The Simpson's Movie Confirmed

bagsc writes "BBC News reports Twentieth Centruy Fox confirms The Simpsons are going to the movies! Should hit theatres in 2007." From the article: "A 25-second trailer for the film has been shown to US audiences at screenings of Ice Age: The Meltdown, promising to introduce 'the greatest hero in American history'. It then cut to Homer Simpson, wearing only his underwear, who admitted: 'I forgot what I was supposed to say.'"

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Re:Quickest way to Jump the Shark

[Hao Wu]

And I can't think of any other animated TV shows that have been made into a movie,

Rugrats!

I would also say Spongebob, but that show actually ended by the time the movie happened.

Preview was a dud

[kyndig]

I just went and watched Ice Age 2. It had a preview for The Simpsons. The preview was of a SuperMan shield scrolling up, and then an image of Homer sitting on a couch. The preview stated The Simpsons Movie would be out July 27th 2007 ( almost a year away!..one heck of a trailer )

Simpsons teaser playing at a theatre near you

[twentyflights]

i work at a movie theatre. we've been running the teaser in fron of Ice Age 2 since friday morning.

Re:Quickest way to Jump the Shark

[Txiasaeia]

"Jumping the shark" originates in the show Happy Days when the Foz is waterskiing. He's not looking where he's going, and all of a sudden a shark is in his path. Next, in what was intended as a serious moment (the gang is all looking scared), the Foz hits a ramp and... jumps the shark. It was absolutely ridiculous, but the show tried to portray it as a scary and dramatic moment.

So the jump itself *is* the crash - at least, so long as we're using Happy Days as a model.