They've chosen a director for the new Simpsons movie, and it's
Steven Spielberg.
Wait. I'm sorry, I didn't have my glasses on. The director is actually David Silverman, a name Simpsons fans should immediately recognize. Silverman is a supervising animation director on the show and also worked on the movie Monsters, Inc.
While I'm sure David Silverman's direction will be just fine, I wonder if they ever considered having Brad Bird direct the film (or if Bird was even available, for that matter). Bird seems like an obvious choice to me, having worked on The Simpsons and also having helmed two of the more well-respected animated films in recent years, The Iron Giant and The Incredibles. I think a mix of Simpson-y irreverence mixed with Bird's knack for storytelling would have been nice, but oh well. I'm still excited, regardless.
Oh yeah, and Sitcoms Online is reporting that Albert Brooks (one of my favorite occasional guest voices) will make an appearance in the movie, too. This movie just keeps sounding better.
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4-04-2006 @ 1:39PM
Julen said...
I am great fan of Simpsosn but am what I am only ask is that they break with the last seasons disaustrous stories and get back to the aprox. first 10 seasons way-of-make the show.
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4-04-2006 @ 1:53PM
iData said...
The trailer is avail. on the apple website.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/thesimpsonsmovie/
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4-04-2006 @ 1:54PM
feld-a-mundo said...
I met Silverman when he spoke at my college almost ten years ago and think he's an excellent choice for the movie. He directed the first episode (the original Christmas special) and many excellent episodes over the years. From his talk, it was clear that he played a major role in the show's genesis. Good that they're keeping the movie "in the family."
Nothing against Bird. The IMDB says Bird is currently directing "Ratatouille," which likely precluded his participation.
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4-04-2006 @ 9:56PM
Salem said...
Brad Bird is currently re-tooling Ratattouille, the Pixar feature that will follow Cars, which recently lost it's original director...
And he was on the "pre" for the first "traditional" Pixar film too... So maybe he is "a little" busy right now...
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