According to Jason Bateman, the Arrested Development movie has a plot, and completion by the end of the year is definitely looking possible.

Just last month series creator Mitch Hurwitz said that the Arrested Development movie was moving ahead at full speed and that he hoped to film it before the end of the year.  After so many false starts it was hard not to say it was just another false start and that you didn’t want to get your hopes up.  Luckily it appears that there truly is movement this time.

Speaking with MTV News to promote the upcoming alien comedy Paul, Jason Bateman spoke to the current status of the film.  He said that he had a meeting with Mr. Hurwitz, and while the script isn’t yet completed, he was able to lay out the entire plot of the film for the actor. It’s incredible. It’s everything you would want it to be and more,” Mr. Bateman told MTV News. ” I really hope he finishes it soon so we can have a shot of doing it before the end of the year.”

“For the very first time, he sat me down last week to talk abut what he’s got and where he’s going and what do I think,” Bateman said. “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.”

We can only hope this really is finally coming together.  My only fear is that the series was such a slow build with some jokes being telegraphed half a season before they happened (Buster and his hand), that the idea of trying to cram all of the adventures of the characters into the confines of a movie may be tough, but I’m definitely along for the ride.