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This blog has been contributed by Film & TV Channel assistant Kristen Berke.

It's actually happening. Arrested Development is being made into a movie. When I first heard about the contingent plans 2—or was it 3—years ago, I got down on my knees and prayed. Please, please, please God, if it happens, let it be good.

Well after eons hearing it was going to happen and then not going to happen, the final confirmation feels a bit anticlimactic. The series creator Mitchell Hurwitz has finally started writing the screenplay, along with co-executive producer James Vallely. Hurwitz will also direct. Apparently, the two men have been brainstorming ideas for the film ever since their popular Fox show ended in 2006.

Hurwitz was also adamant about not continuing with the project until all the stars from the original series were 100% onboard. Smart choice considering I'm pretty sure there's very few people who can picture Bluth, Gob, George-Michael, basically any of the AD characters as anyone else but their erratic and impulsive selves.

Imagine and Fox Searchlight are producing the film. Let's just hope the fame and fortune of it doesn't go to our favorite actors' heads and cause them to suddenly back out of the project unexpectedly...oh wait.