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Arrested Development illegally downloaded 100,000 times in first day
Netflix recently launched another exclusive on its video streaming service, this time bringing back a classic from the early 2000s, the critically acclaimed sitcom Arrested Development. Fifteen new episodes launched on May 26 and they are already quite popular on torrents, having been downloaded 100,000 times in the first 24… … Read More
Today’s Scuttlebot: Internet Cats Sue, and Google Games
The technology reporters and editors of The New York Times scour the Web for important and peculiar items. For Friday, selections include a suit against Warner Brothers by the developers of two sites based on cat memes, what Google is up to with game development, and a text service aimed at fans of “Arrested Development.” … Read More
Netflix teases with new “Arrested Development” posters
It’s time for the final countdown: May 26th, the day Netflix releases all 15 new episodes of “Arrested Development,” is almost here. Get excited for the fourth installment with these new posters:[slide_show id=13266984]Continue Reading… … Read More
Jason Bateman says next “Arrested Development” installment is “not season four”
The fourth season of “Arrested Development” is not the fourth season of “Arrested Development,” Jason Bateman tells GQ, of the show’s upcoming Netflix release. ”It got misbranded or mislabeled way, way, way back when and was never corrected for one reason or another,” he said. “There are different agendas at work there, but it is not season four.”We already know that producer Ron Howard’s vision for the next installment of “Arrested Development” is character-driven, with each episode focused on a specific Bluth character; it will “look very different,” like a “very, very complex puzzle,” according to Howard.Bateman elaborates on the vision, explaining that they are like acts in a play or a movie:Continue Reading… … Read More
Netflix CEO tells subscribers to expect only one season of “Arrested Development”
After Netflix dropped the enire first season of “House of Cards,” the new David Fincher-directed political thriller, in one day, subscribers had to struggle not to binge on all 13 episodes at once. Those that did, however, can take solace in the fact that Season 2 is on its way.Not so for Season 4 of the cult classic “Arrested Development,” which arrives on Netflix this spring. At an investor conference today, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings emphasized the show was produced under “non-repeatable circumstances.” “We don’t anticipate being able to do seasons five, six, seven. We have less of a stake in it,” he said. ” ‘Arrested Development’ is a wildly successful tactic as opposed to fundamental to the strategy.”To that effect, the Hastings also emphasized that, “I don’t want you guys to think that suddenly we’re the original content company.” Referring to the company’s general approach to original content, he said, “We think the season is like the book and is the right unit,” explaining, “It’s now a big point of differentiation.”Continue Reading… … Read More
New episodes of “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” to be released online
The influence of video streaming services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon continues to rise as more and more shows are reaching audiences through the Internet. Some of 2013′s most anticipated shows–season four of “Arrested Development” and the Kevin Spacey drama, “House of Cards,” for example, will be delivered straight to Netflix. Now long-running soap operas “All My Children” and “One Life to Live,” which have been off the air since 2011 and 2012, respectively, are coming back, too: Production company Prospect Park has announced a deal relaunching the two series with Hulu and iTunes. TVline reports:Continue Reading… … Read More
