Netflix puts out this video today of Arrested Development cast member Alia Shawkat revealing the plot to a new episode of the show. Too bad they had to censor out most of it. At least you can just mad libs your own Arrested Development episode off of this clip if you're really desperate.
Today, Netflix launched a fun new website to promote the new season of Arrested Development, which is set to debut on the streaming service May 26th. Located at InsertMeAnywhere.Biz, it's a faux-website for David Cross's Tobias Fünke where he's uploaded his acting reel on a green screen background for director James Cameron. It's new footage of Fünke auditioning, in costume, for roles like "Motorcycle Ruffian," "Cowpoke," and "Action Hero" for Cameron to add him via green screen into his movies or for Arrested Development fans to green screen him into various films, which is what I'm assuming 90% of web videos will be from now on. Get ready for edited [...]
Over five years ago, Arrested Development fans Jeff Smith and Neil Lieberman set out to make a documentary about Arrested Development, and you'll finally be able to watch it tomorrow. Titled The Arrested Development Documentary Project, the film consists of exclusive interviews with the cast and crew of the cult favorite sitcom. It also has interviews with the show's fans for some reason. Digital distributor FilmBuff announced today that they'll be releasing the movie tomorrow on all of the big On Demand platforms, including iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Comcast, DirecTV, Time Warner Cable and XBOX. The release of Arrested Development's new Netflix season (May 26th) is still 24 days away, [...]
It's a big year for David Cross. In addition the the long-awaited return of Arrested Development (coming to Netflix with 15 new episodes May 26th), he has a book of unproduced scripts he wrote with Bob Odenkirk out this fall and his new movie It's a Disaster opens in select theaters today and is available on VOD. I recently had the chance to talk to Cross about what it was like to get back into character as Tobias Fünke, the movies he and Bob Odenkirk wrote together that were never made, and how he wishes there were more movies like It's a Disaster:
While 15 new episodes of Arrested Development are set to debut on Netflix on May 26th, there's still no deal in place for the movie that the new episodes set up, and according to Jason Bateman, it's going to be at least a year or a year and a half. While promoting his new movie Disconnect, Bateman told movie site I Am Rogue that the Netflix episodes ask "a bunch of questions that then the movie answers, so it's kind of a package. Unfortunately, there's probably gonna be about a year, maybe a year-and-a-half gap between the two, so you'll end up having to watch these episodes [...]
Jay Chandrasekhar made a name for himself acting in and directing movies like Super Troopers and Beerfest with his comedy team Broken Lizard, whose most recent produced project Freeloaders came out last week. In addition to his movie work and standup, though, Chandrasekhar has guest directed episodes for a handful of critically acclaimed fan-favorite TV series including Arrested Development, Undeclared, Happy Endings, and Community, where he's directed some of the series' best episodes ("Mixology Certification") and one of the most talked-about moments (Chevy Case emitting the N-word on set).
In light of Freeloaders' DVD and online release, I talked to Jay Chandrasekhar about ensemble comedies, the difference between directing [...]
Arrested Development star Portia de Rossi went on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night and brought a new clip from Arrested Development's upcoming Netflix season with her, which features her, David Cross, and guest star Ed Helms, who was previously unannounced. Helms is reprising his role as real estate agent James "I Don't Sell" Carr(s), a character in the show's Season 2 premiere before he was all famous and stuff.
Netflix is continuing to make cool stuff to promote the new season of Arrested Development launching on May 26th (which is only 30 days away now). They just released a batch of nine character posters – all of which you can check out below – which should make you reminisce about the original show fondly. If you're looking for more cool stuff to fill your Arrested Development hole until that trailer drops (where is it already?), then check out the previous batch of character posters or the many Netflix easter eggs.
Check out all nine new posters below:
The main thing making the month-and-a-half wait for Arrested Development's new season easier is that fans on the internet and Netflix itself are making a bunch of cool stuff related to the show. Earlier this week, Netflix released nine cool character posters to promote the new season, and now, an artist at Colossus of Clout Design Company has made a fake vintage album covers for each of the show's major characters, complete with in-joke-laden titles and albums.
Hit the jump to check out all nine of the album covers, which won't be enough to hold you over until Arrested Development's return on May 26th, but they [...]
Arrested Development is set to debut 15 all-new episodes on Netflix on May 26th at 12:01am PST (that's only 45 days away, people), and Netflix just put out these nine really cool teaser posters – one for every character. Hopefully, the new season will be as good as the marketing has been.
It turns out that there will be an intended episode order for the new season of Arrested Development after all. Creator Mitch Hurwitz and Jason Bateman previously said that the 15 new episodes that make up Season 4 have no intended order because they each follow different characters simultaneously, but after finishing the final mix on the episodes, Hurwitz tweeted today, "Done! Just finished the final mix last night. In two weeks Arrested Development will be yours to do with as you please. Except for 1 thing! You gotta watch them in order. Turns out I was not successful in creating a form where the setup follows the [...]
Netflix just released this trailer for the upcoming fourth season of Arrested Development last night. 15 brand new episodes are coming your way a mere 13 days from now at midnight, Pacific Time, on May 26th. I have a feeling the next 13 days of your life will consist of watching this trailer a lot of times.
There's going to be a lot of Tony Hale going around in the very near future. He can currently be found every Sunday on HBO's Veep playing Gary, the bumbling but devoted body man to Julia Louis-Dreyfus's vice president. He'll be seen getting busted with a prostitute in this summer's action-comedy, The Heat. Most excitingly of course, he'll be resuming his role as the socially inept, one-handed Buster Bluth when Arrested Development premieres on Netflix in May. Recently, I caught up with over the phone to chat about cast reunions, hidden AD jokes, and how some of his characters might be related.
Obviously Arrested Development is coming back next month, and I feel [...]
In the months leading up to Arrested Development's Netflix launch, the streaming service has been sneaking in a lot of subtle easter eggs related to the show. After adding fake Arrested Development movies and shows to the menu and making blue handprints appear onscreen when you search for movies with the word "blue" in the title, Netflix now gives you the option to rate Arrested Development with 0 to 5 bananas instead of stars like for all its other movies and shows. Expect to see a lot more of these Netflix easter eggs leading up to the show's May 26th return.
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