Legions of the faithful were rewarded when FOX brought Family Guy back to the air two years after its cancellation, and those fans will have even more reason to rejoice this fall. FOX has set September 27 as the release date for an 83-minute, straight-to-DVD movie based on the hugely popular animated series.
Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story is series creator Seth MacFarlane's first feature-length endeavor, and he says "it was an enormous undertaking to juggle this with doing 35 new episodes of the show, but we think it turned out great."
The movie follows evil baby genius Stewie through a near-death experience and the life change that it inspires. Stewie abandons his malicious ways in order to launch a search for his real father.
Drew Barrymore, Ron Livingston, Jason Priestley, Jennie Garth, and Tori Spelling are among the guest stars who will lend their voices to the project. The release will abound with special features, including deleted scenes, commentary, still galleries, and animated shorts.
Stewie is the first direct-to-video release ever made from a television show, and FOX will launch the biggest-ever marketing campaign for a project born of TV. Keep an eye out for nationwide print and TV ads along with special screenings for college students.
Comments (36)
That's soooooooooooo cooool!!!!!!!!!!!
To Clear up uncertainties that you may all have about the movie, Stewie's idea that he is not the child of Peter is enhanced by a sight of a man that looks just like him.<br />
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No the movie is not a couple of episodes all strung together it is actually an 83 minute long episode, but it could be assumed to be a multiple episode compilation due to the fact that in the opening credits it cites 3 part. Each of which were written by different cast members, but it all flows together very well.<br />
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The movie is flippin' sweet
*** yeah
Stewie presumes that peter is not his father, simply because Stewie cannot belive that his dna came from anyone as dumb as peter.
Maybe the joke will be that stewie wasted his time as Peter was his dad always
I wonder if Fox will borrow the term "OVA" (Original Video Animation) from the japanese for this. True, it's an *American* television first, but Japan has been doing this with anime for years. Hopefully the trend will catch on. And also, hopefully this or future releases will come uncensored. Hooray for no network censors!
I knew about this it was on Planet family guy last March
That sounds awesome
This is really really interesting. Series 4 has really started to get into its stride now, and this should explain why the slight learning curve with the series. Love this stuff sooo much!
Stewie is the first direct-to-video release ever made from a television show<br />
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that is incorrect, there have been plenty of direct to video releaes from television shows<br />
ex. batman beyond:the return of the joker<br />
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also, it says Their oldest is the dumbest. whom i interpert to be Chris, and he is hte middle child And the middle child is not popular. whom i interpert to be Meg, who is hte oldest
Awesome but bring in on big screens
Wait, is this a bunch of new tv episodes strung together or an actual movie?
in the words of stewie, "eh eh eh no conversation" ... let's just bask in the greatness that is this dvd!
cool cant wait!!
all i gotta say is "yay"
You Misdunterstood there.
Um, didn't Seth say that there wasn't ever going to be a Family Guy movie?
THANK YOU GOD!
must... type.... true.... feelings... agh <br />
this show s-u-c-k-s and you all KNOW IT!
i knew meg had a different father but now stewie has one too?? lois really is a protestant ***!!
I hope they have a PSP (UMD) version of the movie. I'll definitely buy it!
"Victory is mine"...Stewie is hilarious!!
I Can't Wait.<br />
It's The best show on TV right now.
None of my sources revealed any details about why Stewie thinks that Peter is not his real father or who the real father might be. I guess we'll have to wait and see...
Peter isn't Stewie's dad???? That is new...
Time to go see if I can pre-order...
WHO IS???<br />
I didn't Know Peter wasn't Stewie's real father! How Is? Where does it tell you?
#1 show for people with taste and a sense of humor.
This might be interesting
Family Guy is the number one show? No way...I thought American Idol was.
Sounds intriguing...
oo i cant wait!
That should be hilarious!
Someone is bitter that Family Guy is the number one show on TV :)
blech.