Arrested Development season 5: Jessica Walter reveals 'everyone's on board'

The upcoming episodes will return to the format of the original three seasons

It always goes the same way: someone affiliated with Arrested Development gets interviewed, they're asked about the status of the heavily-teased upcoming season and will invariably say something that'll reignite the excitement of fans.

Now, however, It seems we actually have fresh news to get excited by courtesy of Jessica Walter who plays Bluth family matriarch, Lucille Bluth.

Following the first Emmy win for animated series Archer at last night's Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the actor stated: "It's looking real good. I don't have dates but everybody is on board."

Arrested Development was cancelled in 2006 but got resurrected by Netflix in 2013 thanks to a public outcry from its dedicated fanbase. Season 4 shook up the series' formula by focusing on one of the show's central characters per episode consequently eliminating the cast's chemistry which had previously set the comedy series apart.

Creator Mitchell Hurwitz - who earlier this year revealed season 5 is 'definitely happening' - recently cited early 2017 as a potential start date for filming.

The series stars Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Tony Hale, Portia de Rossi, David Cross and Transparent actor Jeffrey Tambor.