Rumors: Alleged 'Arrested Development' Movie Plot Gets All Meta

If after all this time you read the words "Arrested Development" and "movie" in the same headline and still couldn't help clicking, your fortitude, patience and clear devotion to gone-too-soon TV genius knows no bounds.

Really, we'd have understood. Whether or not this movie will ever happen is as great a mystery as any in Hollywood that I could name. Think of what's been ticked off the list during every "Arrested Development" movie-rumor's respective lifespan.

Guns 'n Roses finally finished "Chinese Democracy." It was disappointing.

After 12 years in development, gamers finally got to play the long-promised first-person shooter "Duke Nukem Forever." I remain convinced that what I played was a much-delayed April Fool's prank, and a GOOD "Duke Nukem" game is coming. Nothing that bad could take 12 years to finish.

Dr. Dre has even promised that his long-awaited final album, "Detox," will ultimately drop in 2012. Sure it will, Doc.

But this? This is our pop-culture Bigfoot. It's our white whale. It's our Philosopher's Stone. It's cold fusion.

It's so elusive, the teases get abusive.

But just in case you can stand one more titilating rumor....*deep breath in, and out*....here we go.

ScreenRant claims that the plot details they're reporting as "rumor" currently will be made official within the next few weeks. Sure.

Just in case, though....

In the alleged plot, Ron Howard makes a movie about the Bluths that features one blockbuster of an A-list cast, plus Tobia Funche (David Cross). He ends up playing himself because not another single actor wants the part.

Not to be outdone, the Bluth family counters by putting together their own autobiographical take to compete with Howard's version.

So to make a long story short: brace yourselves, the Bluths are going "meta" with this one.

Then again, why not. It's not like "Arrested Development" left its fourth wall entirely intact.