Beverly Hills, U.S.A. — TV’s most superbly dysfunctional family, the Bluths, are returning next year for an all new season of “Arrested Development,” entertaining, if not exactly edifying, Netflix members in Canada.

“Arrested Development” centers around Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) and his eccentric family comprised of his son George Michael (Michael Cera), his father George Bluth Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor), his mother Lucille (Jessica Walter), his brothers George Oscar Bluth II (Will Arnett), Buster Bluth (Tony Hale) and sister Lindsay Funke (Portia de Rossi), and Lindsay’s husband Tobias (David Cross) and their daughter Maeby (Alia Shawkat).

Netflix members in Canada can catch up with their adventures anytime by watching the first three seasons of the critically-acclaimed Fox show, which went off air in 2006 and are available exclusively on Netflix.

Since launching in Canada in September of 2010, Netflix has continued to increase the scope and quality of content available to its members. In recent months additions have included TV series like the supernatural drama “The Vampire Diaries;” mystery thriller “Pretty Little Liars;” comedy “Community” and Judd Apatow’s cult favorite “Freaks & Geeks;” as well as features like global blockbuster smash ‘The Hunger Games’ (starting on December 31); Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Network;’ ‘We Bought a Zoo’ with Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson, and the Academy Award winning ‘The Descendants’ with George Clooney.

Netflix Canada has also continued to add great Canadian content, including hit family drama “La Galere;” comedy mockumentary “Trailer Park Boys;” acclaimed documentary ‘Amour Haine et Propagande’ as well as long-running series such as “Dragon’s Den” and “Being Erica.”

“With the excitement surrounding the return of “Arrested Development,” we are thrilled to premiere the new season of the show in Canada at the same time as we launch it in the US,” said Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer at Netflix. “Our Canadian members have welcomed us since our arrival and we are proud to be able to continue adding a great mix of Canadian, Hollywood and international shows and movies to our Canadian service.”

Mitch Hurwitz, Troy Miller, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Francie Calfo are executive producers on the upcoming fourth season of “Arrested Development,” and it is produced by Imagine TV and 20th Century Fox Television for Netflix

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The cancelled comedy cult TV show Arrested Development is making headlines after reports that the show might be returning for another season with a movie to follow. The show is centered on the zany life and actions of the formerly wealthy Bluth family.

While George Bluth, CEO and patriarch of the Bluth family, is in jail due to embezzlement charges, it is up to his son Michael to help the family cope with their hilariously disastrous downfall. The show was cancelled in 2006 due to poor ratings despite critical acclaim and multiple Emmy nominations and wins.

A giant Arrested Development reunion took place on October 2^nd at The New Yorker Festival, where the entire cast was present, including series creator Mitch Hurwitz. It was there that Hurwitz dropped the bomb that Arrested Development would be coming back for one more TV Season before releasing a movie.

A New York Times reporter who was in attendance at the event, tweeted, “Mitch Hurwitz says he plans limited Arrested Development series (9-10 eps, 1 character per ep) that would lead into movie.” This format of devoting a single episode to each member of the Bluth family is possibly the only feasible manner in which a new season can be accomplished.

Jason Bateman (Michael Bluth), Will Arnett (GOB Bluth), and Michael Cera (George-Michael Bluth) are all stars in their own right who no doubt have busy production schedules. However this is not the first time that fans have heard such talks of an on-screen reunion of the Bluth family.

For years, Bateman and Arnett have been adamant in promising an Arrested Development movie, and for years nothing has manifested. On the other hand, this time seems to be different, with a testimony on Bateman’s twitter “It’s true. We will do 10 episodes and the movie. Probably shoot them all together next summer for a release in early ’13.

VERY excited!” and Arnett’s overly personal corroboration tweet, “I’m peeing with @batemanjason at the moment…and we can confirm that we are going to make new AD eps and a movie.” Fans have a lot to get excited over.

With all the actors set to return, the only question is where fans will be able to watch the televised antics of the Bluth family. That problem is going to be solved by one of two suitors — Showtime and the out of the blue candidate Netflix. According to Deadline.com there are reports that “20th Century Fox TV, which co-produced Arrested Development with Imagine TV, has had talks with Netflix, which has been on the hunt for original programming, and Showtime, whose new entertainment president David Nevins shepherded Arrested Development when he ran Imagine TV.”

Chances are high for this long awaited reunion of the Bluth family to finally happen. Let’s hope that with all these big stars, production doesn’t run into financial troubles, but if it does just remember… there’s always money in the banana stand.

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