'The Simpsons Movie' Many Years Away

[Thursday, April 8th, 2004]
Yeardley SmithThe Simpsons movie may be many years away. Yeardley Smith, who voices Lisa Simpson in the series, says that the movie won't be made until the series is finished, which has another two seasons to go, with a possibility of being renewed for many years to come.

Smith says that is will take another three years after that to make the movie as "animation takes forever".

Although the feature length movie won't be made for quite a while, Smith says she's glad to hear about the movie. "My wish for the show is that it go out with a bang and not a pimple," Smith told AP Radio. "And if we can do a movie and it can be as good as our best episodes, I'm thrilled. I think that would be wonderful."

Smith is also hoping the writers will keep Lisa's childlike sense of humor. "If they just make her too esoteric, too philosophical, too bright, too much the voice of reason then she really becomes insufferable," she said. "You have to always, always, always remember that she's 8 and that she's a huge Itchy and Scratchy fan, that she loves Krusty the Clown. And that in spite of her beliefs and her issues, she's a kid."

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