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Originally Posted by elwood731
I doubt it has anything to do with getting away with stuff that the censors wouldn't allow. The Simpsons has never been Family Guy, or even Futurama, when it comes to pushing boundaries. Maybe when it first premiered, but not in years.
So why do it? Well, how much could it possibly cost to make such a film? $10-20 million? How much will it make opening weekend? I would wager $50 million...easy. So it will double its budget in one weekend, and probably is guaranteed to make $100 million. Just good business sense.
I would be most happy if they went back and hired some of their old writers to help contribute to this film. Not just because the show used to be better, but also because I think a good mix of humor could be infused into the film. My guess, though, is that we'll see an overdose of celebrities doing guest voices.
They one time joked that Bart would lose his virginity in the movie, so who knows?
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Although you're probably correct, "because it'll make a boatload of cash" is a piss poor reason to make a film. I'm not sure it'll have the huge opening weekend you're predicting though. The Simpsons are on TV right now almost 24 hours a day (by that I mean that dpending on where you are you can catch them at some point in the day at least once and probably more). I think anyone who wants to watch them is probabaly getting their fill, for free.