{"id":25272,"date":"2012-12-03T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=25272"},"modified":"2012-12-02T16:16:44","modified_gmt":"2012-12-02T21:16:44","slug":"macfarlane-says-eventual-family-guy-movie-will-be-impossible-to-do-on-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2012\/12\/03\/macfarlane-says-eventual-family-guy-movie-will-be-impossible-to-do-on-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"MacFarlane Says Eventual FAMILY GUY Movie Will Be \u201cImpossible To Do On TV\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>News about a possible Family Guy<\/em> movie seems to pop up every now and then and now is one of those times.<\/p>\n

Appearing before a class of UCLA film students to promote an Academy Awards-sponsored filmmaking contest, MacFarlane opened up the floor to questions and one about a Family Guy<\/em> movie he answered with a rather definitive answer<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just a matter of when, It\u2019s hard to do that while you have the series going on at the same time; I think that\u2019s why it took The Simpsons 20 seasons to figure out how to do it.<\/p>\n

We do know what the Family Guy<\/em> movie will be. The Simpsons<\/em> movie, I thought, was hilarious, but the one criticism I would have is that it\u2019s a story they probably could\u2019ve done on TV. There could\u2019ve been an episode that had that plotline. That\u2019s the challenge with animation. You pretty much can do any story you want, so what is the reason for the movie? We finally hit on the answer to that question, and it will be something that would be impossible to do on TV.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This isn\u2019t too far off from what MacFarlane stated back in July 2008<\/a> –<\/p>\n

I have an idea what it\u2019s gonna be. It\u2019s definitely something you could not do on the show, which to me is the only reason to do a movie.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Given how much the show gets away with on a weekly basis on network TV, I have a feeling that MacFarlane is more likely referring to something impossible to do on TV in a story sense rather than in just a humor or joke sense. I would hazard a guess though, that whatever the story idea is there will probably be musical numbers involved.<\/p>\n

With his being tapped to host this year\u2019s Academy Awards, I expect that we\u2019ll be seeing more comments from MacFarlane about a Family Guy<\/em> film though I don\u2019t think that the substance of those remarks will change all that much.<\/p>\n

Via EW<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The series creator says that they finally have an idea for a big screen adventure.<\/div>\n

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