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Despite little setbacks like 鈥渂eing canceled,鈥澛燗rrested Development聽is back in production for its fourth season to debut on Netflix 鈥� which will, if all goes well,lead into a major motion picture.

Mae Whitman (Parenthood), who previously played聽Egg聽Ann Veal, the on-again, off-again girlfriend of George Michael (Michael Cera), is back for season 4. In a recent interview, Whitman hinted at potential future plotlines for her character and spoke very highly about the quality of the production.

On what she can and can鈥檛 say regarding season 4 鈥� courtesy of聽The Huffington Post聽- Whitman said:

鈥淵ou know, I鈥檓 always confused about how much I can say, but what I do know is that 鈥� Alia [Shawkat, who plays Maeby F眉nke] is one of my best friends and Michaal [Cera is], too, so I definitely have seen some of the things that are going down with the show and it is amazing. It鈥檚 so incredible and so smart and wonderful and just outrageously great. People are going to absolutely love it. Fans of the show will really love what they鈥檙e doing with the new reboot of it and I definitely will say I could never let this opportunity go by without absolutely forcing myself to be a part of it. I would have done some crazy, crazy stuff if I thought for a second that I wasn鈥檛 going to be able to be a part of it. I feel so lucky to be such a small part of this.鈥�

Just as a clarification to that segment of the Internet that panics at the very mention of the word 鈥渞eboot鈥� 鈥� fear not, people. When Whitman says reboot, she actually means聽continuation. Moving on.

On possible plot developments for her character in the new season, Whitman said:

鈥淥ne thing I loved is that they sort of had Ann with Gob. [Laughs.] I thought that was so funny 鈥� Gob is such a ladies man and sort of actually getting in a serious relationship with Ann, which is so funny and so amazing. I would love to see where their relationship went and how that went down with George Michael. I would love to see more of what Ann and Gob鈥檚 relationship dynamic is. I think that would be amazingly funny and strange. [Laughs.]鈥�

It鈥檚 unclear if Mae Whitman is merely professing her appreciation for that particular season 3 plot point or if she is, in her own little way,聽hinting聽at what we can expect in terms of plot for season 4 and beyond.

For those not in the know, Gob Bluth and Annabelle 鈥� or as she is sometimes endearingly referred, Annhog, Plant, Bland, and聽Her?聽鈥� secretly became romantically involved in season 3 after she 鈥渨on鈥� third place at an inner beauty contest and subsequently dumped George Michael. When George Michael found out about their tryst in the (then) series finale, he punched Gob in the face. That was the last we saw of Ann Veal, so it would make sense for the forthcoming season to address Gob and Ann鈥檚 relationship (or, at the very least, reference it in passing).

In addition to the main cast, Mae Whitman joins other recurring cast membersLiza Minnelli聽(Lucille 2),聽Henry Winkler聽(Barry Zuckerkorn), Scott Baio (Bob Loblaw), and Jeff Garlin (Maeby鈥檚 movie producer boss), as well as newcomersJohn Slattery聽(Mad Men), Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), and Terry Crews (The Expendables 2). It鈥檚 only a matter of time before聽every single actor聽who ever appeared on the previous three seasons is booked for season 4.

Ben Moore blogs at Screen Rant.