E! Online is reporting that Nancy Cartwright, the voice actor who plays Bart Simpson, told BBC Radio 1 last week that the cast had done a table read for the Simpsons movie, which is now in the script development stage.  No production date or release date has been set, but there is at least two years of work to be done, so it couldn't be completed before 2007.  Even the animation studio has not yet been chosen. 

 

A 20th Century Fox producer was quoted in the article as saying that a decision had been reached to not wait until after the series was completed to work on the movie.  The show continues to do will; it will begin its 17th season this fall and is contracted through year 19.