Following in the tradition of Barbara Kopple and RJ Cutler, who found that making documentaries about celebrities is a good way to fund your more serious work, the director of "Where In the World Is Osama Bin Laden?" has been hired to mark the 20th anniversary of the world's longest running animated comedy.
Previously on TVB, I wrote nice things about "30 Days," Spurlock's series for FX (which has since been cancelled).
PR follows .... by the way, in case it isn't obvious to you, the documentary will be neither in 3-D nor on ice, according to Fox.
FILMMAKER MORGAN SPURLOCK TO PRODUCE AND DIRECT “THE SIMPSONS 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL IN 3-D ON ICE” AIRING THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, ON FOX
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (“Super Size Me,” “30 Days”) is set to produce and direct THE SIMPSONS 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL IN 3-D ON ICE airing Thursday, January 14 on FOX. The documentary special will be the momentous conclusion to the “Best. 20 Years. Ever.,” a year-long global celebration of THE SIMPSONS that launched in January 2009 and culminates on the 20th anniversary of the series’ debut.
In THE SIMPSONS 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL IN 3-D ON ICE, Spurlock will examine the cultural phenomenon of THE SIMPSONS in his distinctive and innovative style. The special will document how the world sees THE SIMPSONS and how the Simpson family has seen the world for two decades.
“When they first called me about this, I thought it was a prank and I hung up,” said Spurlock. “And then my agent called back and said, ‘No, no, this is for real,’ at which point I fainted. Then when I woke up, I called everyone I knew because it was the coolest thing I could ever get to do in my career.”
Morgan Spurlock has built a career that spans film, television and web programming. His first feature-length documentary, “Super Size Me,” won the Documentary Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004 and was nominated for an Academy Award the following year. In 2005, Spurlock formed his Manhattan-based film, television and web production company, Warrior Poets, which is devoted to making socially significant and simultaneously entertaining work. Warrior Poets has produced the feature documentaries “The Third Wave,” “What Would Jesus Buy?” and “Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?”
You guys have to check this out. They are casting the real life Simpsons!
http://fox.com/blogs/blog/2009/07/13/simpsons-anniversary-audition-info/?src=carousel_on_thesimpsons
Posted by: Anthony | July 13, 2009 at 02:23 PM