Development Developments

Here’s an interview with Alia Shawkat who plays Maeybe on Arrested Development. In it she provides her take on the uncertainty over whether the show has been cancelled or not.

E Online has this and not very much else. It’s optimistic, but there’s not an awful lot to go on.

HOPEFUL DEVELOPMENT? Executive producer Brian Grazer telling CNN Headline News' Showbiz Tonight he's in talks with other networks about picking up Arrested Development after Fox axed the offbeat Emmy-winning comedy from its schedule.

And in AD related news this is on Comedy Central’s roster of new pilots.

* "Freak Show," an animated series from David Cross and Jon Benjamin ("Dr. Katz," "Home Movies") about a group of sideshow performers -- including a pair of Siamese twins, the World's Tallest Nebraskan and The Bearded Clam -- who are also B-list superheroes. When a crisis is too small for the Justice Squad, they step in.

And here's an interesting article about Henry Winkler, AD's Barry Zukerkorn. He has authored a series of comic books about his childhood and interesting fact, his stepson is Morrissey's manager.