whitesoxjr27 Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 All E! Online Movie News -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E! Online Photo More Photos... Ay Caramba! "Simpsons" Movie Going Wednesday June 8 4:52 PM ET Get ready to toast your Flaming Moes to some excellent news. The Simpsons movie is off the drawing board and in preproduction. "You know what? We've just done the table read for The Simpsons movie, so although we've been promoting that we're going to do it, now we're actually doing it and are in production," Nancy Cartwright, who gives voice to Bart Simpson, told BBC Radio 1 this week. ADVERTISEMENT Cartwright, in London doing publicity for her one-woman show, My Life as a Ten-Year-Old Boy, indicated that the movie is still in the preliminary script development stage and it will take at least two years before it's fully animated and ready for release. "I don't know the name of it, and I can't go into details about it, and we'll just have to see how it goes, but I think it's going to be great and the fans are going to dig it," she added. Producers had always indicated that the movie would likely debut after the TV show ran its course. But with the show continuing to perform well, averaging about 10 million viewers last season, the Simpsons brain trust decided to move forward now, according to a rep for 20th Century Fox, which will distribute the Simpsons film. "They are working on hammering out a script, but there's no title or production date or release date," studio spokeswoman Antonia Coffman told E! Online Wednesday. "We always wanted the show to end first but it just keeps going. Now they've worked out a team to simultaneously do [both the film and show]." Rumors of a Simpsons movie seem to surface every few years, usually sparked by the 'toon's mastermind, Matt Groening, which then sends long-time Homer honks into a frenzy of anticipation. But such talk turned out to be premature in the past as Groening and fellow executive producers James L. Brooks and Al Jean chose to wait for the show to wind down. The closest The Simpsons has come to the big screen was a computer-generated Homer cameo for the 2000 IMAX 3-D flick, CyberWorld. Coffman says that there are still many details to iron out before the feature kicks into high gear, including who's going to do the animation--Film Roman, which has done so since the TV series' inception, or another production house. This fall will see The Simpsons embark on season 17. Fox and show producers foresee the cartoon cast fulfilling its current contract, which runs through a 19th season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Too bad the Simpsons is HORRIBLE nowadays. I'd see the movie if they got some of the writers from Seasons 3-6 to write it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan562004 Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 eh, 5 years ago I would have been excited as hell for this, but IMO the quality of the Simpsons has taken a hard drop in the last few seasons. The writing is very preachy now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 They've been in pre-production on this thing since 1992. I'm not going to believe it's really happening until I actually am sitting in the theater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 SWEET! This is great news. Now I can see jokes be recycled for the third, fourth, and if I'm truly lucky, fifth time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 the simpsons stopped being good 5 years ago. we all know this is going to be pure crap with about 1000 celebrity cameos and a terrible plotline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Jun 9, 2005 -> 06:37 PM) the simpsons stopped being good 5 years ago. we all know this is going to be pure crap with about 1000 celebrity cameos and a terrible plotline. The plots have gotten so bad that they just make fun of their own plotlines. To me, that just sounds like they're saying, "we don't give a s*** how bad this is, we know you'll still watch it and we're still comic geniuses (or is that genii?)." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jun 9, 2005 -> 07:14 PM) The plots have gotten so bad that they just make fun of their own plotlines. To me, that just sounds like they're saying, "we don't give a s*** how bad this is, we know you'll still watch it and we're still comic geniuses (or is that genii?)." i don't watch any of the new ones anymore, neither does anyone i know. ...sounds like its not exactly working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Jun 9, 2005 -> 08:02 PM) i don't watch any of the new ones anymore, neither does anyone i know. ...sounds like its not exactly working. I don't either, but apparently someone is still watching. Enough people to keep the damn show on the air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 That piece of s*** show will never go away. It will keep on sucking right into 2020. A Simpsons Movie may have been a good idea in like '96 back when the show was still funny but now it would be just stupid to make a movie out of a show that's not even funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jun 9, 2005 -> 06:14 PM) I don't either, but apparently someone is still watching. Enough people to keep the damn show on the air. I do. I'm currently sitting at a grand total of 1 episode missed (damn DirecTV rainstorm effect)... And it's really pissing me off too. It was the episode where Marge's sister came out of the closet, and I think Fox is resisting showing in reruns because of the political content. I've seen every one of the reruns from that same month at least 1 or 2 times already. It's not Family Guy funny right now, but it's still worth watching, at least to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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