no guarantee the show, which had been off the air for seven years, would reconnect with audiences. Especially since the entire structure was radically different. But it did. Season 4 of Arrested Development…

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  • Mitchell Hurwitz Says He'll "Definitely" Make A 5th Season Of 'Arrested Development'

    One way or another, the Bluths will be back. The creator of Arrested Development, Mitchell Hurwitz, is currently in Montreal for the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. The topic of a potential continuation for Arrested Development came up and Hurwitz said he "definitely" felt they'd be back. He then turned to Ted Sarandos, the chief content officer at…

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  • Fan Creates Chronological Edit Of 'Arrested Development' 4th Season

    The highly anticipated fourth season of Arrested Development hasn't even been in the world for two weeks and already fans have made it their own. We're quoting it, meming it, creating merchandise based on it and now... completely altering it. Creator Mitchell Hurwitz created a complex, labyrinthine story for the fourth season. It is told largely out…

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  • Netflix Willing To Make More 'Arrested Development' Episodes

    The fourth season of Arrested Development was never meant to be the end. From its earliest conception, creator Mitchell Hurwitz said the fourth season was just a long recap and preamble to a movie. Now that the fourth season is out there, it's no spoiler to say there are more than enough stories to populate not…

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  • The 4th Season Of 'Arrested Development' Delivers With Comedy And Narrative Complexity

    Arrested Development has never done things by the book. From its very first episode on November 2, 2003, creator Mitchell Hurwitz and his cast made it clear they wanted to push the boundaries of comedy. Jokes were layered, complex and topical. Each character was daring in their own unique way. Every time you rewatched an episode, something…

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  • 'Arrested Development' Season Four Trailer: A Very Good Sign

    All that's missing is the voice of Ron Howard's narrator, but otherwise everything you want from Arrested Development is here in the first trailer for the show's fourth season. The primary cast (Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale, David Cross, Jeffrey Tambor, and Jessica Walter) all make appearances,…

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  • Cinematic TV Bits: Hulu And IFC Eyeing 'Arrested Development', 'Mr. Ed' Heads To Big Screen, 'Universal Solider' Coming To Small Screen

    In today's extra-cinematic edition of TV Bits, a film franchise gets adapted into television series, a classic show turns into a movie, and a certain brilliant-but-cancelled television series that's been trying to get a big-screen sequel off the ground looks increasingly likely to make a temporary return to the small-screen. After the jump, read about: Hulu…

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  • Showtime/Netflix In Talks For Ten Episode 'Arrested Development' Miniseries, Set-Up For Big Screen Movie

    Update: EW has confirmed that Showtime and Netflix are in talks with producers about airing the miniseries. Keep holding out hope, Arrested Development fans. Five years after the series finale, creator Mitchell Hurwitz is still insisting that, yes, a movie based on the brilliant-but-cancelled sitcom is definitely in the works. And what's more, he's now hoping…

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  • Mitchell Hurwitz Discusses His Plans For The Arrested Development Movie

    Saturday saw not one but two separate special events with Mitchell Hurwitz take place in Austin, Texas and luckily I had remote ears attending both. The first was a panel discussion called "The Art of Storytelling," also featuring Ron Howard and Steve Zaillian, and the second was the clearly-titled "Conversation With Mitchell Hurwitz." Both saw…

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