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Seth MacFarlane: 'Family Guy movie will happen'


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#1 Rappy

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 15:41

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Seth MacFarlane has revealed that a Family Guy movie will definitely be produced in the future.

The Family Guy creator told UCLA students this week that he already has an idea in mind for a potential big screen spinoff for the Griffins, according to Entertainment Weekly.

"It's just a matter of when," MacFarlane disclosed. "It's hard to do that while you have the series going on at the same time; I think that's why it took The Simpsons 20 seasons to figure out how to do it."

MacFarlane went on to say that he wants a Family Guy film to differ from 2007's The Simpsons Movie, which centred on Bart trying to stop a maniacal environmentalist from destroying Springfield.

"We do know what the Family Guy movie will be," he explained. "The Simpsons Movie, I thought, was hilarious, but the one criticism I would have is that it's a story they probably could've done on TV. There could've been an episode that had that plotline."

He continued: "That's the challenge with animation. You pretty much can do any story you want, so what is the reason for the movie? We finally hit on the answer to that question, and it will be something that would be impossible to do on TV."

MacFarlane declined to reveal any concrete details about the Family Guy film's storyline.

Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis and MacFarlane are among the voice cast for Family Guy, which has run for more than 190 episodes on Fox.

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 15:44

YAY.

In before uptight people start saying how unfunny this show is.

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 15:45

I think it's actually one of the more clever shows on TV...but most people don't see the actual high-level humor in it most of the time. They just see the low-brow stuff and sort of move on.

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 15:48

That's great news

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 15:49

They already had one "movie", but I guess this sounds like it's supposed to be much larger scale. I guess the other one would be considered a long episode dvd release? I've always enjoyed Family Guy, but I don't really keep up anymore. I've still got the episodes saved though. They are good for those rainy days when there's nothing else to watch. Right now my focus is on catching up on Breaking Bad though. Just started season 3 and I love it!

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 15:51

View PostAJerman, on 30 November 2012 - 15:49, said:

They already had one "movie", but I guess this sounds like it's supposed to be much larger scale. I guess the other one would be considered a long episode dvd release? I've always enjoyed Family Guy, but I don't really keep up anymore. I've still got the episodes saved though. They are good for those rainy days when there's nothing else to watch. Right now my focus is on catching up on Breaking Bad though. Just started season 3 and I love it!

Ya it was, shortly after it was aired as 3 episodes on tv. Just like the starwars ones. I think seth wants to do a real movie and im willing to bet it will have swearing and more adult themes that the tv network would otherwise cut out. Maybe Herbert will finally get laid.

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 15:51

Meh. I'm tired of Seth MacFarlane.

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 15:55

Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story was always meant to be a longer form episode chopped into their own separate episodes at a later point.

It wasn't really a movie per se, more of a project that they knew they would get more out of later on when it appeared on TV as 3 separate episodes with things changed around and such.

It's similar to what they did with the Star Wars episodes. Longer DVD versions, shortened TV versions to be aired at a later date.

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 15:55

I'm guessing since he's the highest paid tv writer / producer there's a lot of people that aren't tired of him. He's like the Microsoft of tv writers. You can hate all you want but he's on top so who cares.

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 15:58

View PostColin McGregor, on 30 November 2012 - 15:55, said:

I'm guessing since he's the highest paid tv writer / producer there's a lot of people that aren't tired of him. He's like the Microsoft of tv writers. You can hate all you want but he's on top so who cares.

Pretty much this. I think part of it is that he's so involved and has fun doing what he does. Sort of like the reason South Park is still funny.

I love that South Park is also sort of a madhouse when it comes to how they plan, write, animate, and air the shows. They are literally doing things up to the wire to make sure that they produce a show that is entirely relevant to recent events at times. It's amazing to watch the '6 Days to Air' documentary.

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 16:14

View PostColin McGregor, on 30 November 2012 - 15:55, said:

I'm guessing since he's the highest paid tv writer / producer there's a lot of people that aren't tired of him. He's like the Microsoft of tv writers. You can hate all you want but he's on top so who cares.
So by expressing my opinion I'm suddenly a hater.

Nice.
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 16:19

View Postahhell, on 30 November 2012 - 16:14, said:

So by expressing my opinion I'm suddenly a hater.

Nice.
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Um, you actually use the word "hate" in your signature...just sayin...

And yes; I am aware that your signature has nothing to do with this post.

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 16:28

View PostTheReasonIFailed, on 30 November 2012 - 16:19, said:

Um, you actually use the word "hate" in your signature...just sayin...

And yes; I am aware that your signature has nothing to do with this post.
Your post has nothing to do with this thread.

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 16:33

View Postahhell, on 30 November 2012 - 16:28, said:

Your post has nothing to do with this thread.

well they did call you a hater basically, and you have the word hate in your sig so obviously 2 + 1 = 4

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 16:41

View Postneufuse, on 30 November 2012 - 16:33, said:

well they did call you a hater basically, and you have the word hate in your sig so obviously 2 + 1 = 4

How bout this? Haters feel the need to let everyone know of their hate of XX person or show, the people that dislike it just move on without posting, most will read only the title before moving on, haters have to come in and instigate