Brace yourself Bluth fans, the long-rumored Arrested Development movie is actually going to happen. Actor Will Arnett, who starred as G.O.B. on the 2003 - 2006 Fox comedy series, claimed that the film is in the works and should be in theaters next year.

Arnett's confirmation on a recent episode of the WTF with Marc Maron Podcast is just the latest in a series of rumors surrounding a film since the program went off the air in February 2006.

Never a hit on broadcast television, Arrested Development has always had a strong online fan community. Various fan campaigns like SaveOurBluths.com (now defunct) tried to rally support for the series.

Even today, the Facebook page for the show, has more than 1.2 million fans. The show is one of the most popular shows of all time on Hulu and is also available on Netflix.

Stars from the show including Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Michael Cera have gone on to far greater success in movies in the years since the series ended.

Arrested Development fans have been down this road of film promises in the past. Let's just hope this time, it's for real. After all, there's always money in the banana stand.

[via Laist]