'Arrested Development' is getting a remix...and a fifth season

On the next Arrested Development, the Bluths are back – and their old adventures are getting an update. Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz announced Tuesday via Twitter that Season 5 is on its way to Netflix, and that Season 4 – which garnered mixed reviews – will be recut, "remixed," and available Friday.

In the announcement letter Hurwitz said Season 5 would be coming to Netflix "soon. Like real soon. Like, if you knew when, you would not be wrong to be thinking 'why are we all just hearing this now?'"

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To give fans something to tide them over as they wait for Season 5 and an official date announcement, Hurwitz went on to explain the Season 4 remix. When Season 4 debuted on Netflix in 2013, the stories were presented nonlinearly – that is, viewers could watch them in any order and piece together the story that way, as opposed to a traditional TV narrative.

The recut version will turn those 15 character-centric episodes into 22 episodes, a more traditional episode count for a TV season, and include all the Bluths in every episode, like the original series. Hurwitz said this version is "funny in a whole new way."

Arrested Development Season 4 Remix: Fateful Consequences premieres May 4 on Netflix.