One of the holy grails of rumored movies, going back before there was an Internet to track such things, has been the inevitable (?) Simpsons Movie. Why inevitable? In a time when many animated TV shows (Pokemon, South Park, Recess, etc.) make the transition to film after just a few years of success, The Simpsons is the towering grand-daddy of TV comedy (animated or otherwise). Its lifetimes doubles or triples other shows, and yet, it never made the quick scramble for big screen bucks. It will, that we now know is all but certain, but the very crucial detail there is that it won’t happen until the TV series comes to a point where Matt Groening and crew are ready to call it quits, and there’s no sign that’s happening soon. The Simpsons at 12 is just as funny, clever and original as it was at 4 (yes, there are occasional hiccups, but at its worst, The Simpsons is still one of the best TV shows).

CAST: (Voice): Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson), Julie Kavner (Marge Simpson), Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson), Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson), Hank Azaria (many characters), Harry Shearer (many characters) (note: each of these actors, except Yeardley Smith, voice several other characters as well; see IMDb listing for more); expect plenty of celebrity guest voices as well; but, heck, some of them might not even be celebrities yet…! DIRECTOR: David Silverman STUDIO: 20th Century Fox RELEASE DATE: July 27, 2007