Seth MacFarlane reveals Oscar contest, ‘Family Guy’ movie plans
December 1, 2012 06:25 pm
MacFarlane has toyed with this idea for a number of years,
and the show has done some direct-to-video specials. But it has also been a
long time since he has discussed it. Now, he reveals, it’s basically a
sure-thing.
“It’s just a matter of when,” MacFarlane said. “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.”
After the blockbuster success of his R-rated stuffed-bear movie Ted this summer, MacFarlane is in a good place to start pushing whatever film projects he likes. And he revealed that he already has a story in place for Family Guy’s move to the big screen.
“We do know what the Family Guy movie will be. 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 said. “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.”
Does that mean that the story is so epic, it transcends the
small screen? Or that he is planning something so crass and rude that it’s not
fit for the airwaves?
MacFarlane already said too much. “I can’t tell you what
that is,” he said, to disappointed groans from the students. (EW.com)
