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Arrested Development fans my remember an exchange in the last episode when Maeby pitched her family's story to Ron Howard, who said: "I just don't see it as a TV series. Maybe a movie?"  Well, an Arrested Development movie may well happen now, according to  E! Online's Kristin Dos Santos:

Jason Bateman has just confirmed to me that the creative minds behind Arrested Development (Mitch Hurwitz and Ron Howard) have put the wheels in motion toward a major motion picture of the Fox TV comedy so many of us adore. I'm told by insiders that Jason and other Bluth family members have received calls from producers (Hurwitz and Howard) asking if they would be willing to shoot a movie.

"I can confirm that a round of sniffing has started," Bateman says. "Any talk is targeting a poststrike situation, of course. I think, as always, that it's a question of whether the people with the money are willing to give our leader, Mitch Hurwitz, what he deserves for his participation. And I can speak for the cast when I say our fingers are crossed."

Jeffrey Tambor also revealed on XM Radio's the Ron and Fez Show that he has been approached by Ron Howard to see if he's willing to do an Arrested film ...

For the record, both Jason and Jeffrey's answers were: Hells yeah. And I hear from other sources that other castmembers were called and that everyone seems to be very much on board and excited by the prospect.

Read more here.  This is very exciting news for fans of this brilliant TV series.  I, for one, have been saying to anyone and everyone who will listen that Arrested Development is probably the best television comedy ever made. It's a big call, I know, but I really do find it that funny.  So here's hoping that: (a) a movie gets made; and (b) if it is made, it is funny as the TV series.