I was at the 'news conference'. He didn't say that (Score 1)

Yesterday Matt Groening gave an interview at the National Film Theatre here in London. He spoke for about an hour, before being joined on stage by Mike Scully (executive producer), Bonnie Petilia (casting director), a number of the writers and animators, and Yeardly Smith (the voice of Lisa Simpson).

At this point, he and the cast and crew proceeded to answer questions from the audience, one of which was "will there be a Simpsons movie?"

He answered that a Simpsons movie would only happen "when the show has been cancelled". He added that there is so much work involved in creating a 20 minute episode, the thought of a 90 minute feature is daunting.

I also attended the Simpsons Mania 2000 cast reading at the Playhouse Theatre last night (which was excellent by the way) during which Matt Groening again answered the question "when will there be a Simpsons movie?". His answer this time? Again he said [it will only happen when the Simpsons has been cancelled].

So, there currently is no movie happening.

It will only happen when the show has been cancelled.

Mark.