Netflix made television history this summer when it resurrected the popular cult hit show from Fox, "Arrested Development" for a fourth season after years of being off the air. The episodes were released all at once in a brand new 13-part season that told the story of what the infamous Bluth family had been doing in the years since the show ended. Now, Netflix Inc. is working to do it all again.
Ted Sarandos, the company's chief content officer, said there was "no question" there would be more "Arrested Development" on Netflix in the future. However, he isn't sure exactly in what form the show will take this time.
"It is just a matter of when and what form it takes," he said at "The Grill," a conference hosted by Hollywood website The Wrap, according to Reuters. "It's still speculative."
Originally, the fourth season of the show was meant to be a build up to a feature length film about the family. That is why most of the episodes centered around a different member of the Bluth Family. As originally conceptualized, the fourth season of the show was meant to bridge the gap between all the time missed during the show's cancellation and all the new content to come.
While speaking to EW in July, Sarandos was a bit more reserved about the idea of bringing the Bluth family back to television after the fourth season.
"I'm just extremely proud of the show. We love what Mitch did. The viewers loved what Mitch did with the show. The same way Arrested Development was ahead of its time when it was on Fox, I think it's ahead of its time today in the way that Mitch was able to construct the story in season 4 and tell it over 15 episodes that interlock in a way that I've never seen on television before," he said.
This latest confession that the popular video streaming service, which has been throwing its hat into the original content ring in recent months, comes as a breath of relief to fans who were wondering if, once again, they'd have to bid farewell to the characters that they've come to know and love over the years.
