That’s right, kiddies, it’s a spy pic from the set of the Arrested Development movie/show (new episodes are set to hit Netflix in March in advance of the movie). An anonymous tipster sent in the picture, and the way the internet eats up anything (ANYTHING) AD related, I thought why not post it? Being the good internet know-it-alls you are, I’m sure you know all about the stair car and how it relates to the show, but just in case you don’t, there’s a whole goddamn wiki dedicated to Arrested Development and the stair car gets its own entry (I’d call it more of a stair truck, but what do I know).

The stair car is one of the few remaining modes of transport available to the Bluth family, and is frequently driven by Michael Bluth.

It was originally paired with the company jet, which was sold off to help deal with the company’s financial woes. It has a large Bluth Company logo on the side.

It has lead a notorious existence, knocking down homecoming banners, (“Queen for a Day“) helping inmates attempt to escape prison, (“Visiting Ours“) and letting people sneak to upstairs windows. (“Shock and Aww“).

I left part of it blurred out because it contains a possible spoiler, and one of the great ironies of the internet is that the same people who eat up every tiny morsel of information about the Arrested Development movie are the same who’d probably complain the loudest about “spoilers.” So, venture no further unless you don’t mind knowing what I imagine is a fairly minor story development. And let’s be honest, who watches a comedy show for the plot twists anyway?

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With Arrested Development set to hit Netflix this spring for 10 episodes leading up to the Arrested Development movie (I typed it twice for search purposes – CHA CHING!), the reunited cast put on some silly costumes and posed for Entertainment Weekly’s Reunions Issue. I love Arrested Development as much as the next guy, and I don’t want to dip my sweaty balls in the party punch or anything, but I’d recommend enjoying these stills and bathing in the warmth of your own nostalgia while you still can, because there’s no way the eventual movie is going to live up to eight years of internet hype. Even loving bacon gets obnoxious after a while. Ah, but we can enjoy the dream, can’t we?

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"Mira, would ju foke me? I foke me. I foke me, HAR'."

Quite a week in posters and stills I’ve got for you today, Drunkards. We’ve got the first set photos from the Arrested Development movie, Channing Tatum’s latest joint that you probably forgot about, the Red Dawn remake (ugh), The Expendables 2, and of course, James Bond and the whole Skyfall crew, including Javier Bardem, who looks like if Meekus from Zoolander starred in a remake of The Matrix.

“No, meethair Bon’, I esspec ju to be faboolouth. Ju are tacky, an I hate ju. Goo’ bye.”

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When it was officially announced last year that Arrested Development would be getting 10 new episodes set to premiere on Netflix in 2013 culminating in a movie, I fell to my knees and thanked God that I’d never have to write another “‘Sure, an Arrested Development movie sounds like a great idea,’ says actor who played minor character!” headline. Of course, if you know the internet, you know that even the massively complicated undertaking of 10 new episodes and a movie wouldn’t be enough to satisfy hardcore fans, who’ll accept nothing short of Fox traveling back in time, uncancelling the show in its prime, and returning their lost youth. The latest object of their anger? The perceived lack of Steve Holt, who was awesome because he wore a letterman jacket and constantly shouted his own name (all the cool kids do it).

Amid the clamor for the show’s fourth season, Reddit’s Arrested Development sub-group noticed that Justin Grant Wade, the actor who played Steve Holt, had not been contacted about the reprisal. While Wade played a minor character on Arrested Development, Steve Holt, the impressively well-meaning yet knuckleheaded high school jock, managed to stand out and develop a fanbase of his own. So it’s no surprise that his absence in the media blitz was noticed.

Helpful fans took a page out of Steve Holt’s student government run and started an online campaign to bring back everyone’s favorite walking catchphrase. There’s a Save Steve Holt website, blog, Facebook page, and Twitter account where the campaign is gaining some traction with the hashtag #savesteveholt. [Time via SlyOyster]

WHY WON’T YOU LET FANS WRITE YOUR SHOW FOR YOU, MITCH HURWITZ, YOU FASCIST! That said, it doesn’t seem that hard to incorporate Steve Holt back into the writing. Even if they’re already done, they could just write in something where every five minutes or so, it just cuts to Steve Holt, shouting Steve Holt! wherever happens to be at the time – Kinko’s, on the toilet, Einstein’s bagels, whatever. Or even better, that same bit, but with Abe Vigoda.

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Ever since the last episode of Arrested Development aired in 2006, we’ve heard rumors galore about a movie based on the hilarious poorly marketed Fox series. The speculation became increasingly frustrating over the last two years, as some cast members claimed it was happening while others (*cough* Michael Cera *cough*) reportedly wanted nothing to do with reviving the Bluth family.

Then in October, our nerd boners became fully engorged when the show’s creator, Mitch Hurwitz, told people at the New Yorker Festival that there would be another season of 10 episodes, finally culminating in the Arrested Development film. And we believed him because he was sitting with the entire cast when he said it.

But because we’ve grown weary of these rumors and letdowns, we need constant reassurance. Thankfully, writer Dean Lorey understands that and updated his blog accordingly over the weekend.

We’re really doing this thing. Mitch Hurwitz, Jim Vallely and I are off writing the new season of ARRESTED to premiere on Netflix in 2013. The original cast is back. There are offices and parking spaces. We’re shooting this year. I wish I could give more specifics but, for the moment, even the schedule is being kept under wraps. But it’s happening and it’s great to be back with my pals from the show.

This is the main reason why I didn’t cancel my Netflix account when all that new billing nonsense went down last year. Oh I wanted to raise a hell storm to voice my disapproval, but then I thought that maybe it was all a trick, and as soon as I went to close the mailbox on my last DVD return, J. Walter Weatherman would reach his arm in and it would be sliced off.

And only then would I learn that’s why you don’t cancel a DVD mailing subscription service.