57054595Mitch Hurwitz and Ron Howard were in a panel in Texas over the weekend talking about the Arrested Development movie, instead of doing what they should have been doing, which is making the damn thing already. They did offer up some details I thought you guys might be interested in:

Hurwitz received a large ovation when he confirmed that, yes, there is going to be an Arrested Development movie and he will be directing. [Hurwitz] said, that there would be a heavy jail presence…

Many of you will remember [SPOILER ALERT but also DUMMY ALERT for you not watching all of A.D. yet] Lucille ends up arrested in the season finale, so I gather the film will deal directly with that now that the Iraq storyline has been resolved.

…Hurwitz said that he is excited to make the movie, because writing A.D. for only a 20-minute show is much more difficult because it restricts his ability to go into greater detail.

But Arrested Development was already incredibly detailed. This movie is going to have so many details, they are going to have to rename the magazine Details to its new more accurate name Not As Many Details As The Arrested Development Movie. Any other tidbits?

For the film, Hurwitz is apparently tempted to change the style completely, but Howard wants it to remain the same. Even if that does end up being the case, Hurwitz did promise that the film would be more “polished”.

What does this all mean? Um… I think it means they need to get off their butts make the movie, get it to a theater and into my eyeballs. My eyeballs are hungry! Feed me!

After the jump, there's a quote from the panel that you have to read, even though it is not directly Arrested Development related.

I am aware that this borders on TL;DR territory, but this is amazing, so you should go ahead and give it a shot…

This year’s most awkward fest moment probably goes to the young lady who called on herself (in her defense, the room is big and recognizing questioners from the stage is a difficult task), and, after thanking the three men for inspiring her, went on a long tangent about the role of Ron Howard and “Richie Cunningham” in her life. She admitted that as a child she always thought “Richie” was a real person, and that instead of seeing the people on her TV as actors playing characters, she felt as if she was getting a look into someone else’s actual living room. This delusion continued, she said, until she was about 12 years old. She then said that when Howard left Happy Days, it scarred her and left a wound in her childhood. At this point, with the audience hoping a question was imminent, Hurwitz (who had the audience and panelists rolling throughout) leaned forward, looked at Howard and said, “This could end badly, Ron.” Everyone laughed, but the woman continued her questioning and pleaded with Howard that he produce Dan Brown’s new novel, The Lost Symbol, to help heal the wounds from her childhood. Howard laughed, and while admitting that these things take time, magnanimously assured the woman that there were development discussions underway.

LOL! Please make The Lost Symbol to help this woman heal her wounds from childhood, Ron Howard!

"This could end badly, Ron," indeed.