Jason Bateman Offers You Update No. 1,741 on the Arrested Development Movie

Until an Arrested Development film is released, it will be impossible for the original cast members to promote any project without being barraged with questions about a Bluth family reunion. Such was the case for Jason Bateman while trying to plug his upcoming alien flick Paul, and miraculously, the actor had new insight on Mitch Hurwitz's progress.

While Bateman still has not seen a single page of the much-much-much-anticipated script, he does know the plot.

"For the very first time, [Hurwitz] sat me down last week to talk about what he's got and where he's going and what do I think," Bateman told MTV recently. "As a fan of the show, I was vibrating with excitement that he was pulling me behind the curtain. So I can confirm what his update was, which was that he is very deep into the work on it and the odds of him getting it done before the end of the year, as he says he wants to, are good."

So what did Bateman think of the storyline?

"It's incredible," the actor said. "It's everything you would want it to be and more. I really hope he finishes it soon so we can have a shot of doing it before the end of the year."

While that would be fantastic, no one here at Movieline HQ is holding their breath. And you shouldn't either.

· Jason Bateman Knows The 'Arrested Development' Movie's Plot, Says It's 'Incredible' [MTV Movies Blog]