MacFarlane deal includes ‘Family Guy’ movie?

This weekend the news broke about Seth MacFarlane making a deal to get him ‘paid exorbitantly’ for making ‘Family Guy’ and such. But now it seems this deal includes ‘Family Guy: The Movie.’ Or should I say ‘Family Guy: The Movie 2.’ Because didn’t we already see a ‘Family Guy’ movie? As far as I know it went straight to DVD and frankly, it wasn’t that great.

Since the return of ‘Family Guy’ after its cancellation, I’m not really into it anymore. Maybe the jokes worked out on me. I would still see the movie, but I feel like they’re just long TV episodes. That’s what ‘The Simpsons Movie’ was for me. And a big cash in for its creators of course, making over $500 million worldwide. Not to mention all the merchandize deals they made.

I only feel ‘South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut’ was something different than the TV series. But I’m not sure how ‘Family Guy’ could create this atmosphere. Maybe they tried with the straight-to-DVD I mentioned above, but later felt it wasn’t worth a theatrical release. DVD is the best market for ‘Family Guy’ and maybe that’s where it should stay.