LastBoyScout Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Movies - E! Online "The Simpsons" Movie...Finally? Wed Feb 11, 4:10 PM ET Add Movies - E! Online to My Yahoo! By Joal Ryan In 1993, Matt Groening, in a caveman-era Internet chat, was asked if there'd ever be a Simpsons movie. He didn't say yes, he didn't say no. He said a film "is way down the line." • News: The Simpsons hits 300 • News: Woo-hoo! The Simpsons renewed! • News: Brazil has a cow over The Simpsons E! Online Photo _ He wasn't kidding. More than 10 years since that Net moment and more than 15 years since Groening's animated clan made their TV debut, The Simpsons is finally getting ready for its close-up. Maybe. Fox's feature-film animation division is "in the very early stages of developing an idea for the movie," exec Chris Meledandri said in Wednesday's Daily Variety. Per the trade paper, "at least seven" veteran Simpsons writers, including Groening and executive producers James L. Brooks and Al Jean, are at work on a script. Buzz about the long talked about Simpsons movie buzzed anew Tuesday when DVDFanatic.com posted an interview with producer Mike Reiss, another scribe apparently on the 'toon's big-screen development team. Reiss told the Website he could see Homer, et al., debuting in theaters in summer or Christmas 2006. "It's a reality after being just sort of this phantom idea," Reiss said on DVDFantatic.com. "I think it is really gonna happen." Reiss essentially has been saying the same thing at college campuses the nation over for at least a year. The Simpsons fan site the Simpsons Archive has a comprehensive rundown of all the times cast and crew, Reiss included, have blabbed about a big-screener. Something about Reiss' latest statement must have hit home. Fox, on behalf of Brooks, was prompted to release a statement to Variety, confirming the very poorly kept secret yet cautioning against reserving your tickets today. "This is our idea of how to whip up enthusiasm for an idea that hasn't been formed yet," Brooks said in the statement. To be sure, Reiss didn't have any specifics to offer, promising only that The Simpsons movie would bigger, longer and uncut. Any resemblance to 1999's South Park movie is purely intentional. Last year, Groening told the Hollywood Reporter that South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut was the only movie based on a TV show that wasn't "horrible." Picking up on the theme, Reiss, in a talk last year at Drexel University, said that "there was a Scooby-Doo movie so there will be a Simpsons movie," per the campus paper The Triangle. And like Scooby-Doo, Reiss joked, The Simpsons movie is "gonna suck pretty hard." According to Reiss, Fox has wanted to do a Simpsons movie since President Bush (news - web sites)'s father was President Bush. _ "Finally Fox said, 'Let's just do it!' " Reiss told DVDFanatic.com. "We never had the greatest idea that was compelling, but Fox said, 'Maybe if we start paying you, you'll get inspired.' And sure enough it worked!" Now 15 TV seasons old, The Simpsons hasn't been dulled by the weekly grind, averaging 12.9 million viewers so far this season, the Fox network's most-watched scripted series. While it may be best not to consider the movie a sure thing until it's in theaters, the prime-time 'toon is, already renewed through at least 2004- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 http://www.12ozprophet.com/ubb/icons/icon26.gif'> bring it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzep Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 hmmm... i dunno, i cant picture it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGBLUE Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 im going to request an audition to play Habib from 7-11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duh-rye-won Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Originally posted by BIGBLUE im going to request an audition to play Habib from 7-11 apu. cmon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 It's because the Simpson's is finally starting to go down hill. They wouldn't have done it years ago because movies of TV shows always kill one or the other... might as well cash-in before the Simpsons just turns into Family Guy 2. I wouldn't be surprised if most of it was written years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastBoyScout Posted February 13, 2004 Author Share Posted February 13, 2004 com'on dude the simpsons might be going down hill but family guy is simpsons2 has been and always will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Originally posted by LastBoyScout com'on dude the simpsons might be going down hill but family guy is simpsons2 has been and always will be exactly what i've been saying all along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsøn Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 I think this movie is getting made out of pure desperation. Cram a few more dollars into their pockets while they still can. I expect to be a crock of shit movie, with a bunch of shit songs, and in the end they'll move to Shelbyville. From 26' It's because the Simpson's is finally starting to go down hill. I think the Simpsons started going down hill about 4 years ago, yea the new episodes are still somewhat funny, but the story is nonexistent and Homer intelligence has been whittled down to a meer splinter. I think they should've quit while they're on top, like Seinfeld. Sure some more episodes would be nice, but I don't think I've been dissapointed by any single one that they did make. [/rant] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duh-rye-won Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 menage' milhouse. i always thought the simpsons was hot and cold. some ridiculously amazingly funny shit, some boring crap. the movie should be about milhouse losing his virginity to those two twins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETO Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 deto posted a thread about this almost 6 months ago...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dazzle Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Bad idea. I sure-fire sign that things are coming to an end...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azert Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 No! If they make a movie out of it, it will be ruined forever! It's happened in the past and it'll happen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plagiarism Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 ^^^ well southpark was able to pull it off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rad Pants Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 if the movie is going to be anything like the last few seasons then no thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azert Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Oh yeah I forgot about South Park.. Hmm maybe they will pull it off.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEE38 Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 as long as it has my lil guy ralph ill see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
test pattern Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 but consider beavis and butthead goodbye simpsons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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