/Film reported today that 20th Century Fox has hired director Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) to direct a made-for-TV documentary about The Simpsons.

Spurlock was quoted saying: “When they first called me about this, I thought it was a prank and I hung up. And then my agent called back and said, ‘No, no, this is for real,’ at which point I fainted. Then when I woke up, I called everyone I knew because it was the coolest thing I could ever get to do in my career.” Spurlock will also be on hand at this year’s Comicon, looking for fans to cast in the film.

Although Fox has been dropping the ball over the last few years film-wise, if there’s one thing they know how to do is television. Most of the top-rated shows on broadcast and cable are produced by Fox. I would really like to see a documentary about The Simpsons and how they have existed for so long. The fact that Morgan Spurlock is directing it only adds to my excitement.

What do you all think of this doc? Will it be worth the hype? And worth Spurlock’s involvement?

Last week I attended the Night at The Museum: Battle of The Smithsonian premiere, I’ve already posted some of my interviews which you can check out in our back log. Now here’s another one of the quick interviews I got to do with the Hank Azaria.

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In a recent Wired Seth McFarlane has detailed a possible Family Guy theatrical film.

This is what McFarlane had to say about the film:

We want to do it. Fox wants it. We know what we want to do with it. It’s just a question of finding the time. That’s why The Simpsons took so many years to do theirs. It wasn’t because they didn’t know what they wanted to do with it. They just couldn’t fit it into the schedule. There’s so much to do for a weekly animated series — twice as much as you have to do for a live-action show. So, we’re finding time where we can. We’re in the early stages right now.

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