ROTTEN TOMATOES: Matt Groening Discusses "The Simpsons Movie" (and "Futurama!")

Matt Groening Discusses "The Simpsons Movie" (and "Futurama!")

by Scott Weinberg | February 28, 2007

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And if you don't know who Matt Groening is, then you probably have no interest in seeing "The Simpsons Movie" in the first place...

Mr. Groening (aka the creator of all things Springfield) recently gave a solid interview to Crave Online, the highlights of which focused on where the series was headed, how the movie would impact the series (not at all), AND some mildly juicy details on those "Futurama" DVD movies that should hit stores some time next year.

Other questions answered include "Which Simpsons writers and directors are involved in the movie?", "How much nudity will be in the flick?" and "What's the deal with those Futurama movies?" -- to which Groening responded: "Well, I was frustrated when it got cancelled, but Fox, 20th Television is the one who came back and said, "Would you like to do a DVD movie?" and we said, "Let's do two" and they said, "Well, why not three?" and we said, "Well, why not four?" and they said, "Okay, four" and then that's it."

I also found it amusing that Matt Groening and I have the same favorite "Simpsons" episode. (RIP, Frank Grimes!) "The Simpsons Movie" hits theaters this July.

Source: Crave Online

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COME ON! writes:
on Feb 28 2007 06:26 AM

Straight-to-DVD Futurama movies ? I thought Futurama was going to make a comeback on Comedy Central in 2008 ?

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gizmo12688 writes:
on Feb 28 2007 06:41 AM

In reply to this comment (#857045)
i thought the "comeback" on CC was reruns only?

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Daveed writes:
on Feb 28 2007 06:51 AM

The show's comeback will be on Comedy Central in 2008. They opted to pick up the old episodes from Adult Swim at that time and then also decided to make new episodes as well. The movies are a separate thing, but welcome nonetheless.

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skasforfags writes:
on Feb 28 2007 08:28 AM

The Futurama news, whatever it may be, is much more exciting than The Simpsons news.

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MovieSamurai writes:
on Feb 28 2007 08:44 AM

"What ever happened to old Grimey?"

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TheIceGhost writes:
on Feb 28 2007 08:53 AM

The interview says they'll be 16 new episodes and 4 DVD's of Futurama.

The Important Parts of the Interview:

Crave Online: Are they really full movies or just three episodes together?

Matt Groening: We're writing them as movies and then we're going to chop them up, reconfigure them, write new material and try to make them work as separate episodes.

Crave Online: How will you turn those into episodes then?

Matt Groening: We are reconfiguring them and writing new material and narration and this that and the other so that they'll stand on their own as episodes.

Crave Online: Could it go on beyond that?

Matt Groening: I hope so. My guess now is that this is basically a season that we're in production on which is complicated because they're also DVDs, so that they'll probably wait and see how they do and then we'll get the pickup.

Crave Online: You never gave up on Futurama, did you?

Matt Groening: ...When it came time when the show did come back, everybody without exception said, "I'm on board." At this point, I said, "We're thinking of gearing up the show again." They said, "I'm on board." Everybody, Katy Sagal, all the actors, John Dimaggio, Billy West. The original animation team, the original animation house, the original writers. Everybody came back. It was great.

4 DVD's, 16 'new' episodes, everyone is coming back. THANK YOU!

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COME ON! writes:
on Feb 28 2007 09:16 AM

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That's great news, IceGhost! Awesome !

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Scito writes:
on Feb 28 2007 09:46 AM

I thought the Simpsons movie was supposed to be the grand finale and the television series would end after that.

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lazarus28 writes:
on Feb 28 2007 04:17 PM

I read in an interview that the 16 episodes would just be the DVD movies chopped up with some added intros and conclusions so that they's stand alone as individual episodes. that is what comedy central plans on airing.

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futuramafan10 writes:
on Mar 01 2007 12:15 PM

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[b]YESSS!!![/b]
i dont care wat it is, as long futurama is going to be back sometime inthe near future!!! who even cares about the simpsons anymore, i hope that movies bombs

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