"Arrested Development" Is Officially Returning In 2018

The show will return in 2018.

Arrested Development is officially coming back for a fifth season in 2018, Netflix has confirmed.

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This time the Bluths are all together. Whether they like it or not.

02:30 PM - 17 May 2017

Variety, which first reported the news, said that the "entire cast" will be returning to the show.

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This includes Michael Cera, Jeffrey Tambor, Portia de Rossi, David Cross, Jason Bateman, Jessica Walter, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, and Alia Shawkat.

Ron Howard, who executive-produces the show, will also continue to be the narrator.

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In a statement released to the media, series creator Mitch Hurwitz said: “In talks with Netflix we all felt that stories about a narcissistic, erratically behaving family in the building business — and their desperate abuses of power — are really underrepresented on TV these days.”

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He added: “I am so grateful to them and to 20th TV for making this dream of mine come true in bringing the Bluths, George Sr., Lucille and the kids; Michael, Ivanka, Don Jr., Eric, George-Michael, and who am I forgetting, oh Tiffany. Did I say Tiffany? — back to the glorious stream of life.”

It has been four years since Season 4 debuted on Netflix, following the cancellation of the initial run of the show on Fox in 2006. Season 4 consisted of 15 episodes; a spokesperson told BuzzFeed News that Netflix is not confirming how many episodes of the next season of Arrested Development there will be today.

This is quite a lot of news to take in.

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The show will return in 2018 on Netflix and will debut in all territories worldwide.