A Family Guy movie is still perfectly possible, and it’s a project creator Seth MacFarlane has been thinking about for a while.
25 years after it first aired,Family Guyhas still never had a feature-length movie. A surprising fact, considering many of its counterparts and competitors —The Simpsons, South Park, and even Beavis and Butt-Head included — went on to get the big screen treatment.
Family Guy might not have had a movie yet, but that doesn’t mean thatSeth MacFarlaneisn’t thinking about it. In fact, it seems to have been on his mind for a while, and he’s recently given fans hope that a movie might still be in the pipeline in the near future.
“I have known what that [Family Guy] movie will be for 15 years and I just haven’t had the time to get to it,” hesaidat Paley Fest LA [via ComicBook.com].
That said, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut began development back in 1998 before being released in 1999. Both movies were profitable, with South Park’s cinematic debut grossing $83.1 million, and The Simpsons movie earning $536.4 million.
If MacFarlane already has a plan, then that’s a good start. If he does eventually find the time to stop and work on a feature-length Griffin family adventure, then it likely wouldn’t take too long to get it off the ground.
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Jessica Cullen is a TV and Movies Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. She’s previously written for The Digital Fix, Cosmopolitan, Refinery29, Slate and more. Aside from being the residential Yellowstone expert, she also loves Westerns, ’90s action movies, and true crime. You can email her here: jessica.cullen@dexerto.com.
