"Arrested Development"s chances looking better?

From E!'s Kristin's message boards

[Hey all --

I, too, have seen the report on betterthanfudge.com that Arrested has
been picked up for 12 episodes.

"No deal yet. It's closer, but not done. The chances are now 50/50."

Yee!!!

So good news -- it looks like Arrested could be saved!

Go Bluths!]

and...

[So, I'm watching the "season" finale of Arrested Development ...
again. (What can I say? It's genius and I need a life.)

And I completely forgot until this moment about something Jason
Bateman said to me a while ago, as we were discussing what would
happen with Arrested Development.

He told me that the very final scene, "On the Next Arrested
Development," would be very poignant ... and give "a pretty good image
of what the future may hold."

That final scene was, of course, Ron Howard telling Maebe, "It doesn't
work as a TV show. Maybe a movie."

So, anywway, just offering up that glimmer of hope, that should the
show not go to Showtime or ABC, it *could* end up on the big screen
... which would be ... spectacular, no?]