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Ron Howard and Brian Grazer Spill Some 'Arrested Development' Season 4 Beans

We reported last year that Arrested Development producer Brian Grazer and producer/narrator Ron Howard are appearing onscreen in the show's run of new Netflix episodes when they drop this May, but now, Howard and Grazer have revealed the nature of their on-camera roles. At a charity event this week, Howard and Grazer mentioned that the show's plot this year will involve their production company Imagine Entertainment turning the Bluth family story into a movie. "One of the very last lines in the show was when [I say], 'I don't think [Arrested Development] is a TV show; maybe it's a movie,'" explained Howard. "So in the new season, [...]

Mr. Howard Visits the 'Arrested Development' Set

Ron Howard tweeted this photo from the set of Arrested Development at 12:30am PST. (Literally burning the midnight oil. Well, literally on the midnight part – not the oil part. No one just randomly burns oil on sets, unless they're filming something for Chanukah.) As you can see in the photos below, something is happening at a bar. A BAR! What jokes will happen at that bar, Ron? Ron captioned one of the photos with, "A lot of laughs doing 1st leg of my cameo tonight." 1st leg!? That implies multiple legs, doesn't it? First person who can extrapolate the entire plot of the fourth season via only [...]

Let's Look at the New 'Arrested Development' Script and Dream

Oh, the magic and jokes and jokes about magic that must be within this .pdf! What's going to happen!?!?! Ron Howard, who tweeted this image (see it blown up below), said the script was, "Very very funny :-)" and had "Lots of lines for the narrator!" Ok, That's something! Also, it seems like the first episode will be entitled "Michael". That's pretty cool. Maybe to get more info we should camp outside the listed Culver City office or call the given phone number. "Hello. Is Mitch there? This is not a Arrested Development fan who wants to just hear his voice and try to extrapolate spoilers from its [...]

Sarah Silverman's New Show Headed to NBC

So that Sarah Silverman show that Ron Howard is producing that had a bidding war surrounding it? Looks like NBC is the lucky winner; they've committed to producing a pilot.

Low Standards: The Beauty of Michael Keaton in Ron Howard's Gung Ho!

In today's episode of Low Standards, John and Matt focus on Gung Ho!, the 1986 Ron Howard movie that features Michael Keaton at his finest. Centering on an American auto plant that's being run by the Japanese, it sticks Keaton between the surly, lazy, oftentimes-racist workers and the uptight, unsmiling Japanese executives to amazing effect. A perfect snapshot of the time, this one's a classic. At least to John and Matt.

Watch Will Arnett Induct Ron Howard Into the TV Hall of Fame

Here's Will Arnett giving a funny speech to induct his Arrested Development narrator Ron Howard into the TV Hall of Fame. Don't worry, there's a good Clint Howard impression in there somewhere.

"Hollywood Icon" Ron Howard Will Appear on Screen in 'Arrested Development' Season 4

The man that started it all with the line, "But maybe a movie," will again make a physical appearance on Arrested Development. Howard told CNN:

"I’m also told that I’m going to have to make an appearance as I did in the last episode of Arrested Development  - I’m showing up again at some point. So, I’m going to have to film that soon which will be kind of fun. Usually I’m a little too busy, but, with Mitch and Arrested Development, it’s irresistible."

Damn right, you aren't too busy for Mitch. Assuming Ron is again playing Ron, this is an intriguing revelation. Is the fourth Arrested Development [...]

'Arrested Development' Starts Shooting in 4 Weeks

'Arrested Development's' development is not arrested. Last night, Jason Bateman tweeted this picture along with the message: "Taken at AD mission control, today! All systems are go. Filming for the new episodes starts in four weeks. Woo!" Woo, indeed. Ron Howard added a much more adorable version of the same picture and a photo of the color index card filled writers' room. (Both of which are below.) No word yet if the writers were replaced by colorful index cards or if they're just being used to keep all the callbacks and callfowards straight. We're onboard, either way.

Sarah Silverman's New Show Has All the Networks Goin' Crazy

Sarah Silverman has a new show in the works, a "single-camera comedy loosely based on [her] life," and it's got ABC, NBC and Fox in a bidding war for it and offering "major commitments." So that pretty much guarantees it'll get seen somehow, right? Even better: Ron Howard is producing it, and this is the first TV show he's been seriously involved with since Arrested Development, going so far as to personally attend every pitch meeting with the networks. The show will be about "a woman readjusting to the single life after a decade long live-in relationship," and Silverman will star. OK, I'm on board! Let's make this [...]

The Arrested Development Movie Is a Lousy Idea and It's Your Fault

Ron Howard has casually tossed some fuel on the Arrested Development movie fire by talking about how Mitch Hurwitz is totally going to make it now: "What happened is that [Hurwitz] became such an important television superstar that he began developing a lot of pilots and he really wanted to follow through with that," Howard said. "So he put in a couple years doing that — always letting the Arrested Development movie percolate — and now he's done that. I think this is really now front-and-center in his mind."

The years working in TV have also given Hurwitz, who had never directed an episode of the series [...]

Brian Grazer Also to Appear in 'Arrested Development' Season 4

Ron Howard continues to be your top source for all your Arrested Development behind-the-scenes needs. This photo was tweeted with the caption: "Rehearsing an on-camera moment for the show." Meaning Brian Grazer will be on the fourth season of Arrested Development. Grazer is producing partners with Ron Howard but, unlike Ron-Ho, Grazer didn't appear on the show the first time around. Grazer's appearance further supports the theory that the next season of Arrested Development is going to be about shooting the movie Maeby pitched Howard at the very end of the original run. Check out more photos below:

Ron Howard Is as Excited about More 'Arrested Development' as You Are

Ron Howard shared some heartening comments with MTV about the new season of Arrested Development:

"I visited the set last week. It's a blast over there. Mitch Hurwitz has such a remarkable, creative voice. It's the perfect set of actors to bring it to life. I'm so glad it's back. I'm a fan, too. The scripts are hilarious."

He also stressed that the new episodes will both honor what the fans expect and build upon it. This means new characters! Howard put it this way:

"Mitch isn't trying to recreate something. It's been away for a while, and part of the fun that Mitch has been mining and exploiting is, what's [...]

Trade Roundup: Sarah Silverman, The Longest Week, Caroline Rhea

NBC's picked up a Sarah Silverman pilot produced by Ron Howard, a single-camera comedy about "a woman readjusting to the single life after a decade-long live-in relationship." After the loopy, inappropriate fun of her Comedy Central show, it'll be weird to see Silverman playing by the rules of a network. But see it we shall!

Production has begun on indie comedy The Longest Week, which stars Jason Bateman as "an immature man-child who still lives with his parents in a chic Manhattan hotel but suddenly finds himself evicted, disinherited and hopelessly in love with his best friend’s girlfriend." You know what this means: footage of chic [...]

Live Action Spy vs. Spy Blowing Up Soon In A Face Near You

If you've been missing the use of good old fashioned dynamite in modern action films, strap on your color-coordinated fedora for Ron Howard's Spy Vs. Spy movie. John Kamps will write the live action film based on the long-running MAD Magazine comic strip, for what would basically have to be a "physical and highly visual action comedy with two spies going mano a mano in ruthless fashion." I hope they keep the same creepy, manic energy of the original strips, though once you introduce the whole "talking" element, there's no telling where they'll go with it. I for one can see Stephen Colbert gleeful driving a tank [...]

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