It has been more than seven years since "Arrested Development" went off the air. The 2003 sitcom - which followed the adventures of the dysfunctional Bluth family - aired on Fox for three seasons to critical acclaim, but was canceled in 2006.

But now, it's back and bigger than ever with a brand new season premiere on Netflix on May 26 - and a midstate native helped make it happen.

John Foy grew up in Camp Hill and fell in love with Hollywood on a tour of Universal Studios on a family trip to Los Angeles. After graduating from Temple University in the 80s he packed his bags and moved out to Tinseltown. He's produced reality shows "The Biggest Loser" and "Obsessed," but now he's turning his focus to the world of scripted series.

A producer on the latest season of "Arrested Development," Foy was in charge of hiring crew and coordinating everyone on the production to ensure the dream became a reality.

Bringing back a cult classic like "Arrested Development" is definitely nerve-racking, according to Foy.

"With this show, its been off the air for so long that the audience now is larger and more rabid for this show than it would have if [the show] had continued for seven years," he said. "The expectations for this are the highest possible right now."

"To [Mitchell Hurwitz, the show creator]'s credit, there are plenty of ideas that are hysterical and great," Foy said. "He was very aware of what the fans like and want."

As for working with Hurwitz and the cast - "It was exactly what you would want and expect it would be," Foy said. "Half of the reason [the show] is so great is that vibe."

The whole production was shrouded in secrecy and they were constantly worried about things getting out. One set of items - photographs of Hurwitz's master plan for the show - were especially prized.

The photos depicted Hurwitz's grand vision, which was pasted on a wall in a room. In it, each character had a colored index card that represented them. The story was then told left to right, with up and down showing chronology. Yarn went from one card to another showing commonalities and where characters met up.

It was like looking at a serial killer's notes - the wall covered in photographs that reveals the grandiose scheme, Foy said. Because production was split into multiple buildings, photos were taken of the plan and given to select production staff and writers to work on.

"There was no way we could duplicate that room," Foy said. "So that was the most coveted picture in town. We had to cover them up and make sure we knew how many there were out there and they had to be checked."

"It was a big secret, but it was all worth it because - so far - I haven't seen anything [spoilers] out there yet."

John Foy - who grew up in Camp Hill - with his wife, Marnie Foy, at the "Arrested Development" season four world premiere at the Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.

But as soon as midnight hits on May 26 all the secrets will be out for the world to see, as all 15 episodes will be online at once.

Working with Netflix, as opposed to traditional cable networks, came with its own set of challenges. "Functionally, it's more nerve-racking because we have to deliver everything," he said. "It's not like the olden days where you have one episode that comes on next week and you don't have to finish it that week, because you can finish it the next one. Now everything has to be turned in - and with Netflix, since its a worldwide internet thing, they flip the switch and it's all over the world - all the captioning, all the translations, it all had to be delivered to them prior."

Foy believes Netflix is the way of the future. "I'd be surprised at the state of the big networks ten years from now," he said. "My kids - I have a 7-year-old and an 11-year-old - they don't know what NBC, CBS or ABC is. They know their shows and they go online and watch stuff they've never seen before."

"This is a moment in broadcasting history where - whether this model works or not - this is your first try on a solely web based company," Foy said. "Everyone else has a web presence, but it's a channel first. This is the first real attempt to put original programming on the web."

"This process, fail or not - and obviously with 'House of Cards' it's not failing and it won't fail with ['Arrested Development'] either - this moment in broadcasting history will be taught all around the world," he said.

The ability to watch episodes at your own pace, which Netflix allows, makes it an especially alluring platform for shows like "Arrested Development."

"You can watch our 15 episodes and literally finish and start over and you will see stuff you never saw the first go round - and then you can do it again," Foy said. "Every show is so dense with jokes and set pieces and posters on the wall - [Hurwitz] prides himself on that. It makes watching multiple times very fun."

With test audiences, Foy noticed that many really should watch the episodes again - because they ended up laughing through most of the jokes. "People who had never seen the episodes before, they were laughing and the laughter was so big they missed three or four jokes before it died down - and then it'd start back up again," he recalled.

Even Foy watches the shows multiple times. In fact, he says that he'll be joining the legion of fans that tune in as soon as the episodes drop.

But before they do - here are six bits of information on the new season and the future of "Arrested Development" - straight from Foy.

Each main character has roughly two episodes in which they are central to the show.

The whole thing was shot in 82 days

There's even more information in the trailer than you've spotted.

One poster is very, very important.

The movie dream is not dead

The episodes happen simultaneously in the shows universe,

DETAILS: The entire fourth season of "Arrested Development" will be available on Netflix streaming at midnight, May 26.