Arrested Development Netflix Series to Lead Into the Movie

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Mitch Hurwitz sat down with USA Today recently to talk about the upcoming Arrested Development series on Netflix, and it looks to be a re-imagined structure which will focus on one character per episode and, ideally, lead into a movie.

"The bigger story is the family has fallen apart at the start of our show," Hurwitz told the outlet. "They all went their own way, without Michael holding them together, so they're left to their own devices, and they're not the most successful devices."

The nature of show has moved away from a family ensemble piece, and into what sounds like chapters that will ultimately feel like “one big” Arrested episode.

"Each individual (episode) kind of depicts what happens in 2006 as the Bluths fled from the law on the Queen Mary," and will eventually lead into where they are today. The segments will focus on an individual character's story with Michael (Jason Bateman) the only Bluth to appear in every episode.

George Michael Bluth himself (Michael Cera), is now one of a team of writers who has structured the series as a "first act to what we eventually want to do, which is a big movie," Hurwitz says.

Henry Winkler, Liza Minnelli, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are all scheduled to make guest appearances.

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