It is not a matter if, but when
It took 16 years before Matt Groening and all of the talent behind "The Simpsons" decided it was time to do a big screen version of the yellow-hued family. Then it took four years of work to create the feature film that was released last year.
The film was a success. So when Matt Groening showed up at the Television Critics Association meeting, going on at this moment in Los Angeles, it was a good opportunity to ask him if there was a chance a second movie would be made.
Groening says "probably," but don't look for it anytime soon. You will just have to be content with the small screen version for now.
When a second film is made, Groening promises he won't follow the current trend with film animation.
"It will not be computer generated 3-D characters," Groening says.
Why, you might ask? It seems the man who has created one of the most popular 2-D animated series in history gets a little freaked out when he sees CGI critters like those in "Kung-Fu Panda."
"I look at them and they have human eyes. The eye has an iris," Groening says. He goes on to explain animals should never have human eyes. Groening is very happy with his team of animators who create eyes by drawing a perfect circle and putting a dot in the middle. And that's the way Bart, Homer and the gang will be drawn when a film sequel is made.


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