ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Season 5 Will Be Released in Mid-2016

Brian Grazer has another update about the return of the Bluth family. According to the mega-producer, the fifth season of the show will begin shooting early next year and be released about "four months" after that. Feel free to break into a chicken dance to show your excitement.

On the latest episode of Adam Carolla's podcast, Grazer said the following:

Well, I had a conversation with Fox today, this morning. Netflix is determined to do more episodes, so we’re gonna do more episodes. We’re going to do it [at] the turn of the year. January, February we’re gonna start it. […] Mitch Hurwitz, who I just called while I was sitting out there in your beautiful waiting room. […] I made the call to Mitch to say everybody’s into it.

We don't know anything about what will happen in the new episodes, although Grazer previously said we can expect 17 more in this new season. I wasn't a fan of the way the fourth season unfolded, and while I understand that it had to be shot in pieces like that due to all of the actors being incredibly busy these days, I wish Netflix would just pony up enough cash to make sure that everyone could be there at the same time to film all of their stuff together. The first three seasons are comedic masterworks, and it's kind of a bummer to think that a fifth season will have more in common with the fourth than any of the show's classic run.