Arrested Development

Great news, "Bluth Family Reunion" panel of the New Yorker Festival, was the announcement of the creator Mitch Hurwitz series Arrested Development return to television before the highly anticipated film.

But, as the entire cast together for the first time since finishing his Emmy-winning comedy in 2006, there were plenty of other fan-pleasing gems fell over the conversation hoarse.

Here are 13 fun things we have learned about the show and its cast:

1. Portia de Rossi, who plays Lindsay Bluth said his sister, the original manuscript of Arrested Development, with a letter announcing the series would be shot hand-held camera, without a lot of fuss has been set and that, absolutely, in no case , no nothing, "Diva" behavior may be tolerated. "I thought, 'What do we have?'" He said.

2. Jason Bateman, who plays Michael, the only reasonable (relatively speaking) Bluth siblings, said the launch was not yet well tested together when they began filming the first episode, and filming took place on a boat. However, he said, when Jeffrey Tambor, as if about to be imprisoned, Papa George Bluth, spoke the first words of the series, "set the tone for us." It show's cast knew they were going to play "right mortal, not a wink," says Bateman.

3. Tambor added that when the pilot was shot, he was not yet official cast member. "I was one day play at this stage," said the actor, who had worked with Hurwitz on the short life of the NBC comedy's all relative.

4th David Cross, as Lindsay Bluth rights "never-nude" Tobias Funke: "I had to fight for his mustache," referring to his hair brand character of the face. Cross and Hurwitz said the former Fox Entertainment president Gail Berman did not like the characters of comedy network to have a mustache, then all the cast was on the boat shooting the pilot episode were phone calls back and forth on whether whether the cross could wear a mustache.

5. Hurwitz initially wanted to play drums Tobias.

6. The Bluth Banana Stand is real. More or less. Hurwitz was 13 when he and his brother Michael started his own business, selling homemade chocolate cookies, a taco stand abandoned Newport Beach, California, on behalf of your company: Chipyard. There is always a spin-off industry began with the Hurwitz children's father, Mark, in Boston.

7th Order executive producer for the development and tells Ron Howard - who attended Sunday's meeting by telephone the President of California - originally came with the idea of ​​using the mockumentary format to develop a family comedy, and Hurwitz then worked to develop it. Inspiration Howard: many reality shows, including episodes of cops.

8. The series was originally intended to be largely improvised, and was released specifically with the actors who have demonstrated skills. "But I like to go (at all) to speak with (cast iron) and ask if they were improvising, and they said:" We are free, but the scripts are so big, "said Howard.

9. Tony Hale, so adorable, Buster Bluth brother hand crochet, on suspicion of Hurwitz on how to play the character: "He said," All Buster wants in life is security. "'

10. Portia de Rossi, in his plan to capture the egocentric Lindsay: "I just said to myself, until I was completely self-centered, it will work out."

11. Hurwitz Woman "actress Mary Jo Keenen, came with" Bluth "as the name of the family. (Keenen had a recurring role on" Seinfeld "as Deena childhood neighbor George, one whose father, Pops, George car in ruins , and George thought it was crazy. ... Well

12. Will Arnett, in his narcissism, his magician Bluth character Segway Ridin 'Gob. "I never thought I was an idiot Gob - I just thought it was incredibly out of touch"

13. Fans of Arrested Development are very dedicated group. One of the public wearing Buster Bluth Buster fans prop hand bitten off a seal. Prop Price: $ 350 on eBay.