The Simpsons Movie

New Simpsons poster online

The love for the upcoming Simpsons movie keeps increasing. While over a dozen cities called Springfield are battling to become known as the official Springfield and earn the right to host the world premiere of the movie, Fox also grabs some more attention for their movie with this brand new, and pretty cool poster.

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Springfields still battling for title of real Simpsons Springfield

If you want to see what the inhabitants of Springfield, Missouri are going through to make sure their city is named as the real Springfield, then you should head on over to the link under this article, which gives a detailed description of the video the people of Missouri made to convince the filmmakers they are the real deal.

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New Simpsons trailer online

There's a new trailer online for the Simpsons Movie, which shows you a lot more about the actual storyline than any of the previous trailers. There's going to be a lot happening in this movie, and it looks like it could be one of the most packed pics we have ever seen. Well, with such a huge cast of characters (seems like all our favorites from the TV show are going to be there), and after so many years in the making, what else can you really expect?

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Which Springfield is the real Springfield?

The producers of the Simpsons Movie have started a contest, in which every city in American that is called Springfield can compete for the title of being the real Simpsons Springfield. To compete, they have to make a short film showing how much their city is like the Springfield from the series, with the winning city receiving a free advance premiere of the movie. Apparently, no less than 16 Springfields have entered the contest, with one Springfield turning their nose at the contest (17 cities with the same name? Talk about a lack of inspiration!). "Everything the fictitious Springfield is, we're not," said Mac TIlberg, City Manager for Springfield Minnesota. "We're a clean, close-knit community. There's no pollution, no waste dumps, nobody misbehaving all the time. And we don't want to be made a parody of." I'm guessing they are taking things a bit too seriously, but at least this leaves the sixteen other Springfields with a bigger chance of winning this thing.

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Simpsons writer Al Jean happy that it took so long for them to make the movie

Fans of the Simpsons may have been waiting anxiously for a movie version of their favorite series for a long, looooong time, but according to writer Al Jean, the wait was actually a good thing. Or, as he told Empire Magazine: "We couldn't do it before 2001, as we didn't have the voice cast signed. If we had done it ten years ago we wouldn't have had the ability to do the animation that we have now. We couldn't have made this film five years ago."

Green Day remakes Simpsons theme song, released in three versions

In case you are wondering what happened to the Simpsons theme song when you are watching the movie, you can blame Green Day. They recorded the new song, which will be released in three different ways: Warner Bros Records will release it as a single, Fox Music will sell the score to the movie digitally, and Extreme Music will sell the CD in clamshell cases that are shaped like a donut. I'll have me one of that last variation please! Besides remaking the theme song, Green Day will also star in the movie.

Japanese Simpsons poster online

The Internet Movie Poster Awards has posted the Japanese version of the Simpsons teaser poster, which is more or less a variation on the poster we already knew, but showing us more. Click!

Unfinished scene from the Simpsons Movie

This one has been doing the rounds on the Net already for some weeks, but in case you haven't seen it, it's a funny look at what to expect from the movie. It's a colorless version of a scene from The Simpsons Movie, but you won't miss the color at all.

This one has been doing the rounds on the Net already for some weeks, but in case you haven't seen it, it's a funny look at what to expect from the movie. It's a colorless version of a scene from The Simpsons Movie, but you won't miss the color at all.

Two new Simpsons teasers online

There are two new teaser trailers online for the upcoming Simpsons movie. Neither of these trailers are earth shattering, and they really only have a little bit of new footage (with the added problem for non-Spanish speakers that one of the teasers is indeed in Spanish), but still at least it's something to hold you over until the next real trailer. Click here for the Spanish teaser, and here for a UK one.

The Animated Movies for 2007

2006 was a very succesful year for animated movies. A dozen of them debuted in theaters worldwide, and even though not all of them were breakout hits (think Ant Bully, Everyone's Hero), most of them were at least able to pack theaters for several weeks, with some of them (Cars, Ice Age 2, Happy Feet) found their way into territory marked 'box office smash'. So, now we've seen the debut of 2006's last animated movie Happy Feet, it is time to look forward to 2007, which looks to be another banner year for (digital) animation (Story includes the trailers).

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2006 was a very succesful year for animated movies. A dozen of them debuted in theaters worldwide, and even though not all of them were breakout hits (think Ant Bully, Everyone's Hero), most of them were at least able to pack theaters for several weeks, with some of them (Cars, Ice Age 2, Happy Feet) found their way into territory marked 'box office smash'. So, now we've seen the debut of 2006's last animated movie Happy Feet, it is time to look forward to 2007, which looks to be another banner year for (digital) animation (Story includes the trailers).