There have been rumors andactive discussions about a fifth seasonever since.
Our agents got phone calls that were like, We want to make deals with everybody!'
So thats, like, a sign somethings happening.

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Shawkat knows thatArrested Developmentcreator Mitchell Hurwitz has had some meetings about the next phase of the shows life.
and while they were filming the last season, Hurwitz teased Shawkat about her characters future.
He was like: We pick up with you in the penitentiary!'
(PossibleOrange Is the New Blackcrossover?)
Shawkat was a young teenager when she started working onArrested.
Now 27, she has become philosophical about the shows place in culture and in her life.
Maybe itll never end, she says.
Maybe thats the point.
What was that BBC show,Seven Up!and42 Up?
Thats what it kind of feels like.
Im flattered that peoplestillare, like, Another round!'
For more from Shawkat, check out this weeks issue ofEntertainment Weekly.