Lethal
2 Apr 2006, 18:09
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12102041/from/RL.1/
Fans get taste of "The Simpsons" movie
LOS ANGELES - To learn some long-awaited news about "The Simpsons," television's most popular animated family, fans had to go to the movies Friday.
Film studio 20th Century Fox released a 25-second promotional trailer at showings of its new computer-animated movie "Ice Age: The Meltdown" to announce the first big-screen version of "The Simpsons" would be coming to theaters on July 27, 2007.
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The trailer begins with a giant superhero-sized letter "S" while an announcer declares, "Leaping his way onto the silver screen ... the greatest hero in American history!"
The scene cuts to Homer Simpson sitting on his couch in his underwear, saying, "I forgot what I was supposed to say."
"The Simpsons" is in its 17th year on television, making it the longest-running U.S. comedy series in prime time.
The show centers on the antics of Homer Simpson, a bald, beer-guzzling family man and nuclear plant worker (known for his anguished exclamation "D'oh!"), his spiky-haired misfit son, Bart, and their friends and relatives in the fictional town of Springfield.
The series averages 9.6 million viewers a week on Sunday nights, down from its peak ratings several years ago, but remains a critical favorite and worldwide pop culture phenomenon seen in dozens of countries. It also is a cash cow for 20th Century Fox TV for the handsome revenues it generates in syndication. The studio is a unit of News Corp.
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Have had a look around to see if there may be a torrent of this anywhere, no luck as of yet.
Fans get taste of "The Simpsons" movie
LOS ANGELES - To learn some long-awaited news about "The Simpsons," television's most popular animated family, fans had to go to the movies Friday.
Film studio 20th Century Fox released a 25-second promotional trailer at showings of its new computer-animated movie "Ice Age: The Meltdown" to announce the first big-screen version of "The Simpsons" would be coming to theaters on July 27, 2007.
Story continues below ↓ advertisement
The trailer begins with a giant superhero-sized letter "S" while an announcer declares, "Leaping his way onto the silver screen ... the greatest hero in American history!"
The scene cuts to Homer Simpson sitting on his couch in his underwear, saying, "I forgot what I was supposed to say."
"The Simpsons" is in its 17th year on television, making it the longest-running U.S. comedy series in prime time.
The show centers on the antics of Homer Simpson, a bald, beer-guzzling family man and nuclear plant worker (known for his anguished exclamation "D'oh!"), his spiky-haired misfit son, Bart, and their friends and relatives in the fictional town of Springfield.
The series averages 9.6 million viewers a week on Sunday nights, down from its peak ratings several years ago, but remains a critical favorite and worldwide pop culture phenomenon seen in dozens of countries. It also is a cash cow for 20th Century Fox TV for the handsome revenues it generates in syndication. The studio is a unit of News Corp.
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Have had a look around to see if there may be a torrent of this anywhere, no luck as of yet.