James L. Brooks doesn’t make movies too often, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t keeping busy. While Brooks’ involvement in The Simpsons isn’t as extensive as it once was, particularly while he’s in the midst of directing a feature, Brooks still says that the show is close to his heart. “Well, I sure haven’t been [as involved] for the last year. Usually what I do when I’m not doing the movie is there’s one day a week that I put in…” The talk of a Simpsons movie has been circulating almost since the day the show first hit, but there has always been a hesitation. When IGN FilmForce spoke with Brooks this weekend, he indicated that the prospect of a movie was not out of the question. “If we feel right, then we’ll go forward, and we’re in the process of trying to feel right. It’s sixteen years, and we have gathered together the people who have been there from the beginning, and everybody who ever was a show runner on it, so we’ve all gathered together and we’re looking at this right now.” Read More >>>
