The Bluths are all back, and it looks like they've got new model homes, new attention-grabbing vehicles, and new methods of comedically scalding one's hand. Sorry, Cornballer, but you and Steve Holt might not have made the cut.
The new season of Arrested Development is almost here, but Netflix is still unrelenting in their campaign to prove that, come on, Fox, you could have done a little better job promoting this thing. Their latest move: a Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Stand tour, beginning today with the stand's appearance in London before it heads to the U.S.--presumably to our "Wee Britain" districts--in two weeks time. Those who want to see it in person can follow the trail of banana peels spilling behind Mr. Banangrabber. Or, just follow @ArrestedDev on Twitter, and apparently they'll tell you where exactly they'll be. With any luck, this will go better than when someone tried the same stunt with Eddie Murphy's engorged head.
There's only one month until Arrested Development's new season, and Netflix is not about to let you forget that. This week's reminder: some new, slightly less in-jokey character posters and the first clip of the Bluths in action--an outtake showing that Buster is still in disturbing relationship with at least one Lucille. Watch the video at EntertainmentWeekly, and see the posters below. Maybe you can figure out a way to shoehorn a "blue myself" reference into this.
Continuing down the marketing path of referencing to the choir, Netflix has released some new, in-jokey Arrested Development posters to go along with similar fan-focused efforts like putting the series' fake shows up for streaming, "bluing" itself, replacing ratings stars with bananas, and funding an entire season of a decade-old show canceled for lack of interest. Have a look below. If hook-hands, juice boxes, and pharmaceutical bottles winkingly suggesting alcohol do not make sense to you, you've got just over a month to do your re-watching homework.
(Now updated with several more posters.)
Arrested Development on Netflix. May 26. A Sunday. Honor it like the religion we've sadly made it.
It what shall be mankind's greatest monument to Polish virginity, Matrix directors the Wachowskis and Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski are teaming up to make a sci-fi series for Netflix. As part of the streaming service's continued push into original programming and desperately seeking the internet's constant approval, they've made a ten-episode order for the nerd-adored creative trio's Sense8, vaguely described as "a gripping global tale of minds linked and souls hunted." It's scheduled to debut late next year and immediately become a higher priority than finally getting around to Cloud Atlas.
If you've been wondering if Ben Stiller might return to Arrested Development as one of the show's many cameos: yes, he will appear. Likely in front of a dumbwaiter.
Hey, would you like the big, upcoming Arrested Development reunion to also be a smaller-scale Paul reunion? Well, either way, it's going to be that.
Netflix has added another little easter egg in its continued, bizarrely-subtle teasing of the new season of Arrested Development. Following up on the addition of many of the series' fake titles to their streaming library, now they've made it so that whenever you search for something with "blue" in the title, the results come with the edge of the screen smeared in blue. Clicking the streaks confirms they're a fun in-joke for fans of the show, and a cruel mockery to fans of 1999's Blue Streak, who were hoping this was announcing the long-awaited arrival of the buddy movie that proved Martin Lawrence-Luke Wilson an irresistible comic duo. Test it out today at your local Netflick.
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The carefree days of en masse chicken dances are, for now, behind us.
To the delight of Arrested Development fans and the inevitable disappointment of perverts looking for video of boy-fights, Netflix has now added episodes of AD's meta shows--including Boyfights, Mock Court with J. Reinhold, and the inimitable Wrench--to their streaming service. As these are not actual shows, clicking for video merely takes you to a relevant clip from Arrested Development, but Netflix did go through the trouble of making cover art and full write-ups for them all, presumably so that bloggers would for the nth time remind everyone how the cult comedy is getting new episodes this spring. You win, Netflix.
Nonetheless, it's a pretty clever, subtle promotional effort, and worth taking a look at. To save you the trouble of searching for them all, I've collected the full lot of covers and summaries below. The lack of Homeless Dad and Love Indubitably is an oversight we'll sadly have to live with.
There may yet be a place for you yet, Steve Holt.
Before the new season of Arrested Development gets dumped whole into the Netflix queue this spring, Netflix is first testing their "welp, here's all we've got" episode distribution model with an Americanized remake of the BBC's House of Cards coming February 1. Produced and directed by David Fincher, the series sees Kevin Spacey getting some more mileage out of his Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil drawl coaching as a ruthless congressman who, as D.C.'s devious Zack Morris, schemes, manipulates others, and breaks the fourth wall as necessary to get what he wants.
Here's the first season trailer, promising all kinds of people promising things.
A photo of Jason Bateman standing around the Conan backstage? Yes, it is basically just that, but according to Conan O'Brien, it's apparently also the first official photo to emerge from the new season of Arrested Development, so take it in slowly. The re-appearance of Andy Richter (and presumably his fake brothers) has already been confirmed, as has the addition of Conan as himself, so this really doesn't give us any big clues about the new season. But still: it's a look at new Arrested Development, right? We are going to Netflick this so hard.
Still no exact date for when we'll all be breaking Netflix trying to watch the new season of Arrested Development, but HuffPo has at least given us a broad timeframe to get excited about: SPRING! It's coming next spring. That is all.
The Workaholics cast will not be the only hard-drinking office workers on the set of the new Arrested Development.
As tweeted by Jason Bateman and confirmed by Deadline, today was Arrested Development's first day of shooting for the new season that will premiere on Netflix and probably immediately break it. Barring any natural disasters, sudden deaths, or laryngitis from Ron Howard, this is really happening, you guys. Not that you'd know it from the image Bateman tweeted from the set, though. As you can see above, none of the expected cast or sets are anywhere to be seen; all we've got is what looks like a couple of the guys from Workaholics working at an airline desk. Could Mrs. Featherbottom be tackling the airport security hassles already touched upon by his/her elderly drag contemporary, Madea? More on this as I continue obsessively following every detail.
As tweeted by series narrator Ronald Howard, here's the most "h. shit this is really happening" bit of Arrested Development redux evidence yet: an actual page from a script that will later be filmed and turned into a thing we will watch. Creator Mitch Hurwitz previously suggested the show could break its new episodes up by character focus, and judging by the above title, it appears that remains to be the case. It also appears Howard keeps his highlighters bundled up like a neon wedding bouquet.
As tweeted by Ron Howard, "IT'S ALIVE": Arrested Development's straight-to-Netflix series revival continues to be actually happening, and according to Jason Bateman, shooting begins in just four weeks. Providing some evidence for these still-unbelievable claims, Howard and Bateman also tweeted some photos from "AD mission control," including a look at creator Mitch Hurwitz in the writers' room, surrounded by the notecards that presumably bear the quotes and situations our future selves will one day cite to relate our shared interest in Arrested Development. Until then: Remember how Tobias painted himself blue? Me too!
If Larry David is going to get up in the business of the improvised movie scene, then so shall improv movie demigod Christopher Guest dance his way onto the unscripted HBO stage. Or the Netflix or Showtime stage, if HBO was sort of bored by For Your Consideration.
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